DZ & Partners law firm, with registered office in Rome, has been operating for over 10 years in support of foreign private clients assisting them in every aspect related to the personal transfer and management of their investments in Italy.
The idea was born from the professional understanding of its founders, cultivated over the years and culminating in the common desire to create a dynamic legal reality that can offer a complete professional service, using a Team capable of operating without borders thanks to its consolidated network of foreign Partners.
Competence, professionalism and honesty are the values by which we Professionals of DZ & Partners are inspired. Our Firm’s mission is to guarantee an added value compared to traditional legal assistance, promoting direct and constant dialogue with the client, and effectively combining knowledge of the law and a practical approach to each single case.
With a Team of Professionals specialised in each sector, DZ & Partners law firm has been successfully dealing with the following areas of law for over 10 years:
We provide assistance to public and private workers, both Italian and foreigners, in all disputes arising between them and their employers.
In addition, our Professionals offer advice and legal assistance both in and out of court in social security and contractual matters, professional grading, dismissals, termination and disciplinary sanctions.
Always at the side of precarious workers, DZ & Partners law firm has obtained numerous rulings in Italy that have decreed, in favour of such workers, the reconstruction of their careers, the payment of their wage differences and the compensation for all damages unjustly suffered by them.
We offer specific advice on companies and foundations setting, in respect of business contracts and shareholders’ agreements, and with regard to directors and other corporate bodies’ liability.
For more than 10 years, DZ & Partners law firm has also been offering legal assistance in M&A and other extraordinary transactions as well as in the area of debt restructuring, shielding our clients from commercial issues such as “tax inversion” and transfer pricing.
Our Lawyers also have a wealth of experience in bankruptcy and other insolvency proceedings under the Italian legal system. We represent our clients in administrative proceedings as well as in arbitration and court proceedings and we do assist investment funds, especially real estate ones, from their setting and legal structuring to their complete management.
We provide assistance to foreign companies and private clients holding economic and financial activities in Italy, assisting them in the realisation of their investments and in the opening of banking accounts with Italian national credit institutions.
We are able to carry out a prior analysis and to suggest an optimal tax planning in line with the national regulations in force and with our clients’ own needs.
An integrated Team of Associates, experienced both in tax matters and in enforcement procedures, also supports our private clients in credit management activities within the most common disputes arising between foreign accounts’ holders and Italian banking institutions, offering comprehensive assistance ranging from ordinary credit recovery to the resolution of irregularities from which financial accounts stored in banks and other local financial institutions may be usually affected.
Our Team of Professionals is able to provide constant support with respect to any practice relating to the recognition and conversion of academic or professional qualifications obtained abroad, taking care of finding all the necessary documentation and assisting its clients before any public administration involved in the procedure.
We operate throughout the Italian national territory without any geographic limitation, and we are able to suggest the most suitable procedure with respect to the specific needs (work or study) presented to us by each of our clients.
The DZ & Partners Team offers comprehensive advice to its foreign clients also in the field of probate and transfer of inheritance rights.
We provide highly qualified legal assistance regarding every single aspect related to the transfer of inheritance assets among their beneficiaries, including a careful pre-analysis activity and an accurate legal support also in tax and fiscal matters.
For more than 10 years, DZ & Partners law firm has been developing a thorough knowledge of the procedures to be followed, successfully resolving highly complex cases of international successions involving several jurisdictions at the same time.
The presence of locally-established Partners is also an important advantage for our foreign clients, who can thus benefit from an important point of reference to whom they can turn during the entire bureaucratic process followed by our Italian Lawyers who are experts in national and cross-border inheritance case-laws.
DZ & Partners law firm offers advice on real estate investments, purchases, sales and leases of real estate, buildings and land located both in Italy and abroad without any limitation as to their intended use.
We assist our clients in the completion of the bureaucratic activities required by local legislation, the drafting of preliminary contracts and the signing of final purchase agreements for lands as well as residential, commercial and industrial properties.
We are able to provide comprehensive protection in the area of property law as well as in the area of liens and mortgages in both arbitration and court proceedings. We also assist our clients in real estate due diligence and tax planning in connection with the acquisition of Italian or foreign properties as investment.
