Our Italian Law Desk is widely recognised as one of the largest and longest established independent Italian law practices in England, based in City of London and with offices in Milan, Rome, Sicily and Sardinia.

Our Italian lawyers offer legal services to companies and individuals doing business in Italy as well as those seeking to do business in the UK. Our specialised Anglo-Italian team has been providing legal support and advice to both commercial and private clients since 2005, when the Italian law desk was created in London to offer Italian legal advice to US and English clients aiming at doing business or investing in Italy.

Our team of Italian speaking lawyers and tax advisers offers a wide range of legal services with customised pragmatic solutions supporting our clients setting up their business in Italy and in their day-to-day commercial activities as well as one-off projects.

Our work includes:

• Advising individuals and families with assets and pending proceedings in Italy.
• Advising start-ups, established companies and entrepreneurs on doing business and investing in Italy.
• Italian residential and commercial conveyancing.
• Providing legal opinions on Italian law within corporate transactions and disputes.
• Advising on inheritance planning and litigating cross-border inheritance disputes.
• Advising personal representatives and trustees on Italian assets and estate interests
• Drafting expert reports on Italian substantive law for legal proceedings before the Courts of England and Wales.

We provide a comprehensive service in relation to all types of business structures including formation and registration, company secretarial services as well as assistance with tax, VAT, intellectual property protection, employment issues and a variety of other crucial aspects to running a business.

We have a raft of other professional service providers who can offer assistance in areas such as planning applications, appealing rateable values, landlord and tenant issues and much more. Our lawyers are specialists in the areas of advising foreign clients with property investment or transactions in Italy, setting up business structures, dealing with contentious probate, employment issues, commercial litigation and debt collection, personal injury and car/road accidents.

We also have substantial experience working on high profile contentious cases within Italy. We have represented a number of Italian local authorities on derivative/financial instruments litigation. The Italian Desk advises medium to large companies, multinational corporations, investors and Italian Public Authorities.

We can assist our clients with a range of investments in the US and vice versa, we operate as a point of contact for American and Canadian companies conducting business in Italy.  Legal Law Limited combines global legal expertise with local cultural knowledge in Italy thereby offering a thorough understanding of Italian business and industry sectors.

Lawyers in our Italian Desk are active members of various associations with an Italian connection such as Business Club Italia, British Italian Law Association, British Chamber of Commerce for Italy, American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce in New York and the Italian Chambers of Commerce in Sydney and Melbourne to name a few.

If you require further information or assistance, please complete the on-line enquiry form here or email us at: [email protected].