The Studio offers a wealth of expertise in the management of relations between Public Administrations and private entities that intend to build on or develop land.  This management involves resolving inherent issues surrounding all levels of urban planning and the executive aspects of construction works.
These cases regarding the use of land have a fundamental effect on the development of industry and businesses operating in tourism, services and commerce (see “Commerce”).
The legal advice we provide in this area generally comprises of the processing and stipulation of any necessary agreements. Furthermore, the Studio provides counsel in areas of expropriation proceedings concerning the implementation of every type of public intervention, in order to advise clients under expropriation. 
Special focus is given to the regulations governing protected cultural, architectural and landscape amenities, which are comprised of not only the restraints aspect but also the recent public-private management models (such as PPPs between museum trusts and private entities, societies for the development of cultural amenities, etc.). Read More

Public tenders for works, services and supply constitute one of our principal areas of expertise. Our lawyers are constantly engaged in monitoring and interpreting the ever-evolving legislation in this sector so that we can offer the most up-to-date information and advice to both private and public clients. Within this sector, we are also involved in proceedings regarding public land concessions, including those regarding maritime public land, which forms some of the most important work for the Port Authorities. 
Our extrajudicial legal advice involves advising clients from the prequalification stage of the tender and provides the necessary counsel on all aspects of the process, from the assessment of the suitability of the bid to the formation of Temporary Joint Ventures or Consortia.
The Studio is involved on a daily basis in dealing both with controversies surrounding the legitimacy of tenders and their methods of awarding, before the Administrative Courts, and affairs regarding the carrying out of tender contracts before the Ordinary Judge and the Board of Arbitration. Read More

Regarding environmental protection, the Studio has experience in the planning, location and development of production and trade activities (e.g. drafting of necessary applications, authorisation procedures, etc.), as well as site-management (waste disposal/recovery, water protection, atmospheric, noise and electromagnetic pollution, etc.).

Our dedication to keeping up to date with the evolution of national and EU Legislation and case-law enables us to offer our clients the most comprehensive specialist advice, including due diligence services in various industrial and commercial sectors. Some examples of our areas of consultancy are: Read More

The liberalisation of the gas and electricity markets has opened up the prospect for clients to expand and develop their businesses in this sector. The Studio boasts a long tradition of judicial and extrajudicial counsel in this area and we are therefore able to guarantee our clients experienced and highly qualified legal advice for issues relating to production, distribution and transport of gas and electrical energy.

Our main areas of expertise are: Read More

One of our distinctive attributes is the attention we dedicate to public utilities regulations, which play a fundamental role in dynamic Public Administration-Provider and Provider-User relationships. Our expertise has been collated directly from the comprehensive consultancy we have provided to leading companies operating in this sector.

Having focused on legislative developments, case-law, and socio-economic demands emerging from Italian operational practice, we have developed a full understanding of Read More

Public Administrations' decisions regarding the use of land increasingly affect the development of companies operating in the trade, tourism and service sectors (see "Building Regulations and Town Planning"). The identification of the areas where new sites should be located and the determination of their structural characteristics are subject to planning tools and, in particular, sector-specific plans.

Given the complex regulation of commerce - governed by Regional/Provincial Prescriptions and Municipal Regulations alongside State Legislation - we offer advice on a wide range of situations that our clients may be involved in, such as Read More

Independent Authorities have been introduced to manage, control, coordinate and develop specific sectors and are recognisable by their uniquely autonomous position with respect to traditional Administrative models. Each Authority has its own individual remit, some endowed with regulating, sanctioning and para-judicial powers. Read More

Long since, the complexity of the Italian Legislation (specifically in the town planning, environmental and trade sectors) renders it necessary to have every aspect taken into consideration for the success of M&A projects. Read More

VILDE is involved in legal matters concerning the expansion, relocation, transformation and renewal of industrial sites, with particular attention to the granting and/or transfer of approval provisions for the start or continuation of businesses. Read More

The introduction of Project Financing to relations between Public Administrations and private companies has allowed VILDE to develop specific expertise in issues concerning the use of such a model to support public works. Read More

The complexity of the local public transport regulatory system has been highlighted since the survey carried out in 2013 from the 9th Transport Commission. The topic concerns, among other things, company legislation, the methods of assigning services, the issue of transport financing, the relationships between local and national legislative competences, the discipline of works, goods and services procurement. Read More

Our senior partner, Prof. Riccardo Villata, assists clients in administrative criminal proceedings relating to the environment, town planning or public tenders, for example. The entire legislative system concerning the protection of the environment and the countryside (from national parks to marine-life reserves; soil defence to water protection; waste management to the clean-up of contaminated sites; atmospheric pollution to correct development of land according to building regulations and town planning) provides a series of sanctions which render qualified legal advice necessary for any entities who may become involved in this sector. Read More

VILDE has considerable experience in Accounting, Financial and Administrative liability cases, in which we have represented official administrators of public companies before the Regional and Central Sections of the “Corte dei Conti” (Court of Accounts). Read More

VILDE has been able to gain a consolidated experience in the field of Administrative Health Law, assisting and advising public and private structures. This includes dealing with procedures aimed at obtaining the authorization for the exercise of health services, the accreditation and the contractualization of the corresponding services, together with other events including transfer, registration and withdrawal. Read More

VILDE has been involved in several complex cases, where to arrive at the satisfactory solution for the Customer, in the context of international Transactions, it has been necessary to identify the appropriate methods of adaptation of the Italian internal regulations to sources such as international treaties, as well as EU Law, with all its regulations and directives.

This need for adaptation relates to the application of the principles inferred from the rules of positive law, which could concern the competition between companies at the international level or the freedom of establishment of companies in the European Union, as well as EU rules on State aids and on the energy market.

European sources of law, including the rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), are increasingly affecting internal substantive and procedural law.

This has prompted VILDE to create a multidisciplinary team that includes experts who, working also as consultants for the European Commission and the Italian Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs, deal with these issues on a daily basis. Read More

VILDE is urged to offer legal counsel in the field of sports law and sports justice, with particular focus on the issue relating to the perimeter of administrative jurisdiction.

VILDE pays attention to the news that periodically affects the Sports Law sector, including the interventions from Authorities such as AGCM and CONSOB, which required changes of the organizational front.

The contexts, at a professional but also amateur level, in which the Administrative Law expert is called to deal with are many and they are often linked to the identification of the liabilities of the various subjects that move in such a wide field.

Of no secondary importance is the activity carried out in favour of Sports Promotion Bodies, such as organizations of national interest.

These are issues to be addressed in a multidisciplinary perspective, therefore VILDE has organized itself to offer wide-ranging counsel and assistance. Read More