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Civil law governs relations between private parties and includes the rules on contracts, obligations, ownership and other rights on property, personal and family issues, inheritance and civil liability. Within its scope, greater autonomy is usually given to commercial law, concerning the rules on enterprises and commercial companies, in which the special rules on competition and on the relationship between business and consumer have acquired much impetus.
We all know that, especially in the area of civil law, legal actions can be very long and may thus not always be the best way (or the only way) to effectively protect your interests. For this reason, we provide out-of-Court advice and assistance for conciliation and mediation procedures. Though when a legal action is unavoidable, whether before a Judge or an arbitration panel, we are ready to defend your interests with firmness and dedication, ensuring clarity and seriousness. Indeed, the lawyers of Studio Legale RFA will not prompt you to start a legal action “at all costs”; rather, they are professionals who will first evaluate with you the likelihood of success and the expected “cost-result” ratio so as to enable you to take the most appropriate decision. We believe that our clients’ “faith” cannot be “blind”; rather, it must be the result of information, transparency and awareness.
Our qualification, expertise and intuition are at your disposal for the drawing up of contracts and the solution of issues that may arise from their performance, whether in the business or private realm. Special attention is given to contracts for procurements and to the most frequent business contracts (agency, distribution, protection of intellectual property). We often assist foreign and Italian clients in relation to real estate transactions and other property management contracts, starting from residential and commercial leases. Tourism is an area in which we have that kind of expertise which is not readily available and that we can use in the corresponding contracts for those working in the field (tourist/accommodation enterprises or professionals) or for the protection of recipients of “tourist services”.
Our operational skills in the field of ownership and property rights are best expressed in our assistance in the negotiation and execution of contracts for the purchase or sale of real estate, for which we can also make the most of our “administrative” expertise to check the building-town planning regularity of property, ensure the safety of the acquisition and resolve any issues, including tax issues (for which we can rely on the advice of our in-house accounting consultants) before the final deed of sale is executed. We regularly advise private persons, investors and national and foreign real estate companies on issues relating to the purchase, development, management or sale of commercial, residential or accommodation property, especially in Tuscany. We can also deal with any issue or dispute concerning the protection of ownership and other property rights, relations between neighbours, condominium issues or rentals.
The “multidisciplinary” quality of Studio Legale RFA is especially useful when compensation of damages is to be claimed or appealed against. There are many cases in which you may be entitled to compensation (damages to your psycho-physical integrity and to your health, reputation and image, property and assets arising out of violations of civil law or even criminal law), and there are also different types of damages that can be compensated, concerning both natural persons and legal persons, associations or public administrations. We can successfully advise you in each of these cases; moreover, our solid experience in these sectors and their frequent connection with the areas that we are most specialised in, namely “administrative law” and “administrative criminal law”, make our Firm particularly suited for cases concerning the liability of the Public Administration, professional liability (especially in relation to the services of physicians and health facilities), the liability of contractors, designers and project managers (the so-called “liability of service providers”) and entrepreneurial liability. In the tourist sector, we frequently deal with claims for compensation related to non-performance or the poor performance of the corresponding contracts (liability of travel agents and tour operators).