Italian civil-law attorney · Trento Bar · admitted before the Supreme Court of Cassation · since 1995
I advise and represent individuals and businesses in Italian civil law, with particular depth in civil liability and damages claims. A meticulous method, built on thirty years of practice — and on first-hand knowledge of both sides of insurance litigation.
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Civil law rarely makes the front pages, yet sooner or later it touches everyone's life: the family, work, the home, contracts, business, health, and the consequences of a wrongful loss.
I have practised law since 1995. I believe in advocacy that is competent, independent and accountable: able to understand before judging, to advise against pointless litigation, and to recognise the cases genuinely worth fighting to the end.
Justice can be slow and imperfect, but a well-founded claim, pursued with preparation and determination, can still prevail. When a wrong is actually put right, the law ceases to be an abstract principle: it returns to bear, concretely, on people's lives.
Practice areas
Italian civil law, with particular experience in the areas where technique makes the difference to the outcome.
Personal injury and property damage: quantification, negotiation and, where necessary, litigation, for individuals and businesses.
Disputes with insurers over claims and indemnities. Long past experience acting for insurance companies makes it possible to anticipate the other side's strategy.
Assistance to injured patients, and to professionals involved in healthcare and professional liability disputes.
Protection of injured workers and assistance to employers in the related proceedings — the subject of my degree thesis.
Italy's reformed collective redress (Law no. 31/2019, Articles 840-bis ff. of the Code of Civil Procedure): a powerful, still little-known tool for consumers and businesses.
The land register (libro fondiario) of Trentino-Alto Adige: intavolazione — the constitutive register entry —, public faith and buyer protection, a distinctive feature of our region.
Works and services contracts (contratti d'opera e appalti): breach, defects and warranties, for employers and contractors.
Organisational models under Legislative Decree no. 231/2001 and assistance in corporate transactions.
Insights
I write regularly about civil-law issues that deserve more attention than they receive: insurance compensation, collective redress, land-register law. Articles are published here and on my LinkedIn profile.
Waivers, sporting risk, motor insurance and dedicated covers: what actually happens when two cars touch on a circuit. A practical guide for amateur drivers, owners of sports cars…
A fraud committed by a genuine agent of a major insurance company. Why the civil case did not stop at the material author: necessary occasionality, the client's reliance,…
In the tavolare system of Trentino-Alto Adige the register entry is constitutive and the land register enjoys public faith. But that protection has a price of admission —…
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Viale San Francesco d'Assisi 14, 38122 Trento, Italy
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Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 17:00 · Meetings by appointment