Agnese Schinelli is a counsel in the firm’s Energy Infrastructure and Resources and Policy and Regulatory practices. Agnese has a broad understanding of the energy and manufacturing industries, from oil and gas and renewables to power and glass manufacturing, gained both during long-standing transactional work and relevant in-house experience in prominent energy companies. She advises global companies in complex energy transition and real estate development projects, including the establishment and negotiation of their M&A and commercial contractual structure.
Agnese is a dual qualified lawyer with substantial experience in complex cross-border transactions earned in New York (USA) and Milan (Italy), with a specific focus to the expansion of Italian companies in the United States and of US companies in Italy. She is passionately dedicated to helping Italian companies fostering their commercial ties with the US, being well recognized for her policy and advocacy work within the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy and for her strong connections with US international trade institutions.
She also assists various multinational and start-up companies in complex EU regulatory and compliance matters involving cross-border legal issues, including international data flow and EU-USA data transfer.
Prior to joining the firm, Agnese has worked in the New York office of a primary international law firm assisting Italian and European clients in establishing their business activities in the United States, representing them in cross-border M&A and real estate transactions, as well as in providing legal assistance in general corporate and corporate governance matters.
Agnese has also worked in the corporate and commercial department of an Italian boutique law firm in Milan, focusing her practice on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and commercial contracts. Agnese has assisted global companies in the field of medical devices and biotechnologies in complex regulatory and compliance issues.
- Received a merit scholarship award from the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy (AmCham) - Advanced Training Program “Euro-Atlantic Relations and the New Global Order” offered by SPES Academy – School of Economic and Social Policies and Center for American Studies, Milan (Italy) 2025
- Received a merit scholarship award from Boston University School of Law (MA) USA, 2013
- Received the 'Best Graduates of 2008' Award from the University of Milan Law School Alumni Association (Algiusmi), Milan (Italy), 2008
- Advocacy activity within the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy - Member of the Supply Chain Committee and of the Public Affairs Committee.
- Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Milan Bar Association (Commissione Rapporti Internazionali - CRINT).
- Member of the Foreign and Comparative Law Committee and of the European Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
- Pro bono Projects: “Woman, Business and the Law” (2025) and “Doctors Without Borders/Amazon–Online Marketplace” (2025).
- Member of the Italian LL.M Association (ALMA).
- Member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), CIPP/E certified.
- Speaker, “The Impact of US Tariffs on Energy Supply Chain(s)” in “The Transatlantic Supply Chain Management”, American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, 2 July 2025
- Speaker, “ESG and Real Estate Investments: a US-EU Comparative Table” in “Real Estate Investment Strategies: Opportunities and Challenges for International Investors in Italy”, American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, 4 June 2025
- Speaker, “Training for innovative SMEs on Privacy and Data Protection”, in “Elite - Italian Stock Exchange and Invitalia, 15 January 2021
- Speaker, “Practical Hints for EBRD's Equity Transactions”, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, September 2017
Agnese has contributed to the translation of several legal academic texts from Italian into English and from English into Italian.
She has a strong passion for endurance running and participates in the organization of charity races.
- “Critical profiles of the EU-US transfer of personal data between regulatory conflicts and political reactions” in “Society of exponential technologies and General Data Protection Regulation: the international flow of personal data” edited by Simone Bonavita, Vol II, Horisma editions, 2019
- “The EU-USA Data Transfer between Privacy Shield and alternative methods: the Standard Contractual Clauses”, 2017
