Lawyer in Italy: the "avvocato"

The search-engine allows you to find European lawyers as well as Italian, English-speaking lawyers in Italy. Italian lawyers ("avvocati") have gained the necessary qualifications in Italy and are legally entitled to practice the legal profession. Those people are given the prefix "Avv.", which means Avvocato - Italian lawyer.

Due to the European standardisation, European legal titles are internationally recognised across Europe. This legislation allows European lawyers to practice their legal profession in Italy under their existing original titles. The European lawyer "established" in Italy has the chance (under certain conditions) to acquire the Italian title "avvocato" (Decreto legislativo 02/02/96 n.96). Under such conditions lawyers can entitle themselves both "avvocato" and their original legal title (e.g.. Advokaat if he gained his professional title in Holland, or Avocat for French lawyers).

Please click on the link if you want to know the corresponding European professional titles of "lawyer". Moreover, the single lawyers can specify their original title in their professional profile. There are many Italian lawyers who speak English and usually work with international clients. Additionaly there are many European lawyers who can speak italian and work in Italy. Co-work and partnerships are becoming evermore common bertween European and Italian lawyers.

Entering Europe's aim is to build a strong network between companies and freelance professionals in order to strenghten these European partnerships. This network is called "A Network Apart".

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