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Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati
VIA SAN BARNABA, 30
20122 MILAN
Italy
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Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati > The Legal 500 Rankings

Italy > Administrative and public law Tier 1

Boutique firm Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati has a focus on the corporate sector and is particularly renowned for assisting with a vast number of public projects based in Lombardy. The team, which is led by Riccardo Villata and Andreina Degli Esposti, assists clients with administrative and public law issues arising from corporate operations. The group is also strong in public tenders, utilities issues, environmental work, energy and infrastructure mandates, and the life sciences, healthcare and sports sectors. The firm has expanded its office in Bologna and also opened a base in Padua in 2020, allowing operations to extend into the Veneto region.

Practice head(s):

Riccardo Villata; Andreina Degli Esposti

Testimonials

‘Without any doubt, the value and competence of the lawyers, especially Andreina Degli Esposti and Riccardo Villata, are distinguishing factors. High reputation in the legal environment, as their opinion is not only listened to, but also often sought out.’

‘Excellent ability to use new technologies, in particular those for remote connection. Furthermore, it seems that they have implemented a new integrated management system, which makes the reading of their invoices and the activities carried out even more transparent.’

‘Andreina Degli Esposti and Riccardo Villata are to be praised for their superb command of the legislation and an uncommon knowledge of their clients’ internal systems.’

‘Exceptional expertise in administrative law in the health sector. The team, in addition to its skills, is also characterised by its timeliness and punctuality in its work.’

‘Andreina Degli Esposti distinguishes herself for professionalism, competence, promptness and extraordinary communication skills.’

‘A specialised boutique that combines innovation in the legal approach to knowledge consolidated over the years. Professionals are protagonists of administrative law, forerunners of guidelines and great interpreters of law.’

Key clients

Suez wts italy srl

Pubblimil srl

Amtrust assicurazioni spa

Pro-gest spa

Supernap italia srl

Cooperativa aldia

Coop barcaioli porto venere

Biomed (althea italia spa)

Fondazione terre des hommes italia

Fondazione gioventu’ musicale

Sincronis medical srl

Edison spa

Tamoil italia spa

Lloyd’s insurance company s.a.

Aria spa

Municipality follonica

Banor capital ltd

Servizi logistici srl

Efs spa (formerly zephyro spa)

Compass group italia spa

Capgemini italia spa

Banca farmafactoring spa

Sermetra s.cons.p.a.

Ciclat trasporti ambiente soc. Coop.

Sirti spa

Kos group srl

Open fiber spa

Randstad group italia spa

Medipass srl

Ecocontrol srl

Bnp paribas

Italian underwriting srl

Universita’ commerciale luigi bocconi

Tcvvv spa (teleriscaldamento coogenerazione valtellina valchiavenna valcamonica)

Baxter spa

Mundipharma pharmaceutical srl

Seda spa

Carlo gavazzi  automation spa

Biomed consulting srl

Orano cycle (areva nc sa)

Roma metropolitane srl

Fari immobiliare srl

Csg palladio srl

Life analytics srl

Municipality of san giuliano terme

Pesenti serafino srl

Immobiliare sigma spa –  real estate

Fimpa spa

Green farm srl

Italy > Real estate and construction

Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria has an expanding real estate practice, which is jointly led by Marzio Longo and Federico Barbàra. The firm is particularly prominent in matters connected with logistics, residential portfolios, student housing and data centres. In a key development in 2020, of counsel Gloria Molteni joined from Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati. The team's work includes cross-border and domestic acquisitions and disposals, leasing, non-performing loan transactions and matters arising from bankruptcies.

Practice head(s):

Marzio Longo; Federico Barbàra

Other key lawyers:

Paolo Bolis; Gloria Molteni

Testimonials

‘Dynamism, pro-activity and problem-solving ability. Excellent communication skills with the customer and management of problematic situations mainly in negotiations with counterparties.’

‘Partners are always present and in constant communication with the customer, including for issues that could be managed by collaborators. Availability on a short notice, even during the weekend.’

