Francesca Ricci is a partner at Ughi e Nunziante. She specializes in M&A, Capital markets, Contract law, corporate law, Innovation and Start-ups.
After graduating in Law at the LUISS in Rome in 1996 with the vote of 110/110 with a thesis in EU corporate law, she became a lawyer in 2000. In 2005 she attended the annual course ” M&A Transactions”, organized by SDA Bocconi, Milan and in 2006 she attended the School of Notary of Lombardia “Federico Guasti”. She has been admitted to the defense activity before Italian Supreme Court in 2017
After more than ten years of experience in important international law firms, Francesca gained a consolidated experience in commercial and corporate law, assisting Italian and foreign companies in extraordinary transactions. She also assisted several companies in the listing process on both the regulated market and AIM, in the management of the company secretary office and in corporate governance of listed and unlisted companies. She has acted as defense attorney in administrative proceedings against Consob and criminal proceedings for market abuse. She assists companies in drafting and negotiating international trade agreements. Among the clients assisted on an ongoing basis there are companies operating in the energy and pharmaceutical sectors.
Ughi e Nunziante was established in 1969 as a result of the merger of two pre-existing law firms founded by Giovanni M. Ughi and Gianni Nunziante. The Firm has its main offices in Milan and Rome and it currently numbers about 90 lawyers.
The Firm is an historical Italian firm, well known both in Italy and abroad. While developing a tradition of excellence in cross-border and international transactions, Ughi e Nunziante has decided to remain a fully independent firm over the years, although it has established a wide network of correspondents in many countries.
The Firm has, therefore, a strong international and comparative vocation and is able to provide legal services in foreign languages such as English, French, German and Spanish.
The Firm is a full service law firm and has represented clients in all major areas of law including: Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity, Banking and Financial, Privatizations, Commercial Law, Telecommunications and Arbitration, Intellectual Property and Information Technology, New Technologies and Environmental, Energy Law and Natural resources, Labour Law, Real Estate and Trust, Bankruptcy Law and Tax Law .The clients range from medium size corporations in their early stages of international expansion to large, well established multinationals, financial institutions, governments and public organizations. Many of its clients are non-Italian entities turning to the Firm for advice on legal issues connected with their Italian operations or on international transactions which have some point of contact with the Italian law and jurisdiction.