Our Team is also able to offer specialised assistance on immigration and personal relocation in Italy.
We support foreign citizens who intend to settle temporarily or permanently in our country by activating the necessary procedures for the issuance of the relevant entry visas and subsequent residence permits, and opting in each case for the type that best meets the needs of our clients (student visas, visas for self-employed or employed workers, investor & business Visas, family reunification permits, etc.).
For years DZ & Partners law firm has been providing highly qualified legal advice with respect to all administrative and judicial procedures aimed at the recognition of Italian citizenship jure sanguinis and the acquisition of that by marriage or naturalisation, boasting more than 500 cases to date with a 100% success rate.
Decades of experience in the field, together with our network of foreign Partners able to provide constant and complete assistance also in loco, undoubtedly represent our strength, which has made us one of the main leaders in the field of acquisition and judicial recognition of Italian citizenship by descent over the years.
Since January 2017, the Italian immigration law has made new visas available for those foreign investors who wish to enter Italy to make investments for the ultimate benefit of the Italian national economy.
Particular attention is given to funding that leads to the creation of new jobs and investments related to start-ups, higher education, scientific research as well as patronage activities.
In addition, there are also important tax and financial benefits for foreigners who transfer their tax residence to Italy by means of these so-called “Golden Visas” or “Visas for Investors”.
In 2020, the “Decreto Rilancio” was also published, which even introduced a reduction in the capital required to obtain an Investor Visa in the specific case of investments made in Italian companies and innovative start-ups.
In fact, the amounts are now respectively €500,000 (instead of €1 million, as originally planned) and €250,000 (instead of €500,000).
But who can obtain an investor visa in Italy?
To obtain an investor visa, the applicant must (alternatively):
The applicant must first obtain special approval by submitting an online application through a dedicated platform.
After approval, the latter must then submit the visa application at the Italian Consulate in his place of residence.
The visa, which is valid for 2 years, is issued through an accelerated procedure; the applicant must therefore enter Italy before the expiry date of the visa and must provide documented proof of the investment within 3 months from the date of entry.
The holder of an investor visa thus receives a residence permit valid for two years, renewable for a further three years.
The assistance of Italian Lawyers who are experts in migration law and visa matters is necessary in a sector that is constantly being updated in terms of regulations, and is certainly crucial in order to ensure the punctual compliance with the requirements imposed by State law, thus avoiding any unpleasantness.
Successions with elements of internationality, which occur, for example, when the nationality of the deceased is different from that of the place where the deceased’s assets are located, are governed in Italy by Law no. 218 of 1995, which provides for the instrument of reference to foreign laws and/or rules.
The Italian Supreme Court, in its judgment no. 2867 of 2021, has affirmed the possibility of the opening of two different successions and the formation therefore of two distinct hereditary masses, each of which will be governed by different laws that will determine the validity and effectiveness of the title of succession, identify the heirs, establish the relative shares of legitimacy, the manner of acceptance of the estate, and so on.
The case before the Supreme Court concerned the succession of an English citizen who had died in Italy after having married an Italian citizen.Law no. 218 of 1995 identifies the lex succession is in the national law of the deceased: in the present case, therefore, the law governing the succession would be the English law.The latter, however, while providing for the regulation of movable properties, also makes a reference to the lex rei sitae, i.e. the law of the State in which the property is located, as regards the regulation of immovable properties, with the result that Italian law would apply in respect of such properties.
Basically, in the case at issue there is a split between the immovable property and the movable property of the deceased: the law governing the succession inherent in immovable properties will be the Italian law, i.e. the law of the State where such properties are located, while the law governing the succession inherent in movable properties will be the English law, i.e. the national law of the deceased, thus giving rise to a sort of“double succession”.
In this way, the Supreme Court clarifies an important point of law that is bound to be applied in a very frequent number of cases.
The assistance of Italian Lawyers experienced in probate and succession matters, both in Italy and abroad, therefore proves to be essential in order for the beneficiaries of inheritance transfers with international profiles to obtain the best possible protection granted to them by the legal systems involved in such cases.