‘Extremely prepared lawyers and great responsiveness’

‘Responsive and commercially-minded’

‘Professionalism, experience and openness in finding solutions to issues.’

‘Technical skills, client relationship skills.’

‘Competence, professionalism and speed in execution’

‘Federico Barbara is one of the best professionals in the Real Estate sector thanks to his technical skills and to the important network with the main RE operators both in Italy and abroad.’

Key clients

Savills Investment Management

Gruppo San Donato

DeA Capital

Gruppo Barletta

Sonae Sierra

Carval

Generali RE

Carlyle RE

Global Net Lease

Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati > Firm Profile

The firm: Now a leading firm in administrative law, with offices in Milan, Rome and Bologna, Studio Vilde was established in 1999, a merger of the studios of Avv Prof Riccardo Villata and Avv Andreina Degli Esposti. The firm’s practice covers a variety of areas – from infrastructure and oil and gas projects to public utilities and environmental law – while its extensive judicial and extra judicial experience has enabled it to become a key consultancy structure.

The Italian legal system is seeing the administrative and civil law sectors become increasingly interlinked, an aspect that Studio Vilde embraces also, working with large multinational companies on matters involving corporate and financial law. The firm thrives within the constantly evolving legal environment due to its ability to adapt and the fact that it is always up to date with the latest changes. Added to this, on account of its dynamic structure – with its various offices – the firm is always able to respond promptly to all its clients’ needs.

Areas of practice: The firm’s practice covers all areas of public law. It specialises predominantly in:

Litigation: the firm’s main practice area is litigation. Its partners regularly represent clients before the administrative courts and the firm has extensive experience in procedures before the Italian Court of Audit. This excellent litigation practice has allowed the firm to strengthen its expertise in non-contentious matters across all areas of public law.

Environment: the firm boasts an unrivalled combination of comprehensive and experienced practice in both the remediation and waste sectors, along with an exceptional legal service in criminal law, litigations (before administrative or civil courts) and the structuring of complex transactions.

Energy: the firm primarily assists the principal Italian companies in the energy sector on the following matters: exploration, production, storage and distribution of natural gas; power generation (including renewable sources, cogeneration and waste-to-energy) and distribution; and the storage and distribution of oil.

Oil and gas: the firm assists major companies operating in the Italian oil and gas sectors in (i) the regulation process under Italian authorities; (ii) the acquisition of concessions and administrative permits; and (iii) litigation.

Waste: the firm advises the principal companies in the waste market.

Privatisation: the firm has developed widespread expertise in both privatisations and financial transactions with public bodies, as well as in highly specialised sectors, such as the gaming industry.

Public utilities: the firm’s partners are widely recognised as the leading Italian experts in public utilities. The firm provides clients with (i) influential opinions and advice; (ii) litigation expertise; and (iii) assistance with the structuring, documentation and completion of complex transactions.

Infrastructure: the firm represents clients in tender procedures or in the implementation of public contracts.

Malls and stores: within this sector, the firm’s practice has extensively covered litigations and transactions with local public bodies (municipalities and regional governments).

Staff Figures

Number of lawyers : 15

Languages

English
French
Spanish

Other

Other offices : Bologna
Other offices : Rome

Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati > Firm Profile

The firm: Now a leading firm in administrative law, with offices in Milan, Rome and Bologna, Studio Vilde was established in 1999, a merger of the studios of Avv Prof Riccardo Villata and Avv Andreina Degli Esposti. The firm’s practice covers a variety of areas – from infrastructure and oil and gas projects to public utilities and environmental law – while its extensive judicial and extra judicial experience has enabled it to become a key consultancy structure.

The Italian legal system is seeing the administrative and civil law sectors become increasingly interlinked, an aspect that Studio Vilde embraces also, working with large multinational companies on matters involving corporate and financial law. The firm thrives within the constantly evolving legal environment due to its ability to adapt and the fact that it is always up to date with the latest changes. Added to this, on account of its dynamic structure – with its various offices – the firm is always able to respond promptly to all its clients’ needs.

