Practice

Commercial Law & Contracts

We advise Italian and international companies on the negotiation of strategic commercial agreements, distribution, agency, supply chain and B2B transactions, with regulatory coverage of sector-specific rules and EU value-chain sustainability legislation.

What we do

Italian and international commercial agreements
Distribution, agency, franchising
Multi-country supply chain and procurement
Commercial joint ventures and consortia
CSDDD compliance and supplier codes of conduct
Unfair competition and abuse of economic dependence
Mediation, arbitration and commercial dispute management

Service pillars

Strategic commercial agreements

Sale and purchase, supply, services, maintenance, industrial outsourcing, framework agreements and orders, INCOTERMS clauses, warranties, limitation of liability, hardship, force majeure and renegotiation mechanisms.

Distribution, agency, franchising

Commercial networks, exclusive and selective distribution agreements, agency with and without representation, franchising and trademark licensing, application of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (EU) 2022/720 and Italian agency rules.

Supply chain and procurement

Complex supply chain agreements, multi-country framework supply contracts, supplier codes of conduct, escalation and dispute resolution, supply security and disruption management.

Commercial joint ventures and consortia

Non-corporate JVs, temporary consortia, technology and industrial cooperation agreements, governance, cost and revenue allocation, exit and deadlock mechanisms.

Value-chain sustainability (CSDDD)

Mapping of obligations under Directive (EU) 2024/1760 on corporate sustainability due diligence (CSDDD), due diligence policies, contract cascade with suppliers, complaints handling and remediation, interaction with CSRD and the EU Taxonomy.

Unfair competition and commercial practices

Protection against unfair competition under Article 2598 of the Italian Civil Code, unfair B2C commercial practices (Legislative Decree 206/2005), abuse of economic dependence (Law 192/1998), interplay with antitrust rules in vertical relationships.

Commercial dispute management

Pre-litigation strategy, demand letters, mandatory mediation and assisted negotiation, ADR, domestic and international arbitration, coordination of litigation teams in third jurisdictions.

Regulatory framework

Regulatory framework. Italian Civil Code (Book IV — obligations and contracts, in particular Articles 1742-1753 on agency, Article 2598 on unfair competition), Law 192/1998 (abuse of economic dependence), Legislative Decree 206/2005 (Consumer Code), Regulation (EU) 2022/720 (Vertical Block Exemption) and the 2022 EU Commission guidelines, Directive (EU) 2024/1760 (CSDDD), Directive 2022/2464 (CSRD), the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG, where applicable).