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    News | 25.03.2026

    The Legal 500 (EMEA) 2026 – LCA Studio Legale

    LCA strengthens its position across practice and individual rankings in the latest Legal 500 results

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    The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) guide provides an overview of more than 80 jurisdictions and over 2,700 ranked law firms.

    This year once again, LCA Studio Legale is recognised among the leading firms both nationally and internationally, confirming its position as a Top Tier Firm and continuing on a path of steady growth.

    The 2026 edition highlights particularly strong results:
    26 ranked departments – a 160% increase compared to five years ago – and 92 individual recognitions, including 26 new entries and 3 advancements.

    The newly ranked areas include: Banking and Finance: Lender or Arranger Side; EU and Competition Law; Intellectual Property: Copyright; Sports Law; White-Collar Crime.

    Particularly noteworthy is the result achieved by the Sports Law department, which enters directly into Tier 1, further confirming the strength and positioning of the practice.

    At the individual level, the firm records 18 special recognitions, including 1 Hall of Fame, 10 Leading Partners, 5 Next Generation Partners and 2 Leading Associates.

    The following practice areas and professionals have been recognised:

    • Administrative and Public Law | Leonardo De Vecchi, Andrea Carreri, Orsola Torrani

    • Banking & Finance: Bank Regulatory | Umberto Piattelli, Andrea Marani, Giancarlo Ranucci, Sofia Caruso

    • Banking & Finance: Borrower Side | Davide Valli, Umberto Piattelli, Ferdinando Poscio, Luca Alfonso Liberti

    • Banking & Finance: Lender or Arranger Side | Davide Valli, Umberto Piattelli, Ferdinando Poscio

    • Capital Markets: Equity | Benedetto Lonato, Andrea Messuti, Daniele Ferrone

    • Commercial, Corporate and M&A | Daniele Bonvicini, Francesco Buoso, Roberto de Bonis, Leah Dunlop, Riccardo Massimilla, Andrea Messuti, Luca Minoli, Marina Rosito, Riccardo Sismondi, Vittorio Turinetti di Priero

    • Compliance | Lorenzo Bertoni, Nicolò Pelanda, Matteo Uslenghi, Paolo Erik Liedholm, Giovanni Morgese

    • Data Privacy & Data Protection | Gianluca De Cristofaro, Giulio Vecchi, Edoardo Raffiotta, Marco Losito

    • Dispute Resolution | Niccolò Abriani, Luciano Castelli, Gian Paolo Coppola, Simone Legnani

    • Employment | Giuseppe Bologna, Ranieri Romani

    • EU and Competition Law

    • Genoa Leading Firm | Benedetto Lonato, Davide Magnolia, Riccardo Massimilla

    • Industry Focus: Energy | Dario Covucci, Leonardo De Vecchi, Leah Dunlop

    • Industry Focus: Food | Nicola Lucifero, Martina Terenzi, Daniele Bonvicini, Riccardo Sismondi

    • Industry Focus: Healthcare and Life Sciences | Leonardo De Vecchi, Nicola Maffioletti, Agostino Migone de Amicis, Alberto Mocchi

    • Industry Focus: Luxury Goods | Edoardo Calcaterra, Gianluca De Cristofaro

    • Industry Focus: TMT | Gianluca De Cristofaro, Giulio Vecchi, Marco Losito

    • Intellectual Property | Gianluca De Cristofaro, Giulio Vecchi, Miriam Loro Piana, Claudio Marcello Leonelli

    • Intellectual Property: Copyright | Gianluca De Cristofaro, Giulio Vecchi, Miriam Loro Piana, Claudio Marcello Leonelli

    • Private Equity | Roberto de Bonis, Francesco Buoso, Benedetto Lonato, Riccardo Massimilla, Andrea Messuti, Luca Minoli, Flavia Visco

    • Real Estate and Construction | Barbara de Muro, Elsa Gentile, Carmen Leo, Alessandro Titone

    • Restructuring and Insolvency | Diana Burroni, Michele Petriello, Angela Petrosillo, Salvatore Sanzo

    • Shipping | Giacomo Falsetta, Davide Magnolia, Carlo Solari

    • Sports Law | Federico Venturi Ferriolo, Lorenzo Vittorio Caprara, Nicolò Peri

    • Tax | Roberto Pellizzari

    • White-Collar Crime | Matteo Uslenghi, Nicolò Pelanda, Giovanni Morgese

    Congratulations to all the teams involved, and our sincere thanks to the clients who shared their positive feedback throughout the research process.

