WHO CAN MAKE AN ITALIAN WILL? A person who is at least 18 years old; the legal owner of the assets; of sound mind (capace di intendere e di volere). In the event of a dispute over the mental capacity at the time of drafting the will, a court will decide. WHO SHOULD MAKE AN […]

GUIDA PRATICA E TO DO LIST  ITALIA Che cosa è la dichiarazione di successione e chi è tenuto a presentarla? La dichiarazione di successione è un adempimento obbligatorio, di natura prevalentemente fiscale, attraverso il quale viene comunicato all’Agenzia delle Entrate il subentro degli eredi nel patrimonio del defunto, e vengono così determinate le imposte dovute, […]

  MEDALLION GUARANTEE SIGNATURE: COS’È? Il Medallion Guarantee Signature (Timbro di Garanzia Medallion) è una modalità di certificazione di firma privata utilizzata prevalentemente quando un cliente trasferisce o vende titoli statunitensi. In particolare, per coloro che vivono al di fuori degli Stati Uniti e detengono azioni in una società quotata statunitense o canadese, l’unico modo […]

Gli eredi dello “zio d’America” si trovano ad affrontare un problema di non facile soluzione: come gestire un patrimonio estero non dichiarato dal de cujus ricevuto in eredità. Le alternative in sostanza erano due Mantenere il patrimonio nascosto al fisco, incorrendo nelle violazioni delle norme sul monitoraggio fiscale Dichiarare i beni ereditati e versare le […]

The Italian legal system, based upon the Civil Law, is characterised by a very high number of laws and a significant variety of grounds for appeal. It is important to stress that legal proceedings, both civil and criminal, generally last many years. The necessary legal proceedings are time consuming and will therefore have a direct […]

The Italian legal system is very different from the English. Conveyancing is strictly governed by Italian Law and can be performed only by a public notary (Notaio), who is a qualified professional and public officer. Only in front of Notaio it is possible to complete the purchase of any real estate. THE PRELIMINARY CONTRACT (Contratto […]

PUBLISHED ON AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION REVIEW Collaborative Practice in Italy: Statutory Law N. 162/2014 (a.k.a. Negoziazione Assistita) By Marco Calabrese Times were ripe for a change in family law in Italy when we set up the first Association for Collaborative Law in December 2009. Once a core group of us learned about Collaborative Practice, we […]

 We are glad to introduce to you “Anglo Italian Law” the new Alliance of Boutique Law Firms in Rome and Milan. Anglo Italian Law has been founded by Marco Calabrese and Carlo Bottino who have specialised in the field of Family, Civil and Estate Law earning the widespread respect of several institutions for their reliability […]

Once upon a time there was an Englishman in Liguria like Stings music ‘Englishman in New York’. One could ask the question,what the hell is an Englishman doing in this Province? Perhaps he is attracted to the fact that Genoa has the same flag of  St  George  as  England : the red cross on a […]

In the “2017 Budgetary Law”, definitively approved on 7 December 2016, the Italian Government has introduced a series of dispositions aimed at creating incentives for foreign investments in Italy. Who have a large patrimony , could be interested in obtaining a fiscal residence in Italy through the combination of two dispositions contained in the 2017 […]