Elena provides legal assistance to industrial operators and private equity funds in M&A and other complex extraordinary transactions, with a focus on regulated sectors (energy & infrastructure). In particular, Elena is recognized by the international legal directories as M&A expert in these sectors, having worked on the most relevant extraordinary transactions in the gas, airport, telecom towers and transport sectors in Italy. Elena has, also, a remarkable experience in the energy field, having assisted funds and industrial operators in their investments in energy assets, both from renewables and traditional sources – with an outstanding expertise in refinery, renewables and oil&gas-related transactions. She has been named “Top Female M&A Lawyers in EMEA” according to Mergerlinks for 2025 and one of the 50 most inspiring Women in the Italian legal sector under the Legalcommunity Inspiratia for 2025.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Elena Busson joined the Firm as Partner in 2023. Since 2024 Co-Head of the "Energy and Infrastructure" Practice Area.ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Ph.D. in General Criminal Law from the University of Florence. Visiting researcher at All Souls College (Oxford). Author of several publications on corporate criminal law.QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2002
Member of the Firenze Bar (Italy)
EDUCATION
Laurea in Giurisprudenza
Università degli Studi di Firenze,
Italy,
1999
LANGUAGES
Italian, English