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Russell-Cooke—Jessica Zama

11 October 2024
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Firm welcomes Italian law expert

Russell-Cooke has announced the arrival of Jessica Zama to join its Italian law offering. Jessica is a dual-qualified Italian avvocato stabilito and English solicitor.  She arrives as a senior associate and brings over a decade’s experience.

Jessica specialises in cross-border estate planning for individuals with assets in Italy, Italian wills, and Italian succession law and procedure. She also has experience assisting clients with property transactions in Italy and on immigration matters.

She will work within the private client team alongside its other cross-border specialists.

Partner Andrew Godfrey said: ‘Jessica is a welcome addition to our private client team. Her deep expertise advising on Italian law will greatly enhance our existing offering to clients with a background or assets in Italy, as well as attract new clients. This is an exciting addition to our service capability, and we very much look forward to working closely with Jessica.’

Jessica said: ‘I am delighted to be joining Russell-Cooke’s award-winning private client team to help build the Italian law practice. I am excited to explore the opportunities ahead and to continue providing the best service to our clients in all cross-border matters.’

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