Areas of practice: The firm’s practice covers all areas of public law. It specialises predominantly in:

Litigation: the firm’s main practice area is litigation. Its partners regularly represent clients before the administrative courts and the firm has extensive experience in procedures before the Italian Court of Audit. This excellent litigation practice has allowed the firm to strengthen its expertise in non-contentious matters across all areas of public law.

Environment: the firm boasts an unrivalled combination of comprehensive and experienced practice in both the remediation and waste sectors, along with an exceptional legal service in criminal law, litigations (before administrative or civil courts) and the structuring of complex transactions.

Energy: the firm primarily assists the principal Italian companies in the energy sector on the following matters: exploration, production, storage and distribution of natural gas; power generation (including renewable sources, cogeneration and waste-to-energy) and distribution; and the storage and distribution of oil.

Oil and gas: the firm assists major companies operating in the Italian oil and gas sectors in (i) the regulation process under Italian authorities; (ii) the acquisition of concessions and administrative permits; and (iii) litigation.

Waste: the firm advises the principal companies in the waste market.

Privatisation: the firm has developed widespread expertise in both privatisations and financial transactions with public bodies, as well as in highly specialised sectors, such as the gaming industry.

Public utilities: the firm’s partners are widely recognised as the leading Italian experts in public utilities. The firm provides clients with (i) influential opinions and advice; (ii) litigation expertise; and (iii) assistance with the structuring, documentation and completion of complex transactions.

Infrastructure: the firm represents clients in tender procedures or in the implementation of public contracts.

Malls and stores: within this sector, the firm’s practice has extensively covered litigations and transactions with local public bodies (municipalities and regional governments).

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Administrative Riccardo Villata
Administrative Andreina Degli Esposti
Litigation and arbitration Riccardo Villata
Litigation and arbitration Andreina Degli Esposti
Building regulations and town planning Andreina Degli Esposti
Building regulations and town planning Riccardo Villata
Environment Riccardo Villata
Environment Andreina Degli Esposti
Energy and natural resources Andreina Degli Esposti
Energy and natural resources Riccardo Villata
Networked public utilities Riccardo Villata
Networked public utilities Andreina Degli Esposti
Public tenders Riccardo Villata
Public tenders Andreina Degli Esposti
Privatisation and public enterprises Riccardo Villata
Privatisation and public enterprises Andreina Degli Esposti
Project financing and financial structures for public bodies Andreina Degli Esposti
Project financing and financial structures for public bodies Riccardo Villata
Administrative legal issues arising from M&A operations Andreina Degli Esposti
Administrative legal issues arising from M&A operations Riccardo Villata
Regulations of industrial sites Andreina Degli Esposti
Regulations of industrial sites Riccardo Villata
Independent authorities Andreina Degli Esposti
Independent authorities Riccardo Villata
Commerce Andreina Degli Esposti
Commerce Riccardo Villata
Litigation before the Italian Court of Audit (Corte dei Conti) Andreina Degli Esposti
Litigation before the Italian Court of Audit (Corte dei Conti) Riccardo Villata
Criminal trials in administrative matters Riccardo Villata
Criminal trials in administrative matters Andreina Degli Esposti

Staff Figures

Number of lawyers : 15

Languages

English
French
Spanish

Other

Other offices : Bologna
Other offices : Milan

Diversity/Community


The VILDE – Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati Law Firm aims to provide an inclusive, non-discriminatory and supportive culture. With a variety of backgrounds, ages and interests, we have an integrated and dedicated team of professionals and we continue to maintain our high standards by recruiting and developing the finest talent. At VILDE, we pride ourselves on our willingness to be part of a tightknit professional community, using our expertise in order to provide our clients with the best legal services available, to the highest ethical standards.

VILDE is characterized by an equal presence of male and female partners and on this regard please note that one of the two Founding Partners is a female. The same is true for collaborators, who come from all over Italy as well as from different foreign countries (even from China, as happened in the past and please note that unfortunately the presence of Chinese lawyers in Italian law firms is very rare).

