Lorenzo Silvestri
Italian Lawyer and Certified Foreign Legal Consultant

Born in Rome on December 27, 1977, in 1996 Lorenzo Silvestri earned a diploma in classic studies at Liceo Classico G. De Sanctis of Rome. In 2002, he earned a law degree at Alma Mater Studiorum – Universita’ degli Studi di Bologna with thesis in private law on manufacturer’s liability. Lorenzo is a member in good standing of the BAR of Rome since 2007 and in 2008, he earned an LL.M. degree with high honors from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in American law and International legal practice. In 2014, Lorenzo was appointed as a Florida Notary Public and since 2016, he is a member of the Florida Bar as a Certified Foreign Legal Consultant in Italian law – not admitted to practice law in Florida.

After 11 years of practice in a prestigious Italian law firm of which he has been the responsible partner of the Miami (Florida) office from 2011 to 2018, in January 2019, Lorenzo founded the firm Silvestri International – Studio Legale Internazionale, with offices in Rome, Miami Beach and Miami Brickell. Lorenzo is currently the managing partner of the firm.

His practice has always focused on assisting International investors and entities in cross-border transactions including real estate, M&A, commercial and corporate matters, as well as on assisting as an expert counsel in domestic and transnational litigation matters that require specific expertise in Italian law and international law.

Since 2013, Lorenzo is a sustaining member of the Italian Chamber of Commerce South East in Miami. In addition, he seats as a manager, officer and/or member of the board of Directors of several national and multinational companies.

Lorenzo speaks Italian, English, Spanish and French.

Costanza Cornacchia
Legal Assistant

Born in long Beach, California, Usa, and raised in Rimini, Italy, Costanza Cornacchia pursued a Law Degree at the University of Milan in 2023, with a thesis in commercial law on the contractual dynamics of procurement in business organization. From October 2022 to December 2023, she completed a first six-month internship focused on loans and non-performing loans at the legal department of Algebris Investments, an Italian alternative asset investment firm based in Milan, as well as a second six-month internship at the finance department of Scholl Shoes, an Italian footwear company based in Milan, focusing on credits and contracts. In January 2024, Costanza joined the Miami Brickell office of Silvestri International – Studio Legale Internazionale, as a legal assistant mainly focusing on corporate and real estate matters. Costanza speaks Italian and English.