AMMLEX - Studio Legale Amministrativisti Associati

AMMLEX - Studio Legale Amministrativisti Associati is one of the leading law firms in Milan specializing in administrative law, specifically in reference to land planning, building and public tenders, assisting both in consultancy services and litigation before the Italian Administrative Courts and Council of State.

Amministrativisti Associati meets the needs of international clients by combining the quality and professionality of a traditional firm with the efficiency requested by key clients and strategic operations.

Our firm also deals with the field of environmental protection (including reclamation procedures and any relevant litigation), energy and private contracting and tender and trade contracts.

In 2024 AMMLEX has obtained the Certification for Gender Equality System Management in compliance with UNI/PdR 125:2022. This recognition confirms the firm's commitment to adopting development and human resources management strategies capable of promoting and improving a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion.

 

The Firm

Our team includes three partners (Alessandra Bazzani, Ada Lucia De Cesaris and Marta Spaini), eight associates (Francesca Colombo, Sara Giampaoli, Francesco Naccari Milana, Giulio Politeo, Tommaso Sacconaghi and Riccardo Villa), two trainees (Virginia Garolfi and Alice Cervini) and four assistants (Loredana Airoldi, Susanna Fornacciari, Michela Loprete and Rosa Avallone); our team has been working together for over ten years within some of the main International law firms in Milan.

Amministrativisti Associati provides its international and domestic clients with legal assistance in the main areas of administrative law, by providing support with solutions to issues that are relevant to the marketplace. Our specialization with regard to the traditional fields of administrative law (land planning, construction, tenders, trade and environment) is completed by a consolidated knowledge of the procedures followed by Municipalities and other local authorities, thanks to our lawyers’ experience and to the extent of the transactions covered in our professional experience. The constant update work on Tribunal case law allows our firm to assist clients both with regard to litigation before the TAR (Italian Administrative Courts) and Consiglio di Stato (Italian Council of State) – through a consolidated professional network of all over Italy – and with regard to arbitration. The client is assisted by the lawyer or team of lawyers who, based on any relevant skills, is/are able to offer the best quality and best consultancy services according to the specific client’s needs.

Subjects

 

Land planning

We specialize in land planning law and zoning plans for which we provide assistance with both extrajudicial consultancy services and any possible litigation before the administrative courts.

We provide assistance to private (domestic and International) real estate companies by helping with urban development plans and real estate and area developments; specifically our Firm has extensive experience with redevelopment and renewal of decommissioned estates and abandoned areas aimed to house residential, commercial, office estates and accommodation, also through Environmental Plan Agreements.

Our lawyers provide clients with continuing assistance over the course such activities and during each stage of the project: from the identification of any strategic contents to negotiation of the latter with the public entity to drafting of the legal documentation necessary to the final approval of the works (land planning agreements, technical rules, etc.). Moreover, we provide ongoing assistance to Municipalities with opinions in reference to any specific issues that may arise as well as providing strategic consultancy services to identify legal contents included in the land planning tools - P.G.T. zoning plan – and other implementation planning tools.

Our Firm also provides assistance to public and private clients in any litigation stages before the Administrative Regional Courts as well as before the Council of State.

Construction

Our Firm provides consultancy services and legal assistance to both private and public Entities with regard to the main aspects in connection with building activities.

Specifically, our lawyers work side by side with our clients for all the stages needed for the grant of building permits; starting from the initial assessment of any possible legal proceeding, during the inquiry stage with any relevant public offices, to handling any issues related with the implementation stage following the grant of the permit (variants, transfers, penalties).

Our experience also covers the following: acquisition of certificates of use, obtaining cancellation/amnesty measures, procedures for redevelopment and conversion of existing properties, change of use with or without works.

Our Firm provides assistance to a number of Municipalities through ongoing consultancy services.

Our lawyers provide assistance with any possible judicial stage before the Administrative Courts and the Council of State also in this respect.

Public tenders

Our lawyers have extensive experience and skills with regard to public tenders and public contracts and provide assistance both through extrajudicial consultancy services and through defense in litigation proceedings before the Administrative judge and arbitration.

We assist private companies and parties entering into public tenders for the appointments of works, services and supplies, through constantly and ongoing work side by side with the client with every step of the procedure: from the legitimacy of the tenders to the drafting of the bids, to the review of all the tender documentation to any measures that state its end.

Our consultancy services to public bodies and parties mainly focus on drafting of tenders and tender documentation, assistance to contractors during the stages of the bankruptcy proceedings, and handling and solving all the legal issues with regard to public contracts.

We also provide assistance over the course of any possible judicial stage before the Administrative Courts and Council of State in order to challenge any negative measures (lack of appointment, exclusion, etc.) and for any defense of the contractors in litigation.

Similarly, our lawyers can also act as arbitrators or presidents of arbitration boards with regard to public tenders.

Private contracts and tenders

 

Our lawyers provide assistance to private clients with regard to tender contract negotiations, trade, rent and other typical or non-typical contracts. Such assistance is in reference to contract drafts which suit the clients’ need and negotiation with the adverse party with a particular care to include into the text of the contract any suitable protection tools for the pre-litigation and litigation stage (and arbitration, if needed).

With regard to private contracts our firm provides assistance with arbitration and litigation proceedings on a general basis.

 

 

Real Estate

Thanks to our work experience with relevant international law firms, we are able to provide assistance with due diligence proceeding in the administrative field with regard to acquisitions and/or financing of real estate, real estate portfolio and/or areas all over Italy.

Specifically, we carry out such activities through drafting due diligence reports in which an in-depth analysis is provided with regard to compliance with the land planning and building law, certificates of use and further permits (eg. Commercial), and an assessment with reasons for any concrete possibilities for development and transformation of the reviewed real estate and/or the areas.

Furthermore, such assistance does not end with the draft of the due diligence report, but continues to each and every step of such operation: from the preliminary check of the feasibility of the operation to the assistance with the drafting of the contract clauses with regard to the construction and zoning aspects to any post-closing activities and any following liaising activities with the local bodies for the approval of the development plans and for the grant of any relevant permits.

Energy and environment

Our Firm provides assistance with regard to procedures to request reclamation permits in Italy, of any nature and standard.

We have extensive experience in the field of landscape protection and heritage, as well as in any procedures related to check environmental compliance (VIA and VAS) and the performance of said procedures.

We also provide assistance with regard to building of plants to generate, convey and distribute energy through renewable sources (wind, solar, etc.), and we carry out due diligence activities with regard to permits that are needed for acquisitions and/or financing of such plants.

Our firm also guarantees wide and qualified assistance for any possible judicial stage before the Regional Administrative Courts or the Council of State.

Trade

Our lawyers provide assistance with regard to all the aspects concerning installation and opening of businesses (independent facilities such as shopping centers) not only from a construction and town planning standpoint but also and especially with regard to any procedures for the grant of commercial permits.

Specifically, in this respect, our consultancy services include any prior consultancy activities in order to check the legal feasibility of the operation from a town planning and commercial standpoint as well as the stage of ongoing assistance over the course of any procedures in connection with permits (conferenza di servizi, meeting with the relevant authorities, drafting of  any specific applications) along with liaising with the municipalities following the opening of the abovementioned facilities (es. variants and transfers with regard to permit, opening days and times, etc.)