Lawyers in Italy

Federico Vanetti

Federico specializes in administrative law and focuses on environmental, urban planning and construction law. He provides legal assistance in connection with major urban regeneration and real estate development, as well as in real estate and real estate development transactions with a focus on Retail, receptive, student housing, residential, and logistics. Federico also deals with circular economy, waste management and remediation of contaminated sites. He also follows clients in the permitting phase of large industrial projects (including Data Centers, logistics, expansions of manufacturing plants, establishment of new strategic activities), following the authorization processes. Federico provides judicial assistance before TARs and The Council of State, also dealing with climate change litigation.

Chiomenti

Federico Venturi

Partner

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Federico Venturi Ferriolo

Federico Venturi Ferriolo is a distinguished professional in sports law, with broad experience advising on regulatory frameworks, governance and complex cross-border matters. As Head of the Firm’s Sports Law practice, he supports clients in navigating an evolving legal and commercial landscape and regularly acts on significant transactions and disputes in the sports industry. His practice includes assisting on regulatory compliance and eligibility issues, advising on international player transfers, and dealing with contractual issues and the development of clients’ commercial strategies, such as sponsorships, licensing and image rights agreements. Federico frequently represents clients before the dispute resolution chambers of FIFA and other federations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne and the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT). Before joining LCA in 2020, Federico gained experience at international law firms, including Withers Studio Legale in Milan, Elite Law in Lugano and Squire Patton Boggs in London. These roles helped shape his ability to support clients in sophisticated, multi-jurisdictional matters with a practical and solution-focused approach.

LCA Studio Legale

Federico Vermicelli

Partner Federico Vermicelli specialises in out-of-court corporate law, focusing on extraordinary transactions, capital markets, corporate reorganisations, M&A and financial debt and corporate restructuring transactions. Key sectors of expertise encompass fashion, luxury and design, real estate, transport, hotels, food and beverage. He is member of the Equity Capital Markets and Restructuring & Insolvency Focus Teams.

BonelliErede

Federico Vezzani

Partner

Legance - Avvocati Associati

Federico Zucconi Galli Fonseca

DLA Piper

Felice Andrea Pannunzio

Associate Partner

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Felice Azzollini

Felice advises clients on banking, insurance, and financial markets matters, under the different profiles of the relevant legal framework He advises on products and services distribution, contractual drafting, cross-border transactions and management of relations with the relevant supervisory authorities. His legal advice, offered to both Italian and international clients, includes the drafting of opinions and contracts, consultancy regarding corporate governance operations and business model restructuring, and the preparation of petitions and defense statements before legal and supervisory Authorities.

Chiomenti

Felice D\'Acquisto

Partner

LMS Studio Legale

Ferdinando Bonofiglio

Ferdinando Bonofiglio is a senior counsel in our Milan office and a member of the global Corporate and M&A practice.

Dentons

Ferdinando Emanuele

Ferdinando Emanuele is a partner and co-head of the firm’s international arbitration practice. He specialises in national and international litigation and arbitration, with particular focus on civil law and commercial law. Key sectors of expertise include procurement, aviation, antitrust, banking, finance, public international law, telecommunications and sports.

BonelliErede

Ferdinando Nicotra

Ferdinando has extensive experience in matters of EU and Italian antitrust and competition law, also thanks to his experience at the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission in Brussels. He especially focusses on M&A transactions, litigation, compensation for antitrust damage, cartels, and vertical agreements and represents Italian and international groups before the Italian Competition Authority, the European Commission, and the national authorities of EU member states. Ferdinando also represents clients before the national administrative courts (Lazio Regional Administrative Court and the Council of State) and before the specialised divisions of the ordinary courts concerning a variety of sectors and markets. He assists Italian and international clients on internal antitrust audits and in drafting and implementing antitrust compliance programmes, antitrust codes and internal guidelines, and in the training of clients’ employees regarding antitrust matters. He also provides extrajudicial assistance and assistance on matters of IT, new technologies, and digital transformation to tech companies (including innovative startups) that operate in IT, AI, Big Data, and New Digital Services.

Simmons & Simmons

Ferdinando Pasello

Counsel

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Ferdinando Poscio

Ferdinando advises Italian and international banks and financial institutions, private equity and private debt funds, sponsors and corporates in both domestic and cross-border transactions. His practice focuses primarily on acquisition finance, syndicated lending, bond issues and unitranche financings. He also assists clients with debt renegotiations and restructurings. He is valued for his pragmatic approach, his ability to understand clients’ needs, and his skill in structuring effective, tailored solutions even in complex and innovative scenarios. Ferdinando is partner of the Firm since 2025. Previously, he worked with Baker & McKenzie and with the international law firm Clifford Chance, where he was a partner for over ten years.

LCA Studio Legale

Ferigo Foscari

Partner

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Fernando Gandioli

Partner, Private Client and Tax

Withers Società tra Avvocati S.r.l.

Fernando Gionni

Associate Partner

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

Ferrante Paveri Fontana

Ferrante is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Ferrante primarily focuses on corporate, financial and commercial law, and has a wide experience on extraordinary corporate transactions, merger and acquisitions, transfers of businesses and shareholdings in the industrial, banking, insurance and energy sectors, joint venture restructuring and private equity agreements. He has a wide experience also in corporate and securities litigation.

Giovannelli e Associati Studio Legale

Filippo Andrea Chiaves

Senior Counsel

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Filippo Arata

Lawyer - Partner

bureau Plattner

Filippo Arena

Filippo Arena is the Head of the Economic Public Law department and focuses on European law, Administrative Law, Antitrust and Regulation, Consumer Protection, coordinating the firm’s practice areas. He was State Attorney and Secretary General of Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), where he first held the position of Legal Advisor and, subsequently, that of Head of Cabinet. During his professional activity, he has regularly represented the Italian State before the Court of Justice of the European Union in requests for preliminary rulings and infringement procedures. He has held various positions within the State Attorney General and the Ministry of Economic Development where he was also Head of the Legislative Office. He is a speaker at several national and international conferences in the field of Antitrust Law and Administrative Law.

Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici

Filippo Azzano

Filippo is a managing associate in the Banking & Restructuring practice of our Milan office. He specialises in Italian and cross-border restructuring and turnaround procedures, with experience in advising funds, banks and corporate entities. He also developed a significant experience in corporate lending and leverage finance transactions across the Linklaters Milan and London offices, where he worked in 2024 advising banks and corporate entities in syndicated lending, distressed lending and acquisition financings.

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

Filippo Brunetti

Filippo provides in-court and out-of-court advice to Italian and international clients on matters concerning public contract law in a broad sense (award and execution of contracts and concessions of works, services and supplies; project financing). Filippo has gained a wealth of experience in the main regulated sectors and in the financial market sector. In the energy sector, Filippo’s practice focuses on regulatory matters and on managing relationships with the relevant Authorities. He assists clients with implementing and managing energy infrastructure projects and with related administrative litigation. His practice also focuses on governmental agencies and state-owned along with their special regime. In the public services field, he also advises clients in the gas, waste, water, and transport services sector. He has gained a wealth of experience in the health and pharmaceutical sector, both by managing relationships with the National Healthcare System and by advising clients on regulatory matters and relevant industry-specific procurement matters. His practice also includes urban planning and environmental law as well as real estate transactions under public law (public funded real estate funds and divestments).

Chiomenti

Filippo Calda

Associate

IP Law Galli