Since February 2023, Francesca Maria Zanasi has served as Vice President of the Milan Bar Association, and since February 2025 she has also served as President of the Arbitration Chamber of the Milan Bar Association.  She is the founder and first president of the Union of Italian Foreign Affairs Committees, a body bringing together representatives from 56 Italian bar associations, and the founder of the International Forum on Inheritance Law.

She was admitted to the Italian Bar in 1995, and her practice focuses on family law and inheritance, in both civil and criminal matters.  She is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, the British Italian Law Association, and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Since 2011, she has served as an Associate Professor at the Cattolica University in Milan and is an editor of continuing legal education courses in family law.  She is the author of several published works, including a book on stalking offenses and works on family violence and protection orders, one of which received the International Juridical Scientific Award “G. Falcone – P. Borsellino” in 2007.