Due to the extreme respect and privacy that the Law Firm wants to guarantee to the personal choices of each individual, the political, religious and sexual orientations of partners and collaborators are not an issue for VILDE.

We strongly believe that the abovementioned elements cannot and must not affect the recruitment of a partner and/or a collaborator and/or a client.

The Firm maintains a strict code of conduct that is fundamental to all its activities. To avoid any conflicts of interest, we are always extremely attentive in the services we provide, meaning that clients can rest assured that they are always our priority.

Being able to identify what we are good at and where our strengths lie is a trait which has led VILDE to be one of the leading firms in Italian public law. Furthermore, we believe that we have been able to build and maintain our Firm’s reputation of consistency by being able to identify the areas outside of our field of expertise and choosing to avoid them accordingly. This ensures that any work done by the firm is carried out swiftly, to the highest of standards.

We also make a conscious effort to remain up to date and active regarding social issues that we feel strongly about (for instance, we are currently advising and counselling the Italian association “Vittime del dovere”, dedicated to police officers and public employees who have died or who have suffered disability due to their work). Our willingness and eagerness to provide support has gained us a reputation as a Firm with a strong moral backbone. When we become aware of such social issues, where we as a Firm believe that our attention and services would be beneficial for both the concerned party and the community, even if they were unable to afford it, we step in and offer our services on a pro bono basis.

Advisory activity is also a part of the pro bono activity carried out by the Law Firm towards i) “Project Burkina Faso” coordinated by Professor Silvio Scarone (Professor of the Università Statale di Milano), involving the execution of a University masters and its management with local organisation (training for doctors) and ii) the “Aldia Cooperative”, with a specific regard to the educational institutions that welcome children with disabilities.

Through our belief in the importance of charity work and our supportive values, VILDE have been supporting the fight against Rett Syndrome for many years. The syndrome is a rare non-inherited genetic postnatal neurological disorder that occurs almost exclusively in girls and leads to severe impairments, affecting nearly every aspect of the child’s life such as their ability to speak, walk, eat and even to comfortably breathe. On a yearly basis, we organise fundraising events and activities to show our commitment towards the fight against Rett syndrome.

Client Testimonials


CLIENT: Giorgio Rizza
COMPANY/FIRM: EDISON FACILITY SOLUTIONS S.P.A. (EDISON/EDF GROUP)
TESTIMONIAL: Studio Vilde has always been for us the point of reference with respect to any judicial and extra-judicial administrative law issues as well as with respect to any matters related to public tender procedures and their services represent a precious asset for our company.

The firm is absolutely outstanding and offers top level services with excellent competence and unparalleled experience as well as extraordinary value for money.

Unrivalled Riccardo Villata is the epitome of competence, business judgement, elegance and responsiveness at their maximum expression.

Excellent Andreina Degli Esposti provides brilliant legal advices with business acumen and innovative solutions.

CLIENT: Daniel Zaza
COMPANY/FIRM: ITALIAN UNDERWRITING SRL
TESTIMONIAL: In a difficult, confusing, or complicated situation, the guidance of a super well-prepared and reliable legal professional is paramount.

At  Studio Villata & Degli Esposti we find passion for Job, great communication skills, willingness to listen, creativity and good judgment.

They understand the client, are very insightful and of course  an expert in their field, truly a professional and marvelous individual.

On an extremely difficult cases and encountered issues that no one expected and few had ever seen they worked tirelessly and guided us through the entire lengthy process till the desired objective/victory.

We will continue to retain (and recommend) them for all legal matters that may arise as we know we are in the best hands

CLIENT: Nicoletta Andreotti
COMPANY/FIRM: LLOYD’S OF LONDON
TESTIMONIAL: Both Partners of Law Firm Villata-Degli Esposti are commonly considered the top in administrative law. But what truly distinguish Villata-Degli Esposti is the high reputation and influence in their practice area. Their broader knowledge of the Lloyd’s organization have brought them to always appear on behalf of Lloyd’s to secure rapid and successful outcome even in high courts. These are fields in which independent authorities with very wide powers of control and regulation operate: interfacing with these administrations requires high specialization and the ability to manage complex procedures. Authority,  influence, reputation, independence and experience are the ground for Lloyd’s to choose Villata-Degli Esposti.

