Italy

Alessia Ajelli

Alessia Ajelli

Italy Immigration Advisor

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Alessia Ajelli is an Italian immigration attorney. She is currently an attorney at LCA Studio Legale, based in Milan, Italy.

LCA practices a variety of legal fields, including corporate law, tax law, intellectual property, transportation and shipping law, as well as specialized fields for the energy, finance, food and beverage industries. It has locations throughout Italy in Milan, Genoa and Treviso, as well as a fourth office in the United Arab Emirates. Ajelli has been with LCA since 2011.

Her immigration law practice includes assisting clients with corporate immigration issues, citizenship matters, work permits and EU blue cards. In addition to immigration law, Ajelli has experience in mergers and acquisitions, investment transactions and corporate law.

Ajelli has also served as a mentor for H-Farm, which helps young people create business models, and Start-Up Chile, which seeks to bring foreign investment capital to the country of Chile.

Ajelli earned a law degree from the University of Milan in 2011. She has also studied at the University of Navarra in Spain and Tsinghua University in China. She is the co-author of the Italian chapter in the 2014 edition of “The Corporate Immigration Review.”

Ajelli speaks Italian, English and Spanish.

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