The Legal 500

Bonelli Erede Pappalardo’s Fabio Cintioli heads up the firm’s administrative law and regulatory practice. The firm has a large team in Milan with a smaller one in Rome, and has invested greatly in this area in recent times to complement its excellent transactional and disputes work. SEA, Sanofi Pasteur and Banca Carige were all advised on separate matters before different regional administrative tribunals and SOGIN assisted with public procurement issues. The Municipality of Milan is also a client.

Chiomenti Studio Legale’s Francesco Scanzano and Luca Perfetti run a first-class administrative law group. ENI has been assisted with structuring its strategy within Italy’s downstream gas market, and the team successfully advised Metropolitana Milanese in administrative litigation concerning the construction of new underground lines. Other impressive clients are Telecom Italia and the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance in relation to the administrative law aspects of Alitalia’s privatisation. In environmental matters, AMSA is a client.

Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners’s administrative lawyers are very active in energy matters. Maria Grazie Lanero has an excellent reputation and focuses strongly on the real estate and construction sectors while Giuseppe Velluto specialises in the administrative side to infrastructure and energy projects. The firm advised the Municipality of Milan on the No5 Milan underground line and assisted Veoli with the tender process for the construction of the Salerno incinerator in Campania. ‘You can be assured that you will be advised by partners and you are not left to deal only with junior lawyers’, state clients.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Rome-based Marcello Clarich is the administrative law head. The team advised Alitalia on a proceeding before the highest administrative court in Italy (Consiglio di Stato) and represented H3G in several proceedings. Chef Express, Deutsche Bank and Monsanto are also clients.

Rome firm Studio Legale Scoca is recommended for being involved in the most important administrative law cases. Franco Gaetano Scoca is well respected.

Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati’s Professor Riccardo Villata is deemed an ‘excellent administrative law professional’ and ‘possibly the best Italian administrative trial specialist’. The firm has evolved into a more business-oriented practice ‘thanks to Andreina Degli Esposti’s committment to transactional admisitrative law’. One recent highlight was advising listed telecommunications company Sirti in relation to a public tender case. Gas Natural is also a client.

Allen & Overy – Studio Legale Associato’s recommended Antonella Capria leads an 11-strong team that is especially active in the energy sector.

In January 2008, ex- DLA Piper partner Guido Bardelli founded Studio Legale Amministrativisti Associati, a ten-strong administrative law boutique. The firm is recommended for its experience in the real estate sector.

Avvocato Angelo Clarizia SAP SpA’s Professor Angelo Clarizia is well known for his contentious administrative law experience. Air One is a client.

Clifford Chance has 5 administrative law fee-earners in Milan, headed by Cristina Martorana dealing with transactions, and two in Rome handling the litigation side. It works in numerous sectors, from real estate to infrastructure and energy. The team recently assisted Abertis with administrative actions proposed against the Ministry of Infrastructure. The ‘extremely valuable’ Aristide Police is recommended.

Studio Legale Bucello Croci Piscitelli Viola is a specialised administrative law boutique with offices in Rome, Milan and Genoa. Name partners Mario Bucello, energy expert Simona Viola and town planning specialist Luigi Piscitelli head a 20-lawyer group that assisted the Edison Group with a contentious regassification plant in Rovigo.

DLA Piper’s Giorgia Romitelli provides ‘outstanding support’ in public tender matters. The practice advises on a range of areas, from energy administrative litigation to town planning and public project finance and has acted for the sponsors in the preparation of the proposal for the construction of a hospital in Venice. The team was recently boosted with the arrival of ADR expert Alfonso Celotto in Rome and Guido Inzaghi is strongly recommended for town planning matters.

Delli Santi & Partners’s Valentina Delli Santi heads an 11-partner team that is well-known for its administrative law talents within the town planning and real estate sectors.

At nineteen-partner law firm Grimaldi e Associati’s Rome-based Francesco Sciaudone and Germana Cassar in Milan are strongly recommended administrative law practitioners.

Legance Studio Legale Associato’s ‘constructive and creative’ administrative law practice covers both the contentious and transactional side, the latter mostly active in the areas of town planning, environment and energy. Highlight of the year was advising Air France-KLM before the Administrative Court of Lazio in relation to the possible acquisition of Alitalia. Filippo Pacciani is the key partner.

Lipani & Partners Studio di Avvocati is a specialised boutique focused on strategic consultancy advice to companies requiring administrative law expertise, and it is increasing its strength in contentious fields. Damiano Lipani is recommended.

Lombardi Molinari e Associati advises several banks and companies in relation to the financing of public works. In the town planning sector, it acts on the implementation phases of development operations.

Lovells Studio Legale’ administrative lawyers have strong litigation skills and are particularly adept within the environmental, real property, pharma and IT sectors.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s lawyers successfully assisted Autostrade Centro Padane in an administrative litigation procedure against the best bidder in the tender for the €800m highway project financing for the construction of the Cremona-Mantova highway.

Pavia e Ansaldo’s Rome-based Nico Moravia and Agostino Migone de Amicis in Milan are recommended. Infrastrutture Lombarde is a client.

Antonio Papi Rossi’s team at the ‘flexible and efficient’ Studio Santa Maria acts on complex administrative law issues arising within a range of industries such as energy, telecoms and pharma. It has advised the City of Milan in proceedings relating to a golden share case before Lombardy’s administrative regional court (Tar) and represented Villa D’Este on town planning and environmental matters.

Tonucci & Partners in alliance with Mayer Brown LLP’s administrative law head Giovanni Mangialardi is especially focused on the TMT sector. The practice advised Vodafone Omnitel on administrative litigation before the national appellate administrative court. Alcatel-Lucent is also a client.