Enforcing arbitral awards in Italy

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Practice notes

Enforcing arbitral awards in Italy

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Produced in partnership with Filippo Frigerio of Portolano Cavallo and Martina Lucenti of Portolano Cavallo

Practice notes
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The recognition and Enforcement of international arbitration awards in Italy is regulated by sections 839 to 840 of the Italian Civil Procedural Code (CPC), which takes into account the provisions of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention). The New York Convention was brought into force in Italy by Law no. 62 of 19 January 1968.

Petition to the President of the Court of Appeals

Pursuant to CPC, s 839, a party that wishes to enforce an international arbitral award in Italy must file a petition with the President of the Court of Appeals for the area in which the Counterparty is resident. If the counterparty does not reside in Italy, the competent Court of Appeals is in Rome.

Along with the petition, and in accordance with article IV of the New York Convention, The petitioner shall lodge:

  1. •

    an original copy of the award

  2. •

    the document including the arbitration clause, and

  3. •

    certified Italian translations of these documents

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Filippo Frigerio
Filippo Frigerio

Associate, Portolano Cavallo

  • Filippo joined Portolano Cavallo in 2015. He is an attorney-at-law in Milan and earned his Law degree at the Università commerciale Luigi Bocconi of Milan in 2015.
  • In 2021, he attended the International Arbitration LL.M. at the University of Miami School of Law.
  • Filippo assists both Italian and foreign clients in litigation and arbitration disputes on civil and commercial matters. He provides assistance in connection with digital media, new technologies, intermediary liability, copyright, and Italian and European legislation concerning the protection of personal data.
  • While completing his university studies, Filippo attended courses at the University of Minnesota Law School of Minneapolis for a period of 5 months.
  • Until 2019, he served as teaching assistant at the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. Between 2017 and 2018 he served as teaching assistant for the course “Fundamentals of Information Technology Law.”
  • In 2019, he attended the Columbia Summer Program in American Law at Amsterdam University (NL).
  • Filippo is also an active member of several national and international associations such as the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA), YoungICCA and LES Italy. He published several articles on the “Medialaws” Law review and on Medialaws.eu blog.

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Martina Lucenti
Martina Lucenti

Partner, Portolano Cavallo

  • Martina joined Portolano Cavallo in 2017. She focuses on domestic and international litigation and arbitration.
  • She assists Italian and foreign clients in commercial and corporate disputes, post-M&A litigation, directors and officers’ liability suits, liability of financial and insurance intermediaries, insolvency litigation. She also assisted companies in civil actions for vicarious liability brought before criminal courts.
  • Martina acted as sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in proceedings administered by the Milan Chamber of Arbitration.
  • She is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), ArbitralWomen and of the Women’s White Collar Defence Association (WWCDA).
  • She is included by Who’s Who Legal in the Arbitration Future Leaders – Partners 2023 guide.
  • Before joining Portolano Cavallo, Martina worked for 12 years in the Litigation and Arbitration Department of BonelliErede, and previously at De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani.
  • In 2005, she obtained a Diploma in English Commercial Law from the College of Law of London. In 2008, she qualified as Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (non-practising). She graduated summa cum laude from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan in 2000. She was admitted to the Italian Bar in 2003.
  • She is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Cassation.

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The action of compelling a party to comply with a judgment where it has not been complied with voluntarily and the time ordered for compliance has expired.

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