The Energy Karma: Claudia Parzani at TEDxMilanoWomen

Lawyer and activist, a Linklaters partner since 2007 in the capital markets department, she is president of Valore D -- the first association of large companies formed in Italy to support women's leadership in the corporate world -- and the founder of Breakfast@Linklaters, a network of more than 500 representatives of the women's business community. Before joining Linklaters, she acquired experience by working for one of the first British law firms to enter the Italian market, and then at an American law firm, where she was also a partner. She was later seconded to London to work in the legal department of a leading investment bank. Specialised in equity and debt capital market transactions, as well as public M&A transactions, she has provided assistance to many companies and leading Italian and international investment banks. In 2012 she was named woman lawyer of the year by the magazine Top Legal and, according to the Financial Times' Innovative Lawyer report, is one of the ten most innovative lawyers in 2013. She has a law degree from the University of Milan.

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