Elena La Ficara
Elena is a trainee solicitor, who joined Lombardi Associates permanently in September 2025, following two summer internships with the team in 2023 and 2024. She obtained a Degree in Sports Law & Sports Business from UCFB in 2023 and, subsequently, a Masters in Law & Professional Practice from King’s College London in 2025. Elena is undertaking the SQE process in order to qualify as an English Solicitor.
A member of AIAS (the Italian Association of Sports Lawyers), Women In Sports Law and the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, Elena works with all of Lombardi Associates’ clients and across a full spectrum of matters ranging from contractual and compliance advice to dispute resolution and strategic advice.
How to value football players? Lessons from Newell’s Old Boys v AS Roma CAS Decision
Published Thursday, 19 September 2024.
What could the Giraudo (Former Juventus CEO) case mean for the Italian justice system and sport?
Published Tuesday, 09 January 2024.


