Italy: Contracts and Commercial Law

Planning a destination wedding in Italy can turn into a legal nightmare when a venue unexpectedly cancels. Understanding the critical differences between advance payments and confirmatory deposits under Italian law, along with your contractual rights and potential remedies, can mean the difference between recovering your investment or facing significant financial losses when a wedding venue becomes unavailable.

Soges Group S.p.A., a company listed on Euronext Growth Milan and active in the hotel and conference hospitality sector with the Place of Charme brand, has concluded a strategic operation for the future management of a new prestigious hotel located in the Municipality of Lerici (SP), which will be operated under the Melià Hotels International S.A. brand. The operation marks Soges Group's entry into Liguria, in the splendid setting of the Gulf of Poets, one of the most attractive tourist destinations in

The now-withdrawn proposal to sell 20% of the World Cup’s commercial rights to private investors has reopened a structural question: can a single body be both the governing body and the organizer of the competition?

On 19 February 2026, the Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, ‘AGCM’) announced the opening of two formal investigations and one moral suasion intervention ...

Due diligence in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is a multidisciplinary verification process aimed at thoroughly examining the legal, tax, financial, and operational situation of a target company before completing a merger or acquisition transaction (M&A).

On January 8, 2026, Legislative Decree no. 208 of December 31, 2025, was published in the Italian Official Gazette and, save for certain provisions, came into force on January 9, 2026.

On 12 July 2023, the Council of State (the highest administrative court in Italy) issued its decision No. 6826/2023 concerning the onerous nature of the pooling contract regarding the pre-requisites...

On 1 July 2023, the Legislative Decree No. 36/2023 (the new "Code of Public Contracts") entered into force. One of the main new features of the Code...

With the recent decision of 29 May 2023, the Joint Divisions once again ruled in favour of the Italian Court with regard to a dispute arising from derivative contracts signed by an Italian local authority.