Sara Volpe
Legal Counsel specialising in cross-border commercial transactions, with experience across law firm, banking and in-house environments. Pragmatic, business-oriented advisor focused
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Promoted within the in-house Legal team, with increased ownership of complex cross-border commercial matters and business-critical initiatives across EMEA.
Esperienza
Legal Counsel at VOIS (2025-09 – Present)
Promoted within the in-house Legal team, with increased ownership of complex cross-border commercial matters and business-critical initiatives across EMEA.
- Independently manage commercial deals end-to-end across 14 EMEA jurisdictions, covering drafting, review and negotiation of commercial and intra-group agreements, including MSAs, SDFs, SOWs, NDAs, LOIs and IoT agreements
- Lead complex cross-border contractual structures, including cascading SOW arrangements requiring the mirroring and flow-down of contractual obligations across multiple group entities
- Partner with business and commercial stakeholders to resolve issues pragmatically, simplify contractual requirements and enable deals to progress efficiently, balancing commercial objectives with legal and regulatory risk
- Contribute to the development and enablement of an AI agent for the Legal team, working directly with engineers and developers to define legal requirements, test workflows and review and improve AI-generated outputs
- Act as a point of contact for junior lawyers on complex deals, providing guidance on contract strategy, risk assessment, drafting and negotiation
- Lead a legal training programme for the team and drive improvements to CLM, templates, playbooks and legal workflows
- Act as Trade Compliance Local Champion, managing import/export compliance assessments involving high-risk countries and supporting export control requirements
Legal Advisor at VOIS (2024-09 – 2025-09)
- Managed contract drafting, review and negotiation while supporting sales and RFP processes, identifying contractual risks and providing pragmatic solutions to enable business objectives
- Worked directly with Business, Sales and Product teams to structure and negotiate contracts in line with commercial needs
- Acted as SPOC for Mobile Services legal matters, providing end-to-end legal support to relevant stakeholders
- Improved contract templates and contributed to the standardisation and simplification of legal processes
Junior Client Advisor at Crédit Agricole (2022-09 – 2024-09)
Managed client relationships and provided tailored financial solutions across cash management and account services. Handled client needs directly, supported sales and business development activities, and oversaw documentation, payments, and renewal processes.
Intern at Public Prosecutor's Office (2020-01 – 2022-12)
- Assisted magistrates with legal research and drafting of judicial documents, including precautionary measures and investigation orders
- Gained exposure to criminal proceedings and Supreme Court jurisprudence
Trainee Lawyer at Law Firms ASPLEX & Cappelluto (2020-01 – 2021-12)
- Drafted legal documents and conducted research across civil, criminal and privacy law matters
- Advised clients on GDPR and data protection, including corporate training, while supporting procedural and court-related activities
Formazione
Master's Degree in Law (Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza) & Master en Droit (French Law) – Bilingual Program (MBDE) in Law – University of Bologna & Université Paris Nanterre (2015-09 – 2020-06)
Licence en Droit in French Law – Université Paris Nanterre (2015-09 – 2018-06)
Italian–French Integrated Program in Italian, French and European Law – University of Bologna & Université Paris Nanterre (2015-09 – 2020-06)
