I was born in Haarlem (Netherlands) and studied Cultural Studies at the University of Amsterdam, specialising in Economics. After completing my studies, I worked internationally as a cultural mediator and designed educational and cultural travel programmes in Europe and the United States.

Since then, my interest in other cultures and international cooperation has been a constant thread running through both my professional and personal life.
In the early 2000s, I moved to Italy and decided to pursue a career in law. In 2012, I obtained my master’s degree in law from the University of Florence. Following my admission to the Bar in 2016, I founded Studio Legale Lippes, a practice focused on cross-border civil law matters between Italy and the Netherlands.

In my work, I combine legal precision with personal commitment. I assist clients with civil litigation, mediation, out-of-court matters and contract work, and practise in Italian, Dutch and English. Clear communication and direct contact are essential to the way I work.

In my free time, I enjoy travelling, swimming whenever possible, and staying curious about other cultures.

Avv. Annemieke M.G. Lippes (Haarlem, Netherlands, 2 March 1968)

Valentina graduated cum laude from the University of Florence in 2010 with a thesis in Criminal Law and obtained a PhD. in the same field in 2015. In 2013, she was admitted to the Italian Bar, and is now a member of the Siena Bar. She also enrolled in the registers of public defenders for the Florence Court of First Instance and the Florence Juvenile Court as well as in the public register of lawyers providing free legal aid.

She provides assistance in various fields of criminal law. Her expertise includes medical malpractice liability and the protection of patients, occupational accidents, stalking, juvenile law. In the field of civil law, she mainly focuses on civil liability and torts, guardianship and conservatorship for the protection of incapacitated adults and minors. She also offers legal aid and assistance in administrative trials, with reference to the challenging of public selection procedures, and immigration law.

Valentina is also the author of a number of articles published in prominent criminal law-related Italian journals.

Through her volunteer activity, she assists persons with disabilities and their families and advocates for the removal of architectural barriers.

Avv. Valentina Ferro (Florence, Italy, 11 August 1984)

Elisabetta Speziani graduated in 2001 at the University of Brescia.

After graduation, she did her traineeship at the accounting firm of Rag. Fiorina Mara in Brescia, in Via Pagani 4, where she acquired experience and training in book keeping and accounting management.

In 2006, she successfully passed her State exam for the profession of accountant and from 2008 she is in the Register of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Expert of Brescia.

She left the accounting firm of Rag. Fiorina Mara in 2009 and she started to practice the profession independently.

From 2007 to 2010 she follow courses to become a professional Mediatore Civile at the Insituto Lodo Arbitrale of Brescia.

From 2017, she moves her practice to Empoli, in Piazza Don Minzoni, 8, where she starts to collaborate with the Lippes Law Firm.

Her professional activity involves mostly fiscal consultancy for companies, accounting analysis, drafting tax declaration both for physical and legal entities, business planning, costs assessment and also handling inheritance files.

Moreover, she assists her clients with initiating their activities, supporting them with all the related requirements such as fiscal and social security issues.

She has proficiency in IT; in fact, alongside with the knowledge of the Office Package (word, excel, open office..), she uses accountability management software daily.  

She is fluent in English and German.

Elisabetta Speziani, 15 July 1975, Brescia (Italy)

Janneke graduated in 1987 from the University of Utrecht (Netherlands) in Dutch Language and Literature.

After a short stay in Switzerland, she decided to increase her knowledge of the Italian language and culture by attending a course at the University of Florence. Janneke settled there and collaborated on a project basis with schools, tour operators and translation centres. She also gained experience in the public sector, working for the Foreign Office of Italy’s biggest trade union, various administrative offices of the Tuscany Region and several offices of the Police and Justice Department. Her activities as a translator extend to the publishing world and audiovisual industry. At the moment, she works for the Dutch Foreign Ministry.

She obtained her diploma as a certified translator Italian into Dutch and Dutch into Italian at the Instituut voor Tolken en Vertalen in Utrecht. In Italy, Janneke is enrolled to the professional register of translators kept by the Court of Law in Florence; in the Netherlands, she is listed in the register kept by the Bureau for Sworn Interpreters and Translators in The Hague.

She is a Dutch native speaker with excellent knowledge of five other EU languages: Italian, English, German, French and Spanish.

She is fond of travelling, plastic arts and music, walking and cycling.

Janna Maria Bor (Ede, Netherlands, 18 July 1965)