Recovering claims in Italyfor UK businesses.
Post-Brexit, enforcing a UK judgment in Italy is no longer automatic. Our practice is Italian — Verona-based — and handles the Italian recognition and enforcement leg end-to-end.
Italian bureaucracy is friction, not a wall.
Post-Brexit, English judgments are recognised in Italy under the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention for proceedings commenced on or after 1 July 2025, or Italian private international law (Law No. 218/1995) — no longer under Brussels I bis. The file needs preparation to the standard Italian tribunals expect. That is our leg.
Four disciplined
steps.
Each file is prepared to the standard Italian tribunals expect, and pursued locally by counsel of record. Every step is delivered as a written, timestamped record — easy to share with your board and in-house counsel.
Preliminary claim assessment
You submit your contract, invoices and correspondence through the secure form. We review the documents and provide an initial written assessment — procedural route, expected timing and cost estimate — at no cost.
Formal demand
A demand letter under Italian legal standards, sent by PEC or registered post to the debtor, aimed at obtaining voluntary payment before any litigation.
Local action & enforcement
Where the debtor refuses to engage, we file the appropriate proceeding — decreto ingiuntivo, ordinary claim, and enforcement (esecuzione forzata) — before the competent Italian tribunal.
We know Italy.
We are on your side.
To deal with Italy, it helps to have an Italian on your side.
Italian courts, enforcement procedures and administrative formalities operate within a procedural framework that is unfamiliar to many foreign counsel. We practise Italian law here, every day. That familiarity — with the courthouse, with local procedure, with local court practice — is the difference between a file that moves and a file that stalls.
Filed nationwide. Verona is our base. Italy's electronic civil procedure (Processo Civile Telematico) allows us to file, receive service and correspond with any Italian tribunal remotely.
Professional secrecy under Italian law.
Information and documents received in connection with the professional relationship are subject to the duties of segreto professionale and confidentiality imposed on Italian lawyers by art. 622 of the Italian Criminal Code and art. 28 of the Codice Deontologico Forense.
Why instruct an Italian lawyer
City firms, family businesses and industrial suppliers across the UK regularly trade with Italian counterparts. When payment breaks down, or a UK judgment must be enforced against Italian assets, our Italian practice absorbs the local workflow.
Need an Italian legal partner
for your client?
Your client has a claim against an Italian debtor. We act as your Italian legal partner — handling proceedings and enforcement locally in Italy, and keeping you informed at every stage.
Submit your file.
Receive our initial assessment.
Not sure whether your claim is worth pursuing in Italy? Send us the documents. We'll tell you what we see.
Initial assessment of the claim and its recovery prospects — procedural route, expected timing and cost estimate — delivered by email, at no cost, before any engagement.
- — Protected by Italian professional secrecy from receipt (art. 622 c.p.)
- — No obligation to proceed
- — Response typically within 24–72 hours
- — Attach up to 5 documents (invoices, contracts, PDF, max 5 MB each)