News – Augusto Vacca & Partners

The Court of Rome has ordered a bank to pay damages to a former account holder for breaching its obligations under a bill of exchange pledge. 5 October 2026 – Posted in: News

On 4 September 2026, the 16th Civil Section of the Court of Rome granted a motion filed under Article 702-bis of the Code of Civil Procedure. The motion was filed by an individual who brought a case against his former bank, seeking compensation for damages exceeding 1 million euros resulting from the bank’s breach of its obligations under a bill of exchange pledge agreement. The dispute stems from the bank’s failure to return to the…

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Augusto Vacca & Partners at the first edition of “WeSec_Il Salone della sicurezza” 17 September 2026 – Posted in: News

The first edition of “WeSec_Il Salone della sicurezza”, a major new event promoted by ABI and organised by ABIServizi S.p.A. in collaboration with CERTFin, ABI Lab, OSSIF and FEduF, will be held in Milan on 22 and 23 September 2026. The event is dedicated to the increasingly strategic issue of security in the banking and financial sector. Conceived as a platform for discussion and open innovation on physical and logical security, cyber security, data protection…

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Medical liability: after 14 years, the Supreme Court of Cassation brought a civil negligence case centring on a ‘Contour Transtar’ procedure to a close 4 August 2026 – Posted in: News

The Supreme Court of Cassation has dismissed, by order no. 3904/2026 of the Third Civil Division, the appeals lodged by a surgeon and a well‑known Rome clinic, thereby making final the judgment on the merits by which the Court of Appeal of Rome had held them jointly and severally liable to compensate the damages arising from a surgical operation that had caused extremely serious disabling consequences to a patient. The patient, in the presence of…

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Announcing Augusto Vacca & Partners 20 July 2026 – Posted in: News

Augusto Vacca announces the rebranding of Comelli Vacca, which changes its name and becomes Augusto Vacca & Partners. This evolution marks a new professional chapter and follows more than 21 years of practice consistently dedicated to meeting clients’ needs through the personalised approach typical of highly specialised legal boutiques. The Firm retