Studio Legale Sutti was founded in 1953 by Dr. Angelo Sutti, Knight of the Italian Republic, as an Italian law firm with a strong focus on company-commercial law and intellectual property & competition law offering its services to businesses and entrepreneurs. In the late seventies the Firm began an uninterrupted growth cycle, eventually making it one of the largest Italian firms and in fact a multinational firm.
In the mid-eighties, SLS's practice became increasingly involved in the international arena, and began interviewing foreign candidates in its recruitment operations. This also led the Firm to establish its two representation offices abroad in 1992, namely in London and Tokyo, offering the Firm's services to the local markets; and to participate actively to the life of a number of foreign chambers of commerce and trade associations in Italy.
The domestic operation of SLS, which had already included two regional offices serving Northern Italy, respectively situated in the area of Bergamo and Brescia (in Trescore Balneario) and in the area of Pavia and the southern Milanese province (in Abbiategrasso), was significantly reinforced in 1993, when the Firm merged with Monti & Partners - another well-known Milan-based law firm active since 1927 in international investments and trade matters, as well as banking and financial law -, and moved its Head Office to the current prestigious premises in Milan, via Montenapoleone 8.
New Italian offices were established in the same period, respectively in Rome; Monza; and Genoa, where SLS was honoured to be joined by the partners and associates of Studio Pennisi.
In the meantime, SLS had become both an interdisciplinary and multinational firm having welcomed patent attorneys and tax advisors (commercialisti) to its ranks, and established the single largest practice of South-Eastern Europe (in terms of human resources, territorial coverage and turnover). In particular, further to mergers with local leading players, the Firm is now active with its own offices in Bulgaria, Serbia & Montenegro, and Romania and represents a point of reference with respect to investment and trade involving that part of the world.
Practice Area
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: International Contracts, Foreign Investments, Mergers and Acquisition, Distributorship, Agency and Franchise Law, Construction Law, Energy Law, EC Law, Antitrust Law, Corporate Law, Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Debt Collection, Product Liability Law, Media Law, Environmental Law, Information Technology and Telecommunications Law, Administrative Law, White Collar Crime, Criminal Law, Industrial Property and Competition Law, Patent Litigation and Prosecution, Copyright Law, Industrial Models, License Litigation, Technology Transfer, Patent and Trademark Agency Services, Advertising Law, Labour and Industrial Relations, Labour Law, Employer's Liability, Pension Law, Industrial Relations, Managers' Contracts, Immigration Law.