Civil and Commercial Law

 

Civil and Commercial Law constitutes the historical core of our practice. We offer comprehensive consultancy ranging from the management of contractual relationships to credit protection, and from corporate law to complex family and inheritance dynamics, ensuring our clients receive expert and strategic support at every stage.

1. Contracts for Individuals, Businesses, and Cultural Entities

Studio Legale Sperti provides specialized consultancy for the review, drafting, and negotiation of a wide range of contracts, encompassing both business-to-business (“B2B”) commercial and investment operations and business-to-consumer (“B2C”) relationships.

Our assistance extends to evaluating the strategies underlying agreements, including relationships with and among shareholders, the management of critical clauses, and the assessment of investments.

Particular attention is devoted to contracting for the Third Sector and the cultural world, supporting associations, foundations, associative publishing houses, artists, and cultural operators in the drafting of publishing agreements, sponsorships, partnerships, articles of association, and bylaws.

We handle, among others:
Business Leases and Transfers; Agency; Procurement and Construction (Appalto); Joint Ventures (Associazione in partecipazione); Gratuitous Bailment (Comodato); Sale of Movable and Immovable Property; Consultancy Agreements (with a focus on fair compensation); Fiduciary Agreements; Network Contracts; General Terms and Conditions of Sale; Deposit; Distribution; Factoring; Sureties and Guarantees; Supply; Franchising; Investment Contracts; Leasing; Licensing; Commercial and Residential Leases; Service Contracts; Transport Contracts; Consumer Protection (with a focus on service disruptions and refunds).

2. Corporate and Business Law

We ensure comprehensive legal support for businesses throughout every phase of their corporate life. Our consultancy includes the selection of the most suitable legal form, the drafting of articles of association and shareholders’ agreements, and assistance in the management of corporate bodies and shareholder relations.

We provide assistance for extraordinary transactions such as mergers, demergers, acquisitions, and transfers of equity interests, managing all legal due diligence activities. We also handle corporate litigation, protecting the interests of both the company and its shareholders.
Our objective is to serve as strategic partners for the development and protection of our clients’ business.

3. Debt Recovery

Studio Legale Sperti offers qualified assistance in credit matters, both in the extrajudicial phase (formal notices of default, negotiation of repayment plans, settlements) and the judicial phase, for the compulsory recovery of debts.

Our activities include:

  • For the Creditor: Notices of default; demand letters; amicable negotiations; petitions for injunctions (decreti ingiuntivi); writs of execution (precetti); credit ascertainment actions; and the attachment or garnishment of movable property, immovable property, and third-party assets (including equity interests).

  • For the Debtor: Negotiation of settlement agreements; oppositions to injunctions; and oppositions to enforcement and execution.

4. Property Law and Real Estate

We provide consultancy and legal assistance for all matters pertaining to property rights (rights in rem) and the real estate sector. We support our clients in real estate purchase and sale transactions—from the negotiation phase to the execution of the final deed—and in the drafting and management of residential and commercial lease agreements.

We also handle issues related to ownership, usufruct, use, habitation, and predial easements, as well as condominium matters and neighbor relations.

5. Succession and Estate Planning

Studio Legale Sperti offers specialized and personalized consultancy in the sensitive field of succession law and estate planning, with the goal of protecting family wealth and ensuring an orderly generational transfer of assets.

We assist our clients in drafting wills (holographic, public, secret), managing donations and gifts, and establishing family pacts. We provide support for the acceptance or renunciation of inheritance, the preparation of inventories, and the management of all stages of intestate and testamentary succession.
Furthermore, we handle inheritance litigation, including representation actions, collation, reduction for infringement of the forced share (legittima), and judicial division of inherited assets.
Our estate planning consultancy aims to develop strategic solutions for the care, preservation, and enhancement of the client’s assets, analyzing the benefits and risks of various options.

6. Family and Juvenile Law

Studio Legale Sperti offers sensitive and qualified assistance in the complex dynamics of family law, with a particular focus on the protection of minors and vulnerable individuals.
We guide our clients through the various stages of family crisis, including separation proceedings (consensual and judicial), divorce (joint and judicial), and the modification of existing orders, also through assisted negotiation procedures.
Particular care is devoted to matters regarding child custody and maintenance, recognition and denial of paternity, and proceedings concerning parental responsibility. We also provide consultancy for guardianship petitions and support administrations (amministrazioni di sostegno).
Our assistance covers both extrajudicial and judicial contexts.