PG Legal

PG Legal is an independent law firm with an international network providing a full range of services to Italian and multinational corporations in a wide range of sectors including insurance, reinsurance, finance, renewable energy and gas, steel industry, commodities trading, luxury goods, shipping and yachting.



PG Legal is organized in two principal departments: Business & Finance and Disputes Resolution.

In the Business & Finance Department, PG Legal's corporate lawyers are constantly involved in major and mid-size acquisitions and disposals representing mainly international corporations investing in Italy in business sectors such as steel, energy, service industry, insurance. Typically, PG Legal's clients act on the Italian market by either acquiring an existing entity or by establishing their own business. PG Legal's lawyers work "around the clock" (The Legal 500, EMEA) to ensure top quality legal advice combined with business sense to ensure the clients meet their targets.


PG Legal's Disputes Resolution Department represents corporate clients in Litigation and Mediation on Corporate, Commercial, Insurance, Shipping and Employment matters as well as in International and National Arbitration matters. PG Legal's litigators understand the expectations of foreign clients, when it is time to litigate.

The international background and experience of our litigators allow them to guide clients and foreign counsels through the complexity of the Italian judicial system and to help them in understanding the cultural and technical differences with their own legal systems.

"The firm has developed strong expertise in the areas of Corporate and M&A acting on 10 M&A transactions ranging from 30 million to 150 million euros in the first six months" The Legal 500 quoted one client as describing founding managing partner, Gianfranco Puopolo, as "a lawyer and a businessman who understands the big picture and addresses all issues, while keeping the business in perspective. He is a deal maker because he drives and follows the deal through".

PG Legal and many of its partners and lawyers are constantly recommended by Chambers & Partners directory as "leaders in their field" in the Insurance and Shipping Guides.


PG Legal has main offices in Rome and Milan and branch offices in Naples and Genoa.

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