Cecilia Gozzoli is of counsel to CARNELUTTI Law Firm. She is a member of the firm’s corporate department, where her practice focuses on English law and international corporate and financial services law, cross-border matters and international conventions, advising Italian companies operating in the UK and vice-versa. She provides legal assistance in the preparation and legalisation of Power of Attorneys, Wills and Affidavits. Her previous experience includes working for English and US law firms and for a leading international bank.
She assisted several leading international banks in the issuance and placement of structured securities and funds. She advised, as UK local counsel, either the buyers or the sellers in the acquisition of several UK companies operating in a variety of sectors, from tech-fin to Italian food distribution, to chemicals and finance.
Cecilia took part to the Brexit Task Force set by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Brexit transition period in London.
Cecilia is a Notary Public and Solicitor of England and Wales authorised for Notarial Certificates, Apostilles and Legalisation Services.
Cecilia holds a Law degree from the Bocconi University in Milan (J.D. cum laude), a Bocconi University Post-Graduate Specialisation Course (LPC) and a LL.M focused in Banking Law and Financial Regulation from London School of Economics and Political Science.
She was admitted to Modena Bar (Italy) in 2006, admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2009 and received the Faculty as Notary Public in England and Wales in 2025.
Cecilia is member of several international professional associations and was awarded the recognition of one of the 99 Bocconi-graduated most influential women by the Bocconi University.
British citizen too, Cecilia is member of City of London Solicitors' Company and has been admitted to the Freedom of the City of London.
Italian and English native speaker, Cecilia speaks also French.