No matter where you are in today’s competitive real estate market, advice from a multidisciplinary and global perspective is indispensable. You need a strong team in Italy by your side to navigate this rapidly changing legal environment, which is often complicated by issues requiring different kinds of knowledge and experience.

We assist large Italian and international corporate clients, listed companies, management companies, banks and other financial intermediaries in connection with all of their real estate needs.

Thanks to our interdisciplinary approach, you can benefit from comprehensive legal advice throughout every phase of your real estate projects and investments.

Our multidisciplinary team of committed and respected professionals is keen to help, whether you need advice on real estate leasing, financing, restructuring, project finance, town planning, development, construction or investment.

You can also rely on us to resolve real estate disputes or devise the most effective fiscal structure for your project.

Let us put our consolidated experience to work for you in organizing and coordinating teamwork in the context of complex transactions as well as in managing day-to-day real estate matters.

Below are the key areas of expertise comprising our bouquet of real estate services in Italy:

• Construction
• Investments
• Town Planning
• Funds and Finance
• Litigation
• Tax
• Restructuring
• Securitization\
• PropTech

PropTech in Italy

The importance of technology applied to the real estate sector is only now being recognized: It’s a true revolution that is attracting entrepreneurs, investors, startups and other players, to positively influence the rapid digitalization of the industry, to the benefit of all those involved, with the ambitious goal of realizing sustainable opportunities while minimizing risks—including climatic and seismic—towards the realization of services and processes that contribute to the innovation of today’s world.

Our team works for companies operating in the PropTech sector, providing them with legal assistance covering all the requirements for operating in a highly innovative environment—from the protection of IP assets to the management of extraordinary operations and the positioning and promotion of their products and services on the market. In this context, our team provides legal advice on various projects, such as:

• Digital Tech: Applying technology to the real estate sector, including digitization of systems and home automation solutions for the management of home automation and property-sharing applications.
• Smart Real Estate: Digitization and implementation of platforms that facilitate the operation and management of real estate.
• Shared Economy: Assisting with platforms that facilitate the sharing of information on assets—land and buildings (offices, shops, warehouses, homes)—for users and potential buyers.
• ConTech: Introduction of technological support in the design and construction phases of real estate.
• Real Estate FinTech: Creation of platforms to facilitate negotiations for the purchase and sale of real estate (e.g.: applications, blockchain for tracking financial processes and certification of notary transactions).

Recognition

Federico Sutti and Sara Biglieri recognized among top 50 lawyers in Italy in 2023

November 16, 2023

The Italian legal publication Legalcommunity has recognized Dentons partners Federico Sutti and Sara Biglieri among the top 50 lawyers in Italy in 2023.

Dentons awarded at Legalcommunity Real Estate Awards 2023

10/09/2023

Dentons’ Real Estate team in Italy was awarded the overall prize of Law Firm of the Year at the Legalcommunity Real Estate Awards 2023.

Dentons wins four awards at the MF Legal Rankings 2023

May 15, 2023

Dentons was honored with four awards at Class Editori’s “MF Legal Rankings 2023.” 

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Insights

Constitutional Court decision “freezes” remediation procedures handled by municipalities

August 10, 2023

Italy: A recent judgment of the Italian Constitutional Court has found unconstitutional certain provisions of a regional Lombardy law that gave the region’s municipalities the power to oversee the administration of soil and water remediation procedures.

Constitutional Court decision “freezes” remediation procedures handled by municipalities (in Italian)

August 10, 2023

Italy: A recent judgment of the Italian Constitutional Court has found unconstitutional certain provisions of a regional Lombardy law that gave the region’s municipalities the power to oversee the administration of soil and water remediation procedures.

Termination and renegotiation of the contractual relationship due to anomalies in the material dimension of the property (in Italian)

November 29, 2021

Italy: Defects in leased property that diminish its suitability for the agreed use must relate to the material dimensions of the property or its unstable structure. Thus, the lessor’s obligation is not to ensure perpetual and profitable use for the tenant of the property but simply to ensure the suitability of the property for the agreed use. This excludes the possibility of revising contractual relationships for reasons independent of the will of the parties, such as a health emergency.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises Greencells Group on development financing for European photovoltaic portfolio

July 4, 2024

Global law firm Dentons has advised renewables project developer Greencells Group as borrower on obtaining a €65 million development financing for its solar plant portfolio across seven jurisdictions. The structuring bank and sole lender is Kommunalkredit Austria AG.

Jacopo Brambilla Sica and team join Dentons’ Public Law and Regulatory practice in Italy

November 7, 2023

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Public Law and Regulatory practice with the recruitment of Jacopo Brambilla Sica as a partner.

Jacopo Brambilla Sica and team join Dentons’ Public Law and Regulatory practice in Italy (in Italian)

November 7, 2023

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Public Law and Regulatory practice with the recruitment of Jacopo Brambilla Sica as a partner.

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