Bilateral meetings between Russian and Italian small and medium-sized enterprises were held in Milan on 25 June, as part of the business forum organized by the Russian Centre “Navigator” in collaboration with the Russia Desk of the Firm. The event, which was attended by more than twenty companies from various regions of Italy and from…
In these last weeks the Firm has drafted a paper aimed at highlighting the distinctive features of the Free Port of Trieste. The document was presented to the Commissioner of the Port Authority of Trieste on 3 June during a press conference organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Trieste and the Comitato Lloyd 170….
As already mentioned in our previous newsletters, Italian companies intending to market their products in the United Arab Emirates, may initially consider using intermediaries – a very frequent option in international practice – such as agents, distributors and franchisees. In general terms, the rules governing agency relationships are included in Federal Law 18/1981 (Commercial Agency…
The European Union has once again issued a Directive (2014 / 104UE) concerning antitrust rules which is bound to have a significant impact on the right to compensation for damages suffered by consumers, businesses or public authorities as a result of anti-competitive agreements or abuse of dominant position. The aim of the Community Legislator is…
The Bologna Court of Appeal has finally expressly pronounced on the particular methods of transport through the Free Port of Trieste. In the case brought before the Court, the Road Police had ordered the detention of a Turkish truck claiming that it was carrying out an illegal transport, since the tractor was already in Italy…
By means of judgment n. 1784/2015, published on 22 May 2015, the Court of Venice rejected the application of a well-known undertaking, entrusted with local transport services in the Province of Padua, accepting the defence arguments brought by the Firm, in the person of Stefano Zunarelli and of the Antitrust Competition and State aid Department,…