Barbara Grasselli has significant experience in Employment Law and Industrial Relations. She advises domestic and foreign clients operating in different fields, including Chemicals – Pharmaceutical, Editorial, Fashion, Education, Marketing & Media as well as Banking and Industrial – in implementing and managing personnel restructuring plans, in dealing with business crises situations as well as in procedures involving relocating business. She has also experience in managing senior and top manager, in the preparation of business policy as well as in contracts. She assists clients in labor- law issues both in the pre-litigation and litigation. She has vast experience in agency relationship matters, assisting clients in contracts as well as in managing their litigation.
She received her J.D. from Università degli Studi of Milan in 1996. She was admitted to the Italian Bar Association in 2001. Since 2015, Barbara is qualified to plead before the higher courts as well as the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione).
She is a member of AGI (Italian Employment Lawyers Association) AIDP (Italian Association for Personnel Management) and EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association).
She is a regular speaker at conferences and webinars on employment and labour issues.
Barbara is the author of several publications on employment law and trade union issues.
In addition to her native Italian, she speaks English.
Chambers
Chambers reports on Barbara Grasselli: “Sources praise her for being very efficient and quick in responding to clients’ requests. She is also described as very clever and pragmatic. Clients speak at length about her, reporting that she is determined in negotiations» as well as «available, always providing the right solution and answering to company requests. She has experience in a range of employment matters including redundancy plans and litigation”
TopLegal
Top Legal listed the Team among the leaders in Italy in the field of Employment Law: “Barbara Grasselli is appreciated for her in-depth knowledge of the subject and of negotiation techniques”
Who’s Who Legal
WWL quotes Barbara Grasselli as follows: “She has impressive skills, knowledge and experience” “Her relationship management is excellent” “Barbara has a strong grasp of the business issues at stake”
Legal 500
Legal 500 says about Barbara Grasselli: “she brilliantly provides assistance with internal reorganization processes and with the termination of the relationships with company employees (even at top level), guiding the negotiation in the most effective for the company. She has always acted in person without making excessive use of collaborators”.
Best Lawyers
Barbara Grasselli has been recognised in the 2024 edition ‘Best Lawyers in Italy’ for the Labour and Employment practice.
Leaders League
Zambelli & Partners with its Founding Partner Barbara Grasselli has been ranked as Excellent Firm for the following categories Italy – Labor & Employment Advisory 2024 and Italy – Labor & Employment Litigation 2024.
Labour Awards 2015
Barbara Grasselli awarded “Lawyer of the Year – Rising Star” at the 2015 Legalcommunity Labour Awards.
