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Foreign clients with legal interests in Italy — a property to sell, an estate to settle, a company to manage, a dispute to handle in court — often find it impossible to be physically present at every step. The solution is the procura (power of attorney): the legal act by which a person grants another…
When an Italian debtor fails to pay voluntarily, a foreign creditor holding an enforceable title has access to a powerful and relatively direct procedural tool: the pignoramento presso terzi — third-party seizure — governed by Art. 543 of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure (codice di procedura civile, hereinafter c.p.c.). The mechanism allows the creditor…
When a foreign company enters into a contract with an Italian counterparty, two fundamental questions arise immediately: which law governs the contract, and which court has jurisdiction to decide any disputes? The applicable law determines the rules governing the contract’s validity, interpretation, and breach; jurisdiction determines where and how any litigation will take place. In…
Italy is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world. Millions of foreign tourists every year stay in hotels, visit historic sites, take part in organised tours, and travel Italian roads. A small percentage of these tourists suffer an injury — a fall on a hotel staircase, a road accident, a slippery floor…
Purchasing an apartment in an Italian building means automatically becoming a member of a condominio — a legal institution with precise rules, financial obligations, and a decision-making structure that many foreign owners initially find difficult to understand. The Italian condominio is not a voluntary association: it is a form of mandatory co-ownership of the building’s…
One of the most common practical problems that foreign heirs encounter is gaining access to the deceased’s bank accounts and deposits held with Italian banks. The account is automatically frozen by the bank as soon as it learns of the account holder’s death: from that point on, no transaction can be carried out without following…
Foreign companies seeking to access the Italian market through a local agent or distributor encounter a legal framework that affords the Italian intermediary significant protections — often greater than those available under the laws of the company’s home country. Underestimating these protections can expose the foreign company to unexpected and substantial costs at the end…
Purchasing a property in Italy without having carried out a preliminary legal verification is one of the most costly mistakes a foreign buyer can make. Problems that surface after the notarial deed is signed — undischarged mortgages, non-remediable planning irregularities, service charges owed by the previous owner, encumbered properties — can render the purchase unusable…
A workplace injury in Italy — a fall from scaffolding, an accident involving machinery, a collision while driving on behalf of the employer — activates a complex system of protections that combines compulsory insurance coverage through INAIL with the possibility of civil proceedings against the employer responsible. For the foreign worker, navigating this system requires…
Owning a property in Italy together with other people — a spouse, a sibling, a co-heir, an investor — is a common situation, but Italian law governs co-ownership (comunione) through precise rules that often surprise those coming from other legal systems. Day-to-day management of the asset, decisions about expenses, a co-owner’s right to sell their…
When an Italian counterpart fails to perform its contractual obligations correctly — failing to deliver goods, withholding payment, performing defectively — a foreign company needs to know exactly which tools Italian law makes available in response. The Italian Civil Code governs breach of contract through a precise system of remedies, partly alternative and partly cumulative,…
When a family member who was resident or died in Italy leaves an estate, the foreign heir faces a choice that Italian law does not allow to be deferred indefinitely: accept the inheritance — along with the deceased’s debts — or renounce it. The wrong decision can have significant financial consequences: an unwitting acceptance can…
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