The Team
A multidisciplinary team for every matter.
AIR-LEX is a legal network whose partners, while remaining formally independent, always work in close contact, sharing and co-managing cases, experience, expertise and updates, just as in a traditional multipractice firm. This ensures the client always receives a highly qualified, multidisciplinary team for every matter, at no extra cost.
Each department is led by a partner of reference together with their working group: below, for each practice area, who does what.
Public Procurement, Concessions, PPPs and Public Contracts
We assist economic operators, concessionaires and contracting authorities in works, services and supply tenders, concessions, public-private partnerships and project finance, as well as in drafting and managing public contracts and tender documents and in managing EU and PNRR funds. This is the firm’s flagship department.
Corporate Law and M&A
We assist companies, shareholders and investors in the formation and reorganisation of companies and groups, in acquisition and disposal transactions and in governance matters, with reference to the Civil Code’s corporate law provisions and the rules on appropriate organisational structures (Article 2086 of the Civil Code).
PartnersNicoletta Carotti
Corporate Contracts
We assist companies in drafting and negotiating their entire contractual architecture, from supply-chain relationships to distribution and collaboration agreements, with reference to the Civil Code and international trade sources, with an approach focused on the proper allocation of risk.
PartnersNicoletta Carotti
Business Crisis and Insolvency Law
We assist entrepreneurs, corporate bodies, professionals, consumers and creditors in the timely detection of financial imbalance and in choosing and implementing crisis and over-indebtedness regulation tools, with reference to the Italian Code of Business Crisis and Insolvency (Legislative Decree No. 14/2019).
PartnersGiovanni Fontana
Tax Law and Tax Planning
We assist companies, entities and individuals in managing tax risk, planning transactions and litigating before the tax courts, with particular attention to the treatment of tax debt in crisis regulation proceedings.
PartnersFrancesco Piscitello
Labour Law
We assist companies in managing employment relationships, industrial relations and litigation, with reference to the Civil Code, special legislation and collective bargaining agreements, and with specific experience in the construction and labour-intensive services sectors.
PartnersProf. Simone Agrofoglio
Civil Litigation and Arbitration
We assist companies in managing disputes before every level of ordinary court proceedings, in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, with reference to the Italian Code of Civil Procedure and ADR rules, shaping litigation strategy around economic outcomes and recovery timeframes.
Real Estate and Construction Law
We assist investors, developers and construction companies in real estate transactions, asset management and relations with public administrations, with reference to the Consolidated Building Act (Presidential Decree No. 380/2001) and regional urban planning regulations.
PartnersGianluca FormichettiFederica RealeAntonio BarberaNicoletta Carotti
Corporate Criminal Law
We assist entities, directors and executives in preventing and defending against corporate criminal risk, with reference to the administrative liability of entities (Legislative Decree No. 231/2001), the design and updating of organisational and management models, the appointment of and support to supervisory bodies (ODVs), and matters affecting eligibility for public contracts and tender participation requirements.
PartnersFilippo Morlacchini
Public Funding and Incentives
We assist companies throughout the entire public incentive cycle, from application assessment to reporting and controls, with reference to national and EU rules on incentives and State aid, and with specific experience in revocation and recovery proceedings.
Environmental and Energy Law
We assist companies, public bodies and energy operators in environmental and authorisation procedures, in the development of renewable energy plants and in relations with public administrations, with reference to environmental legislation (Legislative Decree No. 152/2006), national and EU energy regulation, and sustainability and ecological transition obligations.
Our Lawyers
Each lawyer is listed only once, with the departments for which they act as partner of reference.

Gianluca Formichetti
Head of the Administrative and Urban Planning Law Department
Public Procurement, Concessions, PPPs and Public Contracts · Real Estate and Construction Law · Public Funding and Incentives · Environmental and Energy Law
g.formichetti@air-lex.it
Federica Reale
Public procurement and public contracts, EU funds and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR)
Public Procurement, Concessions, PPPs and Public Contracts · Real Estate and Construction Law · Public Funding and Incentives · Environmental and Energy Law
f.reale@air-lex.it
Nicoletta Carotti
Civil, commercial and bankruptcy law
Corporate Law and M&A · Corporate Contracts · Civil Litigation and Arbitration · Real Estate and Construction Law
n.carotti@air-lex.itAntonio Barbera
Public procurement, urban planning, construction and environmental law
Public Procurement, Concessions, PPPs and Public Contracts · Real Estate and Construction Law · Environmental and Energy Law
a.barbera@air-lex.it
Prof. Simone Agrofoglio
Head of the Labour and Social Security Law Department
Labour Law
s.agrofoglio@air-lex.it
Filippo Morlacchini
Head of the Criminal Law Department
Corporate Criminal Law
f.morlacchini@air-lex.it
Giovanni Fontana
Head of the Business Crisis and Insolvency Law Department
Business Crisis and Insolvency Law · Civil Litigation and Arbitration
g.fontana@air-lex.it
Francesco Piscitello
Head of the Tax Law and Tax Planning Department
Tax Law and Tax Planning
f.piscitello@air-lex.it