CLIENT: Matteo Baviello
COMPANY/FIRM: AMTRUST GROUP ITALY
TESTIMONIAL: Vilde law firm always provides excellent services, demonstrating professionalism and personal attention to all details. Thanks to their strong experience and years of activities with major companies, Vilde law firm became a point of reference for all public-law related matters of the Company, both in managing litigations and providing day-by-day legal assistance. Based on their excellent competences in supporting companies and clients in all legal matters regarding public proceedings, they usually assist the Company in managing public tenders and any related procedures in front of Administrative Courts, always with great results.

CLIENT: Giovanna Bassi
COMPANY/FIRM: COMPASS GROUP ITALIA SPA
TESTIMONIAL: Studio VILDE is a Law Firm of an outstanding level of competences, passion, quickness in providing opinions, with a “business partner’s approach”, always suggesting the best solution. This attitude has built a long term relationship and earns our complete trust.

Professor Riccardo Villata is an Authority, it’s always a pleasure to listen to his unique ability to deeply analyse very complex matters and explain the legal defence in an incredible simple and effective way. We very much rely on his opinions for his consolidated and undiscussed authority at the highest level among all the Public Law Firms.

Andreina Degli Esposti is a brilliant and outstanding partner of VILDE. I’ve been impressed for her excellent profile and capability to quick understand our business and look at the legal issue from our side, always been objective and providing the best solutions, with great acumen and ability of building an excellent relationship. What I really appreciate the most is the pleasure I have to work with her for her passion, honesty, and sense of humour that, together with her excellent expertise are a rare asset.

I strongly recommend VILDE Law Firm also for the very strong track of successes before the Courts they have had in nearly ten years of relationship.

CLIENT: Marinella De Focatiis
COMPANY/FIRM: EDISON SPA
TESTIMONIAL: VILDE Law Firm represents a leading practice in the Italian administrative law panorama. The firm is praised for its ‘problem-solving attidute and the extreme attention to the client’s needs.

Within the team I wish to single out Prof. Riccardo Villata, who is one of the principle experts of environmental and energy law at national and international level, and Andreina degli Esposti, whose wide expertise in public law and the ability to simplify complex legal issues in the interest of clients has to be highlighted.

International Capabilities


Studio Legale VILDE – Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati is highly specialised in public law, in particular in administrative law issues, related to the Italian Public Administration. Notwithstanding this feature VILDE has always been mentioned in the top tiers, and this is definitely a quality exception in a market where Band 1 is usually reserved to international multidisciplinary law firms (that do not seems to have a desk in a foreign country, specifically of administrative but ancillary to others core business subject of the multidisciplinary law firm). 

However, despite the lack of desks abroad due to the specific nature of the administrative subjects that are strictly connected to the Italian Public Administrations, the Firm works a lot and at a high level with international clients. This is partly due to the fact that we are the go to referees for those multi–jurisdictionary worldwide firms which do not have a specialized department, or which are not as proficient in administrative law, to be able to independently manage legal judgments and advices. 

In addition, we are contacted by foreign and multinational companies because, also thanks to the positive rankings received by Legal500, we are one of the most relevant Italian Firms for administrative law, with the best qualifications and reviews. 

In our activity, which we remember concerns both advisory and litigation, we have dealt with practices in various countries including the USA, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, France, Czech Republic, Belgium, UK, Austria and Hong Kong.  

