Partners
Giacomo Metta
PARTNER – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Giacomo is Senior Partner focusing on Civil Law, Agricultural Law and Real Estate. He draws on his over 60 years of experience to advise the firm.
Aurelio Augusto Metta
SENIOR PARTNER – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Aurelio is Senior Partner of Studio Legale Metta leading the firm’s Civil and Commercial Law Departments. He draws on his over 50 years of legal experience to advise all departments in the firm.
Maria Serena Metta
PARTNER – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Maria Serena is Partner of Studio Legale Metta focusing on Administrative and Civil legal disputes. She trained in Italy and New York at the law offices of Farrel & Fritz Corp.
Nick M. Metta
PARTNER – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Nick is partner of Studio Legale Metta leading the International Department which he founded in 2004. He focuses on Cross-border Real Estate, Inheritance, Immigration and Citizenship, Tax, and Estate Planning matters.
Federica Metta
PARTNER – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Federica is partner of Studio Legale Metta leading the Family Law Department. She is qualified to try cases at the Tribunali Ecclesiastici (Ecclesiastic Courts) and Tribunale Apostolico della Rota Romana (Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature).
Jacopo Metta
PARTNER – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Jacopo is partner of Studio Legale Metta leading the Litigation practice focusing on Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Debt Collection.
Associates
Dionisio Altamura
ASSOCIATE – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Dionisio works in the Real Estate and Inheritance areas of Studio Legale Metta’s International Department.
Giacomo Annibaldis
ITALIAN ACCOUNTANT
Chartered Accountant (of counsel), registered in the Order of Chartered Accountants of the Court of Bari, he is involved in the domestic and international tax area.
Antonio Cammarano
SENIOR ASSOCIATE – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Antonio works in the Immigration and Citizenship areas of Studio Legale Metta’s International Department where he assists clients with matters of Visa, Permit to Stay (permesso di soggiorno), Residency, and Citizenship by Descent, Marriage and Naturalization.
Marco Chirivì
ASSOCIATE – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Marco works in Studio Legale Metta’s International Department where he focuses on Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, GDPR (Privacy Law), and Remote Legal and Tax Processing.
Raffaella Cuomo
SENIOR ASSOCIATE – POTENZA BAR ASSOCIATION
Raffaella works in the Real Estate area of Studio Legale Metta’s International Department where she focuses on International Real Estate transactions, Italian Mortgages, and Cross-border Estate Planning.
Douglas Berti D’Agostini
ASSOCIATE – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Douglas worked for years in Brazil as a labor lawyer when in 2019 he decided to move to Italy to apply for the recognition of his Italian citizenship based on his Italian bloodline.
Nicola De Mola
ASSOCIATE – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Nicola works in Studio Legale Metta’s Litigation Department where he focuses on Insurance Law, Personal Injury, Consumer Rights and Debt Collection.
Dario Gambino
ASSOCIATE – TRANI BAR ASSOCIATION
Dario works in the Real Estate and Inheritance areas of Studio Legale Metta’s International Department where he focuses on cross-border transactions.
Marco Ghini
ASSOCIATE – BOLOGNA BAR ASSOCIATION
Marco works in the Litigation Department where he focuses on medical malpractice, contract negotiations, and litigation, including debt collection and personal injury disputes.
Federica Grieco
ASSOCIATE – FOGGIA BAR ASSOCIATION
Federica Grieco is an Italian lawyer who focuses on international real estate transactions and estate planning in general.
Alessio Marino
ITALIAN ACCOUNTANT
Chartered Accountant, of counsel, tax and wealth advisor focusing on high-net worth individuals and family groups.
Michela Minafra
ASSOCIATE – MILAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Michela works in the Immigration area, where she assists clients with matters of visas, residence permits, citizenship, corporate immigration, and immigration disputes.
Martina Pavone
ASSOCIATE – BARI BAR ASSOCIATION
Martina collaborates in the International Department, mainly active on cases relating to visas, permits to Stay and immigration law in general.
Of counsel
Massimo Paternoster
ITALIAN AND USA LAWYER
Massimo is a dually qualified lawyer in Italy and in the USA (New York State) of counsel to Studio Legale Metta. He practices Business Law, Real Estate and U.S. Immigration.
Elio Maria Addante
CRIMINAL LAWYER
Elio is of counsel to Studio Legale Metta on Criminal Law matters. He is admitted to discuss criminal and civil cases in front of the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione).
Alessandro Armenio
ITALIAN NOTARY
Alessandro is an Italian Notary Public (notaio) of counsel to Studio Legale Metta for Corporate, Real Estate, and Inheritance matters.
Administration
Maria Rutigliani
RECEPTION AND ACCOUNTING
Maria manages the Internal Accounting and Client Billing for Studio Legale Metta. She is the primary liaison with the firm’s external accounting office.
Adrianne Alvare Castro
MARKETING & CLIENT EXPERIENCE MANAGER
Adrianne has been helping businesses with marketing support for over 15 years, following 6 years of service in the United States Senate.