Bio

Roberto Leccese joined Ughi e Nunziante in 1995 and became a partner of the firm in 2000. Roberto has extensive experience in the fields of commercial and corporate law, energy and natural resources, litigation and arbitration. He regularly assists Italian and foreign clients, ranging from medium-sized companies to large multinational groups, in a wide range of matters relating to commercial contracts, M&A transactions, renewable energy, oil&gas, as well as litigation connected thereto. After graduating cum laude from the LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome in 1988, and before joining Ughi e Nunziante, he spent several years working as internal legal counsel for leading companies. In 1992 he was admitted to the bar and in 2016 he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Cassation and the High Courts. Roberto has been a research fellow of private law at the University ‘La Sapienza’ in Rome. He has published numerous articles on specialized journals and written several monographs on supply contracts, both public and private, commercial contracts, specifically with regard to sub-contracting, arbitration and oil&gas. He is fluent in Italian and English.