It’s all true, in Italy you can see houses for 1 euro, the price of a coffee!The new 1 euro houses for sale in Italy are set in natural settings and enchanting historic villages: these include the beautiful village in Basilicata region called Ripacandida. The project to sell houses for 1 euro, supported by many municipal administrations, is based on the idea of enhancing natural landscapes and historic centres, thus restarting the real estate market (and all related working activities) in wonderful but sparsely populated urban realities.In its very essence, it is a question of revitalising ancient villages with a great historical past thus preventing their depopulation.
Villages and historic centres have houses and streets that were the backdrop to crucial historical events of the Kingdom first and the Italian Republic later, but which few people now accept to experience and value, thus running the risk of losing their charm.Enhancing the value of these centres is therefore the goal of many Italian municipalities, which have just decided to take a courageous and resounding step with far-reaching economic implications: putting some houses up for sale at the symbolic price of 1 euro.
This is how this project, supported by many municipalities, has made it possible to realise the dream of many people, particularly foreigners, to live their lives in Italy, in centuries-old historical settings immersed in the quiet of the peninsula’s most beautiful natural landscapes that have remained unchanged over time.Whether it is a choice of life or a simple investment, however, assistance from Italian Lawyers is essential to ensure the success of the operation: knowledge of regulatory references and bureaucratic steps remain indeed a fundamental element in order to translate this dream of many into reality.
Good news has just arrived for those who intend to apply for the recognition of Italian citizenship jure sanguinis and live in those countries, such as Argentina, Brazil or theUnited States of America, where the number of applications forwarded is very high and the processing times are really long.
In fact, the Court of Rome, in its ruling of 10 December 2020, addressed the issue of the unreasonable waiting times of some Consulates and upheld the appeal filed by some Brazilian citizens for the judicial recognition of their Italian citizenship by descent.
Italian jurisprudence thus offers an important alternative for all those who reside abroad, particularly in those countries where the competent Italian Consulates face serious time delays in finalising citizenship applications. For all these people, it will therefore be possible to resort to the courts as an alternative to obtain recognition of their Italian citizenship, initiating what is known indeed as judicial recognition, with an estimated time frame of about 1.5 years up to its conclusion.
The Consulates, pursuant to art. 3 of Presidential Decree no. 362 of 1994, have a maximum of two years to complete the procedure; the Court of Rome, confirming a previous jurisprudential orientation, considered that unreasonable response times (sometimes even more than 10 years) incurred by many Italian Consulates therefore as leading to an obvious denial of justice, recognising for this reason the possibility (and necessity) for the interested parties to appeal to the judicial authorities to obtain the recognition of their citizenship through the representation of a qualified Lawyer within the Italian legal system.
"DZ & Partners was the first company I contacted when I wanted to move from Argentina to Italy. They were able to arrange everything for me and even found me a great deal with connecting flights. I liked them so much that I got back to them to help me find a place to live. They have been very helpful"
"I am very happy to have found DZ & Partners. They helped me make all the right decisions, every step of the process. I couldn't have done it without them! It was a pleasure to work with them and they made sure everything went as smoothly as possible with the conversion of academic degrees."
"I would say that DZ & Partners is the best international law firm. I have been their client for years and they have helped me with my company's accounting, foreign trade and all the other legal problems that have arisen. They are very patient and answer any questions or concerns."
"DZ & Partners made sure all my personal transfer needs and requirements were met. They are there for me when I need them, no matter how small or large the request is. I am very pleased to have found their services."
"I have been working with DZ & Partners for over 10 years and have never looked back. They have always been there for me, dedicated to my needs. They know all the ins and outs of the industry, which makes it easy for me to focus on other aspects of my business. Their team is always available and ready to support me when I need it."
"I am very happy to recommend DZ & Partners as an agent for private clients wishing to invest in Italy. My experience with them has been very positive and I found them very helpful and competent in all transactions."
Hours:
Mon. - Fri.
09:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Phone:
(+39) 06 95060674
Email:
info@dzandpartners.com
Address:
Registered office
Via Crescenzo del Monte n. 31, 00153 Roma (RM)
Administrative headquarters
Via degli Artigiani snc, 75020 Scanzano Jonico (MT)