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2023.10.30 Italy
Invest in Italy: Registry of Beneficial Owners
The Registry of Beneficial Owners is definitively operational in Italy starting from 11 October 2023. This provision, made effective in the Official Gazette n. 236 with decree of the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy dated 29/09/2023 and is in line with the European directives, implements a further tool aimed at coping with money laundering and financing of international terrorism as per legislative decree n. 231/2007. The Registry will contain the data of the beneficial owners of all legal companies and trusts producing legal effects in Italy and it will be found in a section of each office of the local Italian Chambers of Commerce.
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2023.09.22 Italy
Invest in Italy: the opportunity of the Investor Visa
In the recent years Italy has increasingly attracted the interest of investors who are willing to actively enter the market through the set up of company in Italy or the acquisition of existing entities in various sectors in which Italy has its forte such as fashion, mechanical or automotive sectors, to name a few. Since many years Italy has desired to facilitate and attract foreign investment by guaranteeing the issuance of a special visa. For the first time in the year 2017, Italy launched its program to introduce the so called Visa for Investors, also called as “Golden Visa”, which is a five-year title reserved to those make strategic investments in Italy.
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2023.07.25 Italy
The Fashion Industry in Italy
The fashion industry encompasses many different and diverse industries, ranging in size and inclusive of niche industries involved in textiles, fashion and accessories etc.
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2023.04.24 Italy
M&A insights in Italy: Outlook for 2023
M&A activity in Italy was quite active during 2022, with even more Italian domestic and cross-border M&A transactions completed than during the pre-pandemic period. The financial resources pushed into the economy by the Italian government to mitigate the negative impacts of the pandemic aided in fueling this activity.
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2023.03.17 Italy
The Cartabia Reform the main new aspects in civil proceedings
Starting on February 28th, 2023, the provisions introduced by Legislative Decree 149/2022, an implementation measure of the so-called Cartabia Reform, will apply to civil proceedings, well in advance of the previously scheduled date of June 30th. This reform has been one of the most debated topics in Italy in recent years. Promoted by Justice Minister Marta Cartabia, it brought about a series of important changes to the Italian judicial system with the aim of ensuring the simplicity, concentration and effectiveness of the protection of legal rights and the reasonable duration of proceedings.
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