Satta Romano & Associati

Firm Details:
Managing Partner: Avv. Anna Romano
Number of partners: 2
Number of lawyers: 8
Languages: English, Italian

Firm Overview:
Satta Romano & Associati Studio Legale offers both judicial and extrajudicial assistance in the various sectors of public law. It is a milestone on the national scene for the experience and preparation of its members, as well as for its attention to complex and topical issues.

The firm is specialised in a wide range of areas of public law: public contracts and concessions, tenders and beauty contest of any kind, public-private partnerships, telecommunications, competition, independent authorities, regulated activities, public services and services of general interest, energy, environment, urban planning, transparency, access, IT services and digitalisation of procedures.

In particular, Satta Romano & Associati assists public administrations and economic operators, both public and private, before national and European Courts.

With a long experience also in extrajudicial matters, the firm often faces topical issues related to the continuous evolution of regulations or to complex and innovative operations.

Main Areas of Practice: 

Public Contracts & Concessions: 

2 partners, 4 fee earners based in Rome

The firm offers judicial and extrajudicial assistance in the public contracts sector concerning both the awarding phase and the contracts execution. With regard to judicial activity, please refer to the “Litigation and arbitration” section. For what concerns the extrajudicial assistance, among others, Satta Romano & Associati Law Firm has recently provided:

■ extrajudicial assistance to a multinational company specializing in commercial prepaid services, in every phase of the tender procedure called by the national purchasing body for the meal voucher service for an estimated value of one billion.

■ a legal opinion on the nature of an holder of the integrated water service concession and its implications in procurement activities, with particular reference to the mandatory application of the public contracts code and the ANAC Guidelines.

■ extrajudicial assistance to a company operating in the field of computer design software on matters relating to the execution of a framework agreement.

■ ongoing assistance to a company operating in the field of environmental remediation which is part of an oil and gas holding on the procedures for the assignment, both public and private, of contracts in the environmental field including the subsequent phase of management and execution of the contract.

■ assistance to the entities of a multinational network operating on consulting and auditing services during participation in tender procedures and the related executive phase.

Environment & Energy: 

2 partners, 3 fee earners based in Rome

Satta Romano & Associati has consolidated its experience in the energy sector (natural gas, electricity), with particular reference to the field of energy production from renewable sources. Among others, in particular the firm:

■ provides ongoing assistance in various disputes before the Administrative Courts to a company fully controlled by the Ministry of Economy and Finance presented by economic operators promoting energy efficiency measures, against measures of rejection or revocation of public incentives.

■ has drawn up a legal opinion for a leading economic operator in the telecommunications sector, regarding the scope of application of the so-called RoHS Directives.

■ assists a company operating in the field of environmental remediation which is part of a multinational oil and gas company on the procedures for the assignment, both public and private, of contracts in the environmental field including the subsequent phase of management and execution of the contract.

Building & Urban Planning:  

2 partners, 2 fee earners based in Rome

■ Satta Romano & Associati has assisted a private company in the proceedings before the Regional Administrative Court of Tuscany in which it has challenged the negative opinion of the Superintendence for Architectural Heritage and Landscape with which it expressed its opposition to the application for a building permit.

■ The firm assisted a private company in the proceedings against the determination with which the Municipal Administration ordered the removal of the business signs placed outside a building located in the center of Rome.

EU & Antitrust: 

2 partners, 2 fee earners based in Rome

Satta Romano & Associati offers assistance to numerous market leaders in proceedings concerning restrictive agreements, abuse of dominant position and unfair commercial practices. To these experiences has been added, recently, the one in the field of state aid.

■ In particular, the firm successfully assisted a company specialising in the and implementation of e-business systems for the P.A., in the appeal pursuant to article 111, paragraph 8, concerning State aid.

■ It successfully assisted a company specialising in the development and of e-business systems for the PA on a dispute concerning an in-house entrustment procedure.

■ It provides assistance to companies of a multinational network operating on consulting and auditing services in administrative proceedings to challenge a decision of the AGCM which found the existence of a concerted practice restrictive of competition in violation of Article 101 TFEU within a tender of national relevance.

Litigation & Arbitration: 

In addition to the above, Satta Romano & Associati has consolidated experience in litigation and arbitrations, including the following:

■ International arbitration proceeding (SCC Case No. 132/2016), instituted at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce by three companies under Belgian law that sued the Italian Republic to challenge the adoption of certain measures in violation of the obligations undertaken by signing the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). In the arbitration proceedings, partner Anna Romano has been appointed as an expert in energy law.

■ assistance to the Italian subsidiary of the global provider of telecommunications equipment and services, as part of a technical management consultancy requested in an arbitration of approximately 200,000,000.00 euro.

■ assistance to an in-house company of the Municipality of Rome in a proceeding concerning the concession for the design and construction of a strategic extension of Line B of the Rome subway.

■ assistance to a primary economic operator in a dispute before the Council of State concerning the public tender procedure for the concession of the management of the computer lottery and other fixed odds numerical games. The value of the operation amounted to 6.6 billion.

Healthcare:  

2 partners, 2 fee earners based in Rome

Satta Romano & Associati has significant experience in the field of awarding procedures for service and supply contracts and provide ongoing assistance in several disputes before the Administrative Judge and draws up legal opinions on institutional profiles involving a university institute with a hospital centre and a research institute of primary national level.