The bell tower of Pistoia Cathedral
Law firm · Pistoia, Italy · since 1970
Civil law, practised with rigour since 1970.
Four lawyers and a historic office in the centre of Pistoia. More than fifty years of practice in every field of civil law: leases and condominium, family, contracts, business, enforcement and insolvency.
The firm
A legal tradition that renews itself, in the heart of Pistoia.
Studio Legale Ballati has been in practice since 1970. Founded by Franco Ballati, it now brings together four lawyers and secretarial staff in a historic office in Via delle Mura Urbane.
The firm practises in every field of civil law, with particularly consolidated experience in leases and condominium, civil liability, commercial and contract law, road accidents, family and employment law, through to company and insolvency law. Directly or through trusted local correspondents, it assists clients throughout Italy.
The firm's history and method
The firm's library
Practice areas
All of civil law, in and out of court.
We assist individuals and businesses across the main branches of civil law, from litigation to advice. The areas in which the firm has built specific experience over the years.
Leases
Eviction proceedings, notices to quit for expiry and arrears, residential and commercial lease agreements.
Read more IICondominium
Challenges to owners' meeting resolutions, allocation tables, relations between owners and with the administrator.
Read more IIIFamily law
Separation and divorce, by consent or contested, variation of terms, custody and maintenance of children.
Read more IVContracts
Drafting, review and revision of civil and commercial contracts, general terms, breach and termination.
Read more VDebt recovery and enforcement
Injunction and enforcement proceedings in every form: garnishment, enforcement against movable and immovable property.
Read more VICommercial and company law
Incorporation and management of companies, shareholder relations, business contracts, directors' liability.
Read more VIIInsolvency and business crisis
Bankruptcy petitions, proofs of claim, objections to the list of creditors, relations with trustees.
Read more VIIICivil liability and damages
Contractual, tort and pre-contractual damages, road accidents, personal injury.
Read more IXProperty rights
Easements, boundaries, distances, adverse possession, co-ownership.
Read moreThe lawyers
Four lawyers, one firm.
Complementary skills, from leases to family law, from commercial litigation to new technologies, united by a shared method.
Avv. Franco Ballati
Founder of the firmCivil law · Commercial law · Leases and condominium · Family law
ProfileAvv. Francesco Ballati
Business, contracts and new technologiesCivil law · Property rights · Inheritance law · Commercial and company law
ProfileAvv. Francesca Marini
Family, employment and international lawCivil law · Family law · Employment law · International law
ProfileAvv. Annarita Marino
Leases and condominiumCivil law · Leases · Condominium · Eviction proceedings
ProfileServices
For colleagues, and for those who cannot reach us.
Local counsel
Full availability to fellow lawyers as local counsel in civil cases and proceedings before the Court of Pistoia, and to companies throughout Italy filing claims in insolvency proceedings pending before the Court of Pistoia.
How it worksOnline advice
Opinions, formal notices, demands for payment and contracts, also remotely: send your request by email with the documents to be reviewed, and the firm replies with a quote and delivery time.
Request advicePublications
Authors, as well as lawyers.
Leases, condominium, eviction proceedings, garnishment, enforcement: thirteen volumes written by the firm's lawyers for Cedam, Maggioli, Halley, Altalex and Nuova Giuridica.
All publicationsInsights
Case law commentary and legislative news.
Case notes, commentary and updates written by the firm's lawyers (in Italian).
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