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Dispute Resolution | Europe

Italy

The below Dispute Resolution rankings table provides market-leading insights on the top ranked lawyers and law firms whose advice and legal services can be purchased in Italy. The rankings are the result of extensive research by our internal research team, who conduct interviews with in-house counsel, other third-party experts and private practice lawyers who have worked alongside them. Use our table and ranking system to identify the most suited provider of legal services for you.

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Band 1
  1. BonelliErede
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    BonelliErede
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 1 | 17 Years Ranked
    BonelliErede is widely revered as a disputes powerhouse with an impressive track record overseeing local and international litigation cases. The team is regularly mandated by a portfolio of multinational companies ranging over a number of sectors including energy and finance. It also assists clients with construction, environment and investment litigation proceedings. Bonelli provides a leading bench of notable lawyers acting as counsel and chair in high-profile arbitration proceedings.
  2. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
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    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 1 | 17 Years Ranked
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is a respected dispute resolution heavyweight commanding a strong reputation across the arbitration and litigation fields. The team's lawyers are active across a wide range of cases, with a particular focus on antitrust litigation, such as unfair competition and related damages claims. The department further assists with international commercial arbitration. Its experience extends to banking litigation and shareholder disputes, as well as insolvency proceedings and appeals, before several levels of the courts.
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Band 2
  1. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 2 | 17 Years Ranked
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer offers an accomplished disputes department within a reputable international firm. The team offers a specialised practice assisting notable local and multinational clients with their financial disputes. Its lawyers are well versed in handling a broad range of litigation and arbitrations, including class actions, damages claims and liability actions. The team is also well versed in competition infringement mandates. It assists clients from the automotive, financial services and energy sectors with multi-jurisdictional disputes in Europe, the UK and the USA.
  2. Gianni & Origoni
    2
    Gianni & Origoni
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 2 | 17 Years Ranked
    Gianni & Origoni is a dynamic Italian practice offering coverage of a broad range of mandates, including litigation, arbitration and pre-trial relief. The team's lawyers are capable of handling commercial disputes, class actions and both banking and insolvency proceedings. Its client portfolio includes an impressive list of names from the manufacturing, financial services and pharmaceutical industries.
  3. Legance
    2
    Legance
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 2 | 15 Years Ranked
    Legance - Avvocati Associati is a well-regarded firm regularly advising a distinguished roster of international and local clients hailing from the energy, financial services and TMT industries. The team is experienced in handling financial, commercial and insolvency disputes. Legance's activity further extends to commercial and multi-jurisdictional arbitration proceedings, as well as challenging the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. The firm's lawyers have recognised abilities in multi-jurisdictional proceedings.
  4. PedersoliGattai
    2
    PedersoliGattai
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 2 | 17 Years Ranked
    PedersoliGattai is a highly accomplished disputes practice with particular strengths in banking sector litigation. The team offers expertise in insolvency, antitrust and corporate litigation. The firm's experience extends to domestic and international arbitration proceedings. as well as to liability disputes.
  5. ARBLIT – Radicati di Brozolo Sabatini Benedettelli Torsello
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 2
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Band 3
  1. Allen & Overy
    3
    Allen & Overy
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 3 | 17 Years Ranked
    Allen & Overy offers a respected disputes practice with an excellent track record handling complex financial arbitration and litigation. The firm's lawyers handle a variety of disputes, including restructuring and insolvency, corporate and antitrust litigation. The team combines its strengths in these areas with expertise in criminal matters. Allen & Overy fields an impressive client roster that features a number of household names from the energy and banking sectors.
  2. Chiomenti
    3
    Chiomenti
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 3 | 17 Years Ranked
    Chiomenti is an experienced disputes practice retained by an impressive list of wide portfolio of clients encompassing financial services, food and beverage, TMT and sports. The firm handles a broad range of contentious issues, from directors' liability and defamation claims to commercial litigation. It also demonstrates increasingly strong capabilities in arbitration.
  3. Clifford Chance Studio Legale Associato
    3
    Clifford Chance Studio Legale Associato
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 3 | 16 Years Ranked
    Clifford Chance is an international heavyweight well known for advising on both arbitration and litigation proceedings. The firm's lawyers offer expertise in banking and insolvency litigation, as well as representing companies in shareholder disputes. The team combines aptitude in these areas with criminal law expertise. Clifford Chance's client roster includes international financial institutions and well-reputed companies from the energy and insurance sectors.