    Full rankings on The Legal 500 website.

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    Administrative Law

    We are aware that increasingly large sectors of the economy are regulated and subject to national and European public law. With this in mind, we have established an administrative law department to assist and advise in dealings with authorities and public administration.
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    Banking, Finance & Regulatory

    We pride ourselves on the distinguished support we provide to financial institutions, investment funds, sponsors and corporations to help them structure, negotiate and implement a wide range of domestic and international financing and structured finance transactions, including bond issues and securitisations of performing and non-performing loans.
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    Bankruptcy Litigation

    Our accomplished bankruptcy litigation team will assist, consult, and defend you in court with regard to all types of litigation that may arise in the context of bankruptcy or relating to companies in crisis.
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    Capital markets

    At LCA, we’re renowned for our involvement with major capital market transactions, both equity and debt, as part of primary and secondary offerings on regulated and unregulated financial markets. Thanks to this, we’ve been able to develop extensive expertise in the complex industry regulations and financial practices that characterise the Italian and international capital markets. We assist stock broking companies (SIMs), open-ended investment companies (SICAVs), investment companies with fixed capital (SICAFs), and asset management companies (SGRs) in the provision of investment and collective asset management services, as well as in the implementation of crowdfunding platforms.
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    Commercial and corporate

    While LCA can offer and support you in a broad variety of services, we pride ourselves on consultancy for company law, domestic and international corporate contracts, commercial and corporate litigation and all the regulatory aspects typical of the various markets involved.
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    Corporate Compliance

    Corporate compliance is essential to the wellbeing of any business. At LCA, we offer assistance and consultancy to companies, providing them with the appropriate legal support to ensure they proactively comply with laws, regulations, codes of conduct and rules. For the best results, this assistance relies on inter-department collaboration within the Firm, and in particular with professionals from the Corporate Department, specialised in liability under Italian Legislative Decree No. 231/01.
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    Criminal Law

    Here at LCA, we understand that economic and business activity is increasingly characterised by risks, prohibitions and issues that may lead to criminal liability. With that in mind, we’ve set up our own criminal law department, providing highly specialised assistance in risk prevention and criminal litigation.
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    Insolvency Disputes

    If the worst happens and we can’t maintain business continuity or rescue any parts of your business that are still profitable, all and any assistance we provide will be aimed at identifying the most appropriate liquidation path for the specific situation, whether it be bankruptcy or composition with creditors.
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    Intellectual property

    At LCA, we have long-standing expertise in the provision of contentious and non-contentious assistance on copyright and misleading and comparative advertising, trademarks and domain names, designs and models, patents, know-how, unfair competition
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    Labour and Trade Union Relations

    At LCA, we work with Italian and foreign companies, walking them through all the main aspects of employment law. We provide support and guidance for organisational, contractual and litigious issues that may arise out of employment relations as well as assistance in collective and individual agreements with trade unions and institutional authorities.
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    Litigation, Arbitration and ADR

    At LCA, our expert advisors will assist you in the prevention, management and resolution of disputes, in civil and commercial matters. Whether you’re based in Italy or abroad, before an ordinary or special court, or subject to national and international arbitrations, we’re by your side every step of the way.
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    M&A – Private Equity

    At LCA, we boast long-standing experience in global transactions and investment opportunities. We can assist you in structuring extraordinary transactions in Italy and across borders, and in negotiating and drafting relevant contractual agreements. In this way, we can ensure optimum creation, development and consolidation (including on an international level) of your business initiatives, and support your company to harness growth and investment opportunities offered by global markets.
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    Restructuring

    We understand that business crises are complex, but with our multi-faceted expertise in the field of business crisis, we can support, guide and inform you in crisis management, starting from an in-depth analysis of your specific financial and asset situation and an understanding of the causes of the crisis, up to the identification and planning of the most appropriate tools to face it, together.
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    Tax Law