Among others, our clients includes: 

  • One of the world’s leading company specialized in temperature monitoring and tamper-proof locking systems 
  • One of the companies specializing in filtration systems in Europe 
  • One of the world’s leading insurance markets providing specialist insurance services to businesses  
  • A world leading manufacturer of  commercial jets, public transport vehicles, trains  
  • A leading international company dealing with the manufacture of devices for non-domestic liquid and gas purification and filtering  
  • One of Europe’s leading alternative asset management firms  
  • One of the leading suppliers of institutional capital to the global energy industry  
  • One of the world’s leader company in medical technology  

VILDE is composed of a team of individuals with an international vocation, selected also based on linguistic knowledge. In particular, the foreign languages in which the Firm is able to provide its services are: 

  • English 
  • French 
  • German 

Working with VILE also means having access to its extensive global network of law firms as well as their range of legal departments specialized in all fields of law. The Firm is in contact with members of the International Bar Association in addition to other various international networking groups. In fact, from 2019 the Firm has managed to increase its volume of activity with foreign companies and law firms to almost 40%. 

Interviews

Andreina Degli Esposti, Lawyer – Founding Partner

Founding Partner of Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati, Andreina Degli Esposti explains how the firm is adapting to clients’ changing needs.

What do you see as the main points that differentiate VILDE Law Firm from your competitors?

Describing VILDE – Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati law firm as a legal ‘boutique’, would not give the idea of the true nature of our law Firm, that proudly preserves a traditional spirit, but has also a strong proclivity to every form of improvement and innovation.

VILDE is highly specialized in various areas of administrative law: real estate, construction, urban planning, public procurement, health and pharmaceutical law, environmental law, energy, oil and gas, telecommunications and sports law.

This is the reason why, unlike other firms, we can provide legal advice and assistance in all areas of public law and, above all, we can do it with a high degree of specialization in relation to each sector, dealing also – as it happens very often – with very complex cases, producing excellent results and identifying the best possible solutions for our clients. This thanks to the firm’s team composed of several professionals who speak different languages (English, French, German…).

Which practices do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that?

The areas that we believe will grow the most in the next 12 months and will also be affected by the European funding National Recovery and Resilience Plan (‘Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza’ – PNRR) are those relating to healthcare, telecommunications (with the creation of ultra-broadband and 5G), energy (to increase production from ‘renewable energy sources’ – RES – and the development of the electricity transmission network) and, last but not least, to the building and construction sector (aimed at increasing the recovery, regeneration and renovation of buildings and urban areas).

What’s the main change you’ve made in the firm that will benefit clients?

The pandemic crisis has also led in the legal sector – as in the others – to significant changes, which have consequently led to legal services being exclusively online. Therefore, we can say that from a technical point of view VILDE has updated all its systems, without suffering limitations regarding the services provided, under every profile: consultancy, judicial activity, webinar. With regard to the last one, the Firm has further implemented its research and publication activity on professional social networks and specialized magazines.

Furthermore, we remind you that in recent years, VILDE has opened new offices (e.g. such as that of Padua), has changed the Bologna office (with the transfer to a more central, prestigious and significant location), also implementing the different offices in Milan, Bologna and Padua with the recruitment of new staff. This therefore allows us to be closer to our clients, with a greater presence and knowledge of the territory where they operate.

Finally, we are happy to be able to confirm that the improvement to a more transparent and faster billing system, which had already been implemented last year, has produced excellent results.

Is technology changing the way you interact with your clients, and the services you can provide them?

In 2020, it was necessary for everyone to adapt to a new way of organizing the work that would be normally carried out in the Firm, but above all to a different and new management of the relationship with the clients

On the one hand, technology has made the relationship with the clients more complicated, but on the other it has certainly made it faster and more immediate.

In this last regard, we are very happy to illustrate that following an analysis conducted on our clients, we have verified a very high degree of satisfaction regarding the management of their activities. In fact, the team of twenty people of the firm has always been at the customer’s disposal in every way and without particular time limits: through video calls and sharing of documents, preparation of webinars concerning in-depth analysis relating to the customer’s subject of interest and greater care of professional social networks to allow constant updating.

Can you give us a practical example of how you have helped a client to add value to their business?

Vilde constantly offers reliable help in developing the business of its clients both in cases where we deal with judicial activities, and the extrajudicial one.

We therefore believe it is appropriate to provide three specific examples regarding three different types of activities offered to our clients (judicial, out-of-court consultancy, due diligence activities).

VILDE has recently achieved an important success in court before the Council of State which issued a judgment favorable to our client. The judge’s decision therefore allowed one of our long-standing clients to participate in a tender procedure announced by the Veneto Region, for the award through public procurement of the management of systems for regional health companies, for a total value of 1.5 billion Euros. We deem relevant also to underline the criminal/administrative judicial activity in defense of our customers.

VILDE Law Frim has recently given a “pro veritate” opinion on environmental law for a leading European company in filtering systems, that is the owner of a polluted plot of land. Through the aforementioned opinion, very concrete and operational indications were provided in order to allow the company to sell the land (albeit polluted) to another company, therefore allowing to enhance the client’s real estate assets.

Our Law Firm is also responsible for due diligence activities for an important real estate fund that intends to acquire more than 50 properties in Italy. The due diligence activity including the strengths and weaknesses, conformity and discrepancies of each property are detected, from a building-urban planning, environmental, safety point of view, etc. It is an activity that has allowed the Client to create a valid and solid offer to submit to the seller for the purpose of acquiring all the properties.

Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms – where do you see the firm in three years’ time?

The above examples show that VILDE is the reference point for its clients. In fact, the verification of the correctness of the procedures, the acts and the measures underlying the market operations that the Client wants to undertake are continuously requested. Similarly, the request for verification of the correctness of the company’s internal procedures is frequent, and this means that the company can guarantee a certain stability on the market and prove to be reliable to its stakeholders or shareholders.

I hope to see my Firm rooted and consoliding its leadership position in the ‘hystoric’ sectors we deal with, like health care, environmental, urban planning, telecommunication, oil and gas, building and construction and confirming its presence in the new sectors in which we’ve been working in the more recent years, like sports law, biomedical law and last but not the least, in the new concept of building and construction related to the real estate operations.

Press Releases

Forthcoming Article By Riccardo Villata In “rivista Di Diritto Processuale Amministrativo”

6th March 2019

The article is a further contribution to an ongoing debate on jurisdiction in which Riccardo Villata provides, amongst other interpretations, an insight into the constitutional system resulting from Articles 103 and 113 of the Italian Constitution.


Forthcoming Article By Professor Villata

21st February 2018

Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Professor Villata’s latest article.

The work, In tema di questioni di giurisdizione (alla luce di un recente Momorandum), explores questions of jurisdiction following the recent Memorandum from the heads of the three jurisdictions (ordinary, administrative and accounting) addressed to the President of the Italian Republic.


Andreina Degli Esposti’s Contribution To The Volume “the Energy Regulation And Markets Review”

5th October 2017

ANDREINA DEGLI ESPOSTI’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NEWLY RELEASED SIXTH EDITION OF THE VOLUME “THE ENERGY REGULATION AND MARKETS REVIEW”


Forthcoming Volume On The Reform Of The Public Procurement Code Coordinated By Professor Villata

26th April 2017

Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of a volume on the reform of the Italian Public Procurement Code. A number of experts in Administrative and Public Law will contribute to the work, which is coordinated by Professor Villata.


Professor Villata’s Forthcoming Article On The Jurisdiction Of Administrative Courts

3rd February 2017

Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati is pleased to announce the imminent publication of Professor Villata’s latest article, which explores the extent of, and the limits to, the jurisdiction of Italian Administrative Tribunals.


Conference of presentation of the writings in honour of Professor Riccardo Villata at the University of Studies of Milan

4th January 2022 On 17 December at 2.30 p.m. a conference will be held at the University of Studies of Milan to present the "Scritti di diritto processuale amministrativo dedicati a Riccardo Villata" (Writings on administrative procedural law dedicated to Riccardo Villata), fifty years after the publication of “L'esecuzione delle decisioni del Consiglio di Stato" (The enforcement of decisions of the Council of State) by Professor Riccardo Villata.