PG Legal

Founded over thirty years ago by Gianfranco Puopolo and Frank Jorg Geffers, PG Legal is an independent law firm with an international network. Over the past three decades, the firm has built a solid reputation for reliability, professionalism and excellence, offering a comprehensive range of legal services to corporations, insurance and reinsurance companies, financial institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. Its main areas of focus include Luxury Assets, Insurance and Finance, Energy and Technology.

PG Legal’s teams are primarily based in Rome, Milan, Naples and Genoa, while the firm also relies on an extensive network of local law firms across Italy. This structure enables PG Legal to represent clients before courts throughout the entire country.

On an international level, the firm works in close cooperation with trusted colleagues in London, Paris, Madrid, Cologne, Munich, Brussels, Luxembourg, Athens, Bonn, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and New York, as well as with partner offices in major financial centres worldwide.

Luxury Assets

PG Legal is a recognised award-winning international law firm in the superyacht sector. Its dedicated Superyacht Team has extensive expertise in this highly specialised area, acting for luxury yacht builders, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, banks, financial institutions, and other industry professionals such as brokers, yacht managers, designers, and suppliers. The team adopts a multidisciplinary approach, providing clients with a “one-stop shop” for all legal and tax matters relating to superyacht ownership.

The Luxury Assets Group also advises clients on the purchase and sale of aircraft, with particular emphasis on private and business aviation. In addition, the firm has significant experience in the prestige vehicle and supercar industry, representing buyers and brokers of luxury vehicles, performance cars, and supercars, as well as assisting with disputes and claims relating to mis-sold or defective vehicles.

PG Legal also supports ultra-high-net-worth individuals, real estate investors, developers, architects, and promoters in high-profile property transactions. These matters often involve complex corporate, tax, administrative, regulatory, and environmental considerations, frequently with an international dimension due to the global nature of clients and investments.

Italy’s rich cultural heritage and artistic tradition make the art market particularly prominent. PG Legal assists collectors and intermediaries with the purchase and sale of artworks, offering specialist advice on the legal complexities involved in art transactions.

Insurance and Finance

PG Legal provides leading global insurance and reinsurance groups, brokers, agents, and distribution networks with expert legal advice on all aspects of Italian insurance law, whether operating on a cross-border basis or through establishment. The firm understands the technical, regulatory, and commercial challenges faced by large insurance groups and remains constantly up to date to help clients seize new business opportunities in line with regulatory requirements, with particular emphasis on risk and capital management.

The firm’s lawyers have extensive experience in litigation, representing clients before Ordinary Courts, High Courts, and in both domestic and international arbitration. PG Legal’s litigators are active across all lines of business, with particular expertise in Financial Lines, Medical Malpractice, Professional Indemnity, Product Liability, Cyber, Marine & Cargo, Yachts and Property.

The firm offers comprehensive support, including defence of insurance companies, defence of policyholders on behalf of companies, Monitoring counsel services

Energy

PG Legal has a strong focus on renewable energy and gas, as these represent core sectors of both the Italian and the global economy. The firm’s lawyers have been advising clients on renewable energy projects since the early 1990s, when the industry first emerged in Italy. Over the years, PG Legal has gained unrivalled experience in this highly specialised field.

The firm is a proud member of the AEEC, a European network of law firms specialising in energy law. For over twenty years, the network has worked collaboratively on some of the largest and most complex energy projects in Europe, providing clients with cross-border expertise and practical solutions in an evolving sector.