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Ilenia lombardi
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Award Category
WOMEN IN LAW EXCELLENCE AWARD
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Nominated In
24 Apr 2024
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Location
Italy
Ilenia is an Italian lawyer holding a law degree from the University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum). After the law degreeIlenia has obtained a Master Degree in International and EU Taxation law. After having spent a semester in Boston (Massachusetts)she has obtained a Master Degree as Expert in Organization Management and Control Model (Italian Legislative Decree n. 231/2001) and has recently completed the LLM International Commercial Law program with the University of Salford (Manchester).After having concluded the mandatory traineeship with different Italian law firmsIlenia has been involved in representing Italian companies before the Italian civil courts andmostlyin assisting them in every aspect of the international transactions.Since 2008Ilenia has been providing assistance to her clients with specific focus on international contracts and commercial lawformation and structuring overseas subsidiaries or unincorporated joint ventureinternational tax issueswith main area of application in contract management of domestic/international construction contracts.Starting from 2018Ilenia has been involved in assisting a client in a multi-million euros construction project in Qatarthat escalated into a 350 million euros international arbitration (ICC). Said appointment required travelling to Qatar on a regular basis to assist and manage the client’s technical team directly on site and advise on legal issues.Ilenia strongly considers that working with a multi-disciplinary as well as international team represents an essential condition to grant a first-level assistance to her clientswhich is why she contributedas founding memberto create an international professional association (Glawbus) with legal seat in Belgiumwith several professionals from different jurisdictionsthat share the same view in terms of professionalism and same values in term of professional ethics.In factIlenia deeply believes that professional ethics and fair approach towards the clients and their interests to be preserved represent a prerequisite that a professional person must embody and that shall prevail to any other motiveincluding the profit perspective.In June 2022Ilenia has joined Creative Women Platform as Chair for Italythanks to which she has had the opportunity to meet and proactively interact with wonderful women from different countries and backgroundssharing experiencesviews and values.Ilenia is also passionate about travel and art. In factshe always tries to include in her trips (whether for business or leisure) some visit to museums or sites of artistic and cultural interest.The personality that has always fascinated her is Frida Khaloas an example of strength and sensitivitywho has been able to transform a personal tragedyin a tumultuous historical contextinto a series of art works with an extraordinary communicative power.Ilenia firmly believes that the promotion of art at all levels is an essential action to promote beauty and disseminate grace in a very compromised general context. Moreovershe believes that art is an indispensable instrument to increase attention on topics of considerable social impactin order to give voice to all those who would be destined to remain in the shadow.

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