Francesca qualified as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2007. 

She graduated in Law from the University of Padua, obtained the Postgraduate Diploma in Law (CPE) in the UK, the STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates (England and Wales) and successfully completed the Legal Practice Course (LPC). 

Francesca advises private clients on a full range of activities involving the management of movable and immovable assets, including conditional exemption of assets and foreign aspects of estate administration. 

She has a particular focus on cross-border issues and inheritance and tax advice for persons with international connections. 

She advises clients on UK estate planning, trusts and estate administration. 

Having advised for many years Italian clients born or domiciled in the UK, Francesca has a deep experience in English/Italian matters and regularly manages private wealth on complex and high value matters including working with other professionals in resolving issues involving Italian assets and their transfer by inheritance. 

Francesca is a member of the Law society England and Wales, Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) and a Student Liaison Officer for the City of London office. 

Qualifications 

• STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates (England & Wales) 
• Legal Practice Course (LPC) 
• Post graduate diploma in Law (CPE) 
• Undergraduate Law degree (University of Padova, Italy) 
• Professional Memberships 
• Law society England and Wales 
• Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP)