Stefania Lucchetti is qualified to practice law in three jurisdictions (Italy, England and Wales and Hong Kong) and has two decades of experience being based across Italy, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong and substantial transactional experience in most European jurisdictions as well as South East Asian jurisdictions and Americas acting for major multinationals operating locally in the region, as well as inbound and outbound transactions from the EU.
Among the first Italian lawyers to specialize in telecommunications and new technologies, Stefania obtained her JD from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan in 1999, with a thesis on the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector, and advised several early internet pioneers during the dot-com boom.
She specializes in corporate and commercial work, with focus on M&A (particularly cross border and multi-jurisdictional transactions), joint ventures, corporate governance, commercial contracts, operational agreements, and IP/IT transactional work. An expert negotiator, Stefania assists clients in complex negotiations.
Her practice has developed since 1998 in Europe and Asia in tier 1 law firms and inhouse departments of corporations in both the high tech and the financial industry.
Stefania’s corporate practice spans a wide range of industries: she assists clients in financial services, real estate, fashion and luxury goods, consumer products, telecommunications media and high tech.
She has lectured for several years on Cross Border Transactions and International Contracts at MBA and eMBA students of MIP – School of Management and has previously lectured in several universities in Italy and Hong Kong.
Stefania has attended the Stanford University Rock Center for Corporate Governance Senior Executive Leadership Program and Directors’ College and is an accredited mediator with the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center .
Stefania Lucchetti is also the author of several books (essays and poetry) (her books have been tagged as “the message of the times” and regularly defined as “life changing” by readers).
Academics and Professional Qualifications
- 2021 – Master in Family Office, AIFO
- 2012 – Stanford University, Directors’ College
- 2012 –Stanford University, Senior Executive Leadership Program(corporate governance, strategic finance )
- 2010: Accredited Mediator with the General Panel of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
- 2008: Solicitor, Hong Kong SAR
- 2005: Solicitor, England and Wales
- 2002: Avvocato, Italy – Bar of Milano
- 1999: Juris Doctorate, Università Cattolica del S.C. (Milan, Italy)
Career Summary
- 2019- Founder, LawCrossBorder
- 2017 – 2019 – Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Milano
- 2013 – 2017- Of Counsel, BonelliErede, Milano
- 2011-2013 – Partner, Howse Williams Bowers, Hong Kong
- 2008-2011 -Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Hong Kong
- 2006-2008 – Inhouse Counsel, StarTV (Newscorp), Hong Kong
- 2002-2006 – Inhouse Counsel, Vodafone, Milano-_Newbury
- 2001-2002 – Inhouse Counsel, Accenture, Milano
- 1999 -2001 – Junior Associate, Allen&Overy, Milano and London
- 1998 – 1999 – Trainee, Legal Department, Lucent Technologies S.p.A., Milano
Publications
Poesia: La poesia è cyberpunk (Albatros, 2025), Pomeriggi di Amore Sospeso (Albatros, 2025) Macchie di caffè sui miei libri (Albatros, 2024). Saggistica: Women Breaking Though Leadership, Hong Kong, 2012; Ideas in Reality – Making Your Ideas Happen, Hong Kong, 2011; The Principle of Relevance – The Essential Strategy to Navigate Through the Information Age, Hong Kong, 2010; Dinamiche relazionali e decisionali dei gruppi di lavoro virtuali, Milano, 2024.