  4. Dentons Europe Studio Legale Tributario
    3
    Dentons Europe Studio Legale Tributario
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 3 | 8 Years Ranked
    Dentons offers a growing practice focusing on litigation and arbitration, with notable activity in proceedings before the ICC. Its lawyers are well placed to advise on multi-jurisdictional mandates owing to an extensive international footprint. The firm is active on a range of commercial and contractual disputes, including product liability and defamation claims.
  5. Hogan Lovells Studio Legale
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    Hogan Lovells Studio Legale
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 3 | 17 Years Ranked
    Hogan Lovells is highly experienced in product liability work. The team combines this with expertise in a number of other areas, including corporate and contractual litigation and banking and competition disputes, including assistance with arbitration proceedings and criminal investigations. The firm's lawyers offer notable experience in insurance disputes. The team is well placed to handle matters with an international element, with particular activity in cross-border disputes involving French and Swiss aspects. The department also has knowledge of a wide range of industries, including food and drink, energy and technology.
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Band 4
  1. ADVANT Nctm
    4
    ADVANT Nctm
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 4 | 17 Years Ranked
    Advant Nctm is a sizeable team instructed on a varied caseload covering banking litigation, commercial disputes and antitrust litigation, with significant activity in contract disputes. Its lawyers assist a number of notable multinational clients, including banks and luxury brands. The firm's disputes team enjoys strong knowledge of a number of industry sectors, including telecoms, manufacturing and transportation. It handles both domestic and international arbitration, with team members acting as both counsel and chair.
  2. DLA Piper Italy
    4
    DLA Piper Italy
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 4 | 16 Years Ranked
    DLA Piper regularly advises clients on multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration proceedings. The firm assists a large number of international companies, with activity on behalf of major names from the fashion, technology and transport sectors, as well as established financial players. The team's lawyers are also active in insurance litigation. DLA Piper's disputes team often works with its insolvency and regulatory practices to provide comprehensive assistance to clients.
  3. Fivelex Studio Legale e Tributario
    4
    Fivelex Studio Legale e Tributario
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 4 | 13 Years Ranked
    Fivelex Studio Legale e Tributario is a notable name in the Italian dispute resolution arena. The firm frequently advises companies from the financial services, sports and product manufacturing industries on corporate and banking litigation cases such as shareholder disputes, damages claims and directors' liability actions. Its lawyers boast additional experience in arbitration.
  4. hi.lex & RaffaelliSegreti
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    hi.lex & RaffaelliSegreti
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 4 | 8 Years Ranked
    hi.lex & RaffaelliSegreti is an established boutique that continues to win praise for its capabilities in litigation and arbitration. The firm assists with contentious IP, corporate and financial mandates. Its lawyers represent clients active in a variety of sectors, including heavy industry, real estate and finance. The team further advises on disputes arising from the insurance industry.
  5. LCA Studio Legale
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    LCA Studio Legale
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 4 | 9 Years Ranked
    LCA Studio Legale is a widely recognised firm with expertise in real estate, corporate and construction disputes. The team has significant experience in arbitration. Its lawyers act for a variety of domestic and international clients active in the sports and fashion sectors. The firm also has notable activity in insolvency litigation.
  6. Linklaters
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    Linklaters
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 4 | 11 Years Ranked
    Linklaters is capable of assisting clients with a wide variety of different matters, including commercial, insolvency, antitrust and banking litigation. Its strengths extend to support in arbitration proceedings. The firm's lawyers assist clients with shareholder disputes, annulment proceedings and class actions. The team is particularly active on behalf of tech companies, financial services and banks.
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Band 5
  1. Bird & Bird
    5
    Bird & Bird
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 5 | 15 Years Ranked
    Bird & Bird fields an established IP litigation practice offering assistance with patent, trade mark and copyright infringement disputes. Its Italian team acts on competition and TMT matters. The firm's lawyers advise an impressive portfolio of clients from a variety of industries, including retail, food and banking. It also regularly acts on commercial arbitration proceedings.
  2. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
    5
    Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 5 | 6 Years Ranked
    Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle is a dynamic practice group assisting clients with commercial and state investment arbitration. The team represents sovereign countries on cross-border disputes. The firm's lawyers also act on contractual litigation arising from the oil and gas sector.
  3. Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici
    5
    Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 5 | 8 Years Ranked
    Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici is an adept litigation practice advising on a range of commercial disputes, including banking and contractual cases. The firm's lawyers are capable of handling domestic and international arbitration. The team typically handles cases flowing from corporate liability proceedings or those regarding anti-competitive behaviour. It also offers notable experience in shareholder disputes.
  4. Giovanardi Studio Legale
    5
    Giovanardi Studio Legale
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 5 | 9 Years Ranked
    Giovanardi Studio Legale has particularly strong expertise in liability actions and insolvency disputes. The team's lawyers also assist with construction and real estate litigation. The firm regularly advises clients from across the financial and banking sectors. It is further active in corporate liability proceedings.
  5. Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria
    5
    Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 5 | 17 Years Ranked
    International and domestic arbitrations form a significant part of Greenberg Traurig's work. The firm also supports clients in litigation, with proceedings ranging from construction to real estate, including contractual disagreements. Clients belong to a range of different sectors, including hospitality, technology and energy. The team's lawyers also represent a range of companies from the retail and banking sectors.
  6. Orsingher Ortu - Avvocati Associati
    5
    Orsingher Ortu - Avvocati Associati
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 5 | 2 Years Ranked
    Orsingher Ortu - Avvocati Associati is a notable practice that is able to assist banking and financial service clients as well as TMT and media players with insolvency litigation and shareholder disputes. The firm also advises on corporate liability cases and commercial litigation. Moreover, the team is often a port of call for disputes concerning high net worth individuals.
  7. Pavia e Ansaldo
    5
    Pavia e Ansaldo
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 5 | 16 Years Ranked
    Pavia e Ansaldo is a well-regarded Italian firm regularly handling claims arising in the energy, telecoms and finance sectors. Its disputes team is well equipped to deal with international matters by virtue of lawyers with expertise in an array of countries such as Germany and the UK.
  8. Carnelutti Law Firm
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 5
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Band 6
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    Eversheds Sutherland
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 6 | 10 Years Ranked
    Eversheds Sutherland is a well-established international firm whose Italian disputes practice acts on a variety of high-value mandates in connection with insolvency, banking and construction litigation. The firm is capable of handling complex mandates with cross-border elements for both domestic and foreign clients. The team's lawyers also have a strong depth of knowledge in the energy and aviation industries.
  2. Grimaldi Alliance
    6
    Grimaldi Alliance
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 6 | 8 Years Ranked
    Grimaldi Alliance is a quality outfit handling a broad range of contractual, banking and insolvency disputes. The firm assists high-profile domestic and international clients from a range of industries, including banking and TMT. Its lawyers are active in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. The team also assists with shareholder disputes and breach of contract cases.
  3. LMS Studio Legale
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    LMS Studio Legale
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 6 | 11 Years Ranked
    LMS Studio Legale is an Italian practice that boasts expertise in both litigation and arbitration proceedings. The group assists a full spectrum of clients, from financial institutions to private individuals. The caseload of its lawyers comprises insurance, insolvency and construction-related disputes. It also advises on banking litigation and claims relating to D&O liability.
  4. Osborne Clarke
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    Osborne Clarke
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 6 | 8 Years Ranked
    Osborne Clarke is an international firm representing notable clients in the construction, pharmaceutical and entertainment industries in corporate and bankruptcy disputes. The team's lawyers regularly advise clients on shareholder disputes and controversies concerning corporate management. The team also assists clients with IP litigation.
  5. Saccucci & Partners
    6
    Saccucci & Partners
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 6 | 1 Years Ranked
    Saccucci & Partners is a well-established outfit that draws praise for its expertise in the field of human rights and public law proceedings. The practice group often represents clients before the European Court of Human Rights and is also well versed in the arbitration space. The law firm's client roster ranges from corporations to sovereign states.
  6. Studio Legale Cappelli RCCD
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    Studio Legale Cappelli RCCD
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 6 | 9 Years Ranked
    Studio Legale Cappelli RCCD is a boutique firm recognised for its expertise in financial disputes and related white-collar crime. Its lawyers frequently act on disputes resulting from securitisations and damages claims, as well as regulatory enforcement proceedings. Clients include international banks and asset managers.
  7. Norton Rose Fulbright
    Dispute Resolution
    2024 | Band 6