Laura Pierallini is the founder and managing partner of Pierallini Law Firm, specializing in aviation law in Italy. She graduated with honors in law from the University of Rome La Sapienza and has been a member of the Rome Bar since 1986. She teaches commercial law at LUISS University in Rome and in the Master in programs in Economics, Management, and Marketing of Tourism and Cultural Heritage and Aviation Business Administration at LUISS School of Government. She is Adjunct Professor at McGill University of Montréal, Canada.

Laura has been practicing aviation law since 1984, providing specialized consultancy to clients in the entire international aviation sector, including aircraft financing and leasing; antitrust and regulation; litigation and dispute resolution; labor law; restructuring; mergers, and corporate matters. Her clientele includes Italian and foreign airlines, manufacturers, lessees, financiers, airports, handling companies, and travel agencies. She has recently participated in major merger and acquisition transactions in the aviation sector.

She is an independent member of the board of directors of Avio S.p.A., a leading company in the aerospace sector in Italy.

She has been recognized as a 2026 Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyer, Thought Leader at the LC Italian Awards 2026, Best Aviation Lawyer at the Client Choice Awards 2024 and Lawyer of the Year – Aviation at the WWL Awards 2024. She has been consistently shortlisted for Best Aviation Lawyer at the Europe Women in Business Law Awards. She has been named Italian lawyer of the year in Aviation Finance at Legal Community Finance Awards 2025 and 2026. 

Recognized as a Thought Leader in the aviation section of Thought Leaders Global Elite (2018-2026), Laura is recommended as a leading lawyer in the regulatory, litigation, and financial sub-sections of the aviation section of WWL: Transport. She was also awarded Transport Lawyer of the Year at the 2021 and 2022 TopLegal Industry Awards and Aviation Finance Lawyer of the Year at the 2023 LegalCommunity Finance Awards.

Laura regularly participates in aviation conferences, delivering speeches and moderating roundtable discussions at various Italian and international symposiums, particularly those organized by IATA, IBA, EALA, and EBAA. She organizes annual aviation law conferences at LUISS University in Rome, attracting experts, jurists, and international operators. She has authored numerous national and international publications on aviation law, tourism, and commercial law.

Laura is aviation committee member of the International Bar Association (IBA), advisory committee member of the Worldwide Airports Law Association (WALA), committee member of the European Air Law Association (EALA), member of Aviation Working Group – Cape Town Convention (AWG) and a member of the International Aviation Women’s Association (IAWA). 

She is the author of many national and international publications on aviation, tourism and commercial law.