The Italian government is relaunching the Messina Bridge project, which with the publication in the Official Gazette of Law No. 197/2022 reassumes the status of a priority work of pre-eminent national interest in the context of the Trans-European Transport Network. The roadmap provides that the state of liquidation of Società Stretto di Messina S.p.a. to…

Italian Chambers of Commerce to provide Italian companies Force Majeure Certificates for the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. While this may not prove to be fully satisfactory depending on the regulatory and contractual framework of the relevant tranaction, it constitute an official affidavit effectively supporting the burden of proof of the Italian exporter.   https://www.rm.camcom.it/archivio61_avvisi-in-bacheca_0_506.html hashtag#forcemajeure…

Italian Government expected to issue the Protect-Italian-Economy Bill shortly Bundesrat passed the “Corona-Krisenpaket” on 27 March 2020, 2 days after approval by Bundestag. A large-scale economic stabilization fund (Wirtschafts Stabilisierungsfonds) of up to 600 billion euros has been launched. The German Government will be allowed to also invest directly in companies for a limited period…

Why is it important The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and Japan entered into force on 1 February 2019. Businesses across Europe can now avail themselves of the opportunities offered by the largest open trade zone in the world, home to 635 million people and almost a third of the world’s Gross Domestic…

March 21, 2018 will be the effective date of the regulations on Condhotels recently issued by Italian government (through Decree dated January 22, 2018). Such regulations are aimed at enhancing (i) investments for redeveloping and upgrading existing hotel businesses, and/or (ii) up-to-date tourism products and services. Condhotels will combine hotel and private residential use and…

On 16 November 2017, the Joint Sections of the Italian Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated judgment on the application of the Art. 342 od the Italian Code of Civil Procedure, as amended by Legislative Decree dated 22 June 2012 n. 83 (“Article 342”), concerning the form of the Appeal brief. Indeed, the new text…

On October 5, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued Judgment No. C-567/15 which further rules on the requirements of public equivalent bodies under EU law. The Court stated that a company fully owned by a contracting authority, whose business is essential to allow its parent company to pursue the public interest, must…

Alfredo Lucente, Partner of Lucente International Lawyers, traveled to Kenya to provide training about PPP frameworks, risks, financial structures and Public Sector policies related to project financing. The audience was comprised of leaders from Kenyan university, agency, and government infrastructure agencies in Naivasha, Kenya, May 22–26. The event was co-sponsored by the Kenyan PPP Unit,…

The 2016 edition of the Digest on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) has been published by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). As for past editions, this new Digest is now available for free on the UNCITRAL website The Digest, a compilation of world-wide…

Alfredo Lucente, Founding Partner at Lucente International Lawyers, has been acting as International Legal Expert for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on a project related to the “Regulatory Gap Analysis for SEMed Private Renewable Energy Framework” awarded to the group of firms led by AF-Mercados. The analysis aimed at enhancing private investments…

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