She has particular experience in the fashion, beauty, luxury, and retail sectors. She advises brands, international groups, founders, investors and private equity sponsors on cross-border transactions, strategic investments, international expansion and business operations across Europe, the United States and the Middle East.
Drawing on her experience in senior in-house leadership roles and in international private practice, she works with colleagues across the Curtis network to provide integrated advice to clients operating in complex, cross-border environments, covering M&A, private equity, intellectual property, data protection and privacy, employment, real estate, restructuring, regulatory matters and disputes.
Cross-border advice for international brands and investors
Ms. Della Rosa’s clients operate across the fashion, beauty, luxury, retail, consumer products and design sectors. As head of the firm’s France-Italy Desk, she helps Italian businesses in France and French businesses in Italy navigate cross-border growth, market entry, portfolio development and complex business change.
Qualified in Italy and New York, Ms. Della Rosa has worked in Rome, Milan, Washington, D.C. and Brussels. She advises U.S. clients entering or expanding in Europe and the Middle East, as well as European and Middle Eastern clients pursuing opportunities in the United States.
Transactions, investments and business transformation
Ms. Della Rosa advises corporates, founders, shareholders, investors and private equity sponsors on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and strategic investments. She also advises on reorganizations and restructurings, including in complex or distressed situations, as well as on expansion, portfolio rationalization, market exits and the transition of commercial relationships.
She combines sector knowledge with a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach, so that transactional, employment, real estate, regulatory, restructuring and dispute considerations are addressed coherently for each client.
Commercial, IP and digital transformation
Ms. Della Rosa advises on the legal architecture behind international brand growth and multi-channel operations, including retail, concessions, wholesale, e-commerce and digital business models. Her work covers IP strategy and portfolio management, consumer protection, privacy and data protection, digital marketing and customer analytics, as well as EU regulation affecting digital businesses, including the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), and the legal issues raised by AI-enabled business models.
Her commercial practice includes:
- Joint ventures, strategic alliances and technology partnerships
- Manufacturing, supply, sourcing, distribution, agency and marketing arrangements
- Retail, concession, e-commerce and store lease arrangements
- Licensing, co-branding and brand collaborations
- Cross-border negotiations, risk allocation and complex contractual relationships
Supply chain, sustainability and regulation
A significant part of Ms. Della Rosa’s practice concerns global supply chains in the fashion, textile and consumer sectors. She advises on sourcing and manufacturing structures, supply-chain governance, the contractual allocation of compliance responsibilities, sustainability and decarbonization, and the impact of European regulation, including EU sustainability and supply-chain due diligence rules, on international operations.
In-house leadership
Ms. Della Rosa’s previous role as Associate General Counsel at Levi Strauss & Co. gives her a business-facing perspective on the needs of general counsel, management teams, boards and investors. She also held senior legal positions within Gucci Group, including Worldwide General Counsel of Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Sergio Rossi, and served on the boards of several group companies.
Thought leadership
Ms. Della Rosa is an Adjunct Professor at Luiss Business School Major in Fashion and Luxury Management and Scientific Director of LUISS Fashion Law Master.its. She is actively engaged in teaching, publishing and industry initiatives on fashion law, international business, supply chains, sustainability and digital regulation.
