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Cecilia Carrara

Partner · Legance - Avvocati Associati

ItalyInternational Arbitration, Investment ArbitrationItalian, English, German, French, Spanish

About

Partner in the Dispute Resolution department at Legance, specialising in national and international commercial and investment arbitration as counsel and arbitrator and representing companies in arbitration-related court proceedings; admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court. She has expertise in transnational disputes — including post-M&A, governance and directors' liability, EPC contracts, investments and concessions — and focuses on clients from the DACH countries and Eastern Europe; member of Legance’s Sustainability Committee.

Practice areas

International ArbitrationInvestment ArbitrationCommercial LitigationCorporate / M&AConstructionEnergy & InfrastructureCompliance & ESG

Office

Expertise

DACH countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)Eastern EuropePost-M&A disputesGovernance & directors' liabilityEPC / Construction contractsInvestments & concessionsRecognition & enforcement of arbitral awardsActing as arbitrator and counsel

Education

  • LL.B., Università LUISS - Guido Carli (Law), 1997 (summa cum laude)
  • LL.M., Comparative and International Private Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 1999
  • Ph.D., Comparative and International Private Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2005

Admissions

  • Member of the Rome Bar (Italy)
  • Admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court

Languages

ItalianEnglishGermanFrenchSpanish