Roberto Leccese

Partner, Ughi e Nunziante

Roberto 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 and 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.

Roberto regularly is regularly appointed as co-arbitrator and chairman in commercial arbitration disputes, with a particular focus on energy disputes.

In 1992, he was admitted to the bar and in 2016 he was admitted to practise 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 specialist journals and written several monographs on supply contracts, both public and private, commercial contracts, specifically with regard to sub-contracting, arbitration and oil and gas.

He is fluent in Italian and English.