    We know that every transaction, whether domestic or cross-border, has tax implications. For this reason, we analyse your transactions in advance to make it easier for you to pursue your business idea, and achieve your targets, all while abiding by complex tax regulations.
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    Antitrust and Competition

    Thanks to a dedicated team of professionals with over twenty years of experience in national and EU competition law, the Firm provides top-tier advice and assistance to Italian and international clients in matters including agreements, abuse of dominant position, merger control, and antitrust litigation.
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    Environmental

    Environmental law has earned crucial significance in business management: the principles of precaution and prevention require to constantly supervise the compliance with environmental standards set out by European and national laws. Furthermore, the management of environmental liabilities must be inspired by a strategic view to face with both technical and legal issues.
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    Golden Power (FDI)

    We operate since years in all matters constituting International Trade and National Security through a multidisciplinary team of lawyers belonging to different Departments of the Firm: Corporate M&A, Administrative & Regulatory, IP/IT, Custom Law and Business Crime
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    IT & Data Protection

    At LCA, we take great pride in the specific expertise we’ve gained in the management of privacy issues, ensuring full compliance with European (GDPR) and Italian legislation and with the directives issued by the Italian Data Protection Authority. We have years of experience in monitoring innovations in big data and cybersecurity.
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    Transport, Shipping & Aviation
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    Technology, Media & AI

    Food & Beverage

    For years now, LCA has been proudly offering extensive expertise in domestic, European, and international regulations governing various production sectors and specific areas of the agri-food industry thanks to its dedicated Food & Beverage department.
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    Life Sciences

    Also in the Life Sciences industry, our dedicated team combines cross-departmental skills and expertise to support a wider range of clients. We work with entrepreneurs, institutions, investors and domestic and international funds operating in the Life Science and Healthcare fields, providing full multi-disciplinary assistance, based on the experience and the real and in-depth knowledge of the specific issues of this industry.
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    Real Estate

    At LCA, we provide specialised advice in real estate and construction law, including every aspect of corporate, tax, financing, environmental and urban planning, contentious and non-contentious. We’ll support your company from the initial development phases, throughout the realisation of a project, and during the marketing phase
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    Technology & Media

    At LCA we know and deeply value the importance of technology. Our team are renowned for their expertise and services in the constantly evolving world of new technology, the web, digital and traditional media, telecommunications and, more generally, all information and communication technology.
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    Energy

    At LCA, we have a team of legal experts able to support you in a broad range of energy matters. We advise Italian and foreign investors and lenders in complex investment, financing, acquisition and development of projects in the traditional energy sector (petrochemicals, natural gas and electricity) and renewable energy sector (solar, wind, geothermal, water and biomass). We’ll help you prepare the documentation required by the GSE (Gestore Servizi Energetici). We’ll work with you to resolve issues arising from energy projects in Italy and abroad, and handle relations with tax and customs authorities.
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    Fashion & Luxury

    LCA has developed a thriving luxury goods practice that is especially active in fashion, representing numerous globally famous fashion houses and high-end brands. The practice also represents clients in the areas of wines, watches, jewelry, and vehicles.
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    Gaming & Esports

    LCA’s Gaming & Esports team combines the expertise of professionals who are passionate about interactive entertainment and have been actively assisting clients in the video games and esports industry for a long time, with the experience of professionals with extensive knowledge in the field of media and new technologies. The team aims to provide its clients, whether they are already active in these sectors or interested in entering them to implement digital projects, with full-service assistance that is competent in all relevant areas of practice.
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    Private Clients

    LCA assists its private clients in reorganizing their assets, with different management configurations (holdings, trusts, family foundations, and so on) to protect against third-party aggression, including through the possible planning of a generational shift
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    Transport, Shipping & Aviation

    At LCA, we provide expert legal advice to logistics, shipping and aviation operators, including shippers, carriers, shipping and air agencies, terminals, logistics operators and airlines, shipowners, investors, private equity funds, shipyards, P&I Clubs, charterers, builders, financiers, traders, brokers, insurers and many other players in the transport sector.
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    Sport

    With a wealth of experience in sports law, at LCA we provide advice to any stakeholders in the sports industry (clubs, organizations, federations, players and athletes, sports agents) as well as those entities operating in the market, such as sponsors, marketing agencies, start-ups and investment funds.
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    Technology, Media & AI

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