Leading the LCA Studio Legale practice, Barbara de Muro advises on major residential and commercial transactions, including acquisitions of landmark and historic buildings, redevelopment projects, and the negotiation of related agreements. In Milan, Carmen Leo and Alessandro Titone focus on contract management and out-of-court issues concerning hospital concessions, public tender work for educational campuses, and construction arrangements for corporate headquarters. The team also guides clients through acquisitions involving nursing homes and green data centre sites. In Rome, Elsa Gentile handles hotel leasing mandates and related due diligence.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘LCA is a highly prestigious law firm. Their work and legal advice have been (and still are) essential to achieving many of our successes.'
  • ‘Alessandro Titone is the LCA partner with whom we work regularly for Real Estate matters. Alessandro is an extremely competent and responsive professional, with a strong practical sense.’
  • ‘Alessandro Titone conducted a thorough analysis of the documentation, identifying critical issues and proposing effective and timely solutions.’
  • ‘The strengths of the team include the ability to listen to and summarise the key elements of legal issues. A wide role is given to the discussion with a wide capacity for analysis. The willingness to discuss different opinions is also important.’
  • ‘The qualities mainly appreciated in Elsa Gentile are the determination to give legal form to the client's theses and to present these positions convincingly during the legal negotiation.’

Key clients

  • Academo S.r.l.
  • Bohopo Holdings Ltd
  • CMB
  • Colombo Costruzioni S.p.A.
  • Generali Real Estate S.p.A.
  • Gruppo Ermenegildo Zegna
  • Ilinvit S.r.l.
  • Lifento S.A.S.
  • Maghen Capital S.p.A.
  • Nhood Service Italy S.p.A.
  • Osimo S.r.l.
  • Ospedal Grando S.p.A.
  • Progroup Board S.r.l.
  • REAM SGR S.p.A.
  • San Marco R.E. S.r.l.
  • SOGES GROUP S.p.A.
  • TeamSystem
  • Torino Soc. Cons. S.r.l.

Work highlights

Assisted Ospedal Grando S.p.A. with all legal aspects of the €1.15 billion Treviso Hospital concession project.
Advised Academo S.r.l. on the €450 million public tender procedure for the University of Milan’s new science campus.
Advised Torino Soc. Cons. S.r.l. on costs and variations of the €383 million construction of the Piedmont Regional Government’s new headquarters.
Practice head

Barbara de Muro

Other key lawyers

Alessandro Titone; Carmen Leo; Elsa Gentile