Francesca Sbrana won the TopLegal Awards 2024 as Best Lawyer in Administrative Litigation. Admitted to the Rome Bar in 1998, she is qualified to represent clients before the higher courts.
She joined the firm in 1999 and has played a key role in the development of its administrative law practice ever since. Her practice focuses on administrative law, with particular expertise in administrative and accounting litigation.
She completed her legal training at the State Attorney’s Office before working for several years with a leading Rome-based law firm specialising in administrative and administrative-accounting law. During this period, she handled matters involving oil drilling licences, commercial authorisations for large shopping centres, public tenders, concessions for public goods and services, property development and planning, compulsory purchases, public sector employment and administrative-accounting liability.
Over the course of her career, she has developed significant expertise in public tenders for the supply of goods and services, public contract law, the establishment and management of public sector procurement centres, publicly owned companies, the organisation and management of public bodies, and litigation before administrative and accounting courts.
She has led the firm’s administrative and accounting litigation sector since 2006, advising central and local government, public companies, public enterprises, public law bodies, concession holders and private clients on matters involving organisation, management, procurement processes and the interaction between public and private parties.
A member of the editorial board of the Rivista Amministrativa della Repubblica Italiana, founded in 1850, she is the author of numerous publications and regularly lectures in both public and private contexts.
Legal Awards

Academic background
- Rome “La Sapienza” University
Languages
Italian, English
Comments & Publications
22.06.2026
A Green Light for AI in Public Administration — Even When It Hallucinates
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04.06.2026
Breaches of EU Restrictive Measures under Legislative Decree 231: The New Central Role of Trade Compliance
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25.05.2026
The Evolution of Case Law on Unlawful Credit Granting
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11.05.2026
CFC Rules and ATAD: The CJEU Defines the Limits of Member States’ Discretion
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20.04.2026
False Performance Bonds in Public Procurement: Legal Consequences for Contract Awards and the Limits of Curative Measures
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07.04.2026
The New AGCM Regulation on the Legality Rating: From a Reputational Tool to an Integrated Compliance Indicator
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09.03.2026
Project Finance after the CJEU Judgment of 5 February 2026 (Case C-810/24): Immediate Disapplication of the Right of First Refusal and the First Operational Guidance
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19.02.2026
The Value of Personal Data before the Administrative Courts: The Dual Nature of Personal Data and the Extension of the “Glass House” Principle to Digital Businesses
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06.02.2026
The Networks Act: A Step Towards a Truly Integrated European Market?
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01.04.2021
[ITA] LE PROPOSTE DELLA AGCM AI FINI DELLA LEGGE ANNUALE PER IL MERCATO E LA CONCORRENZA ANNO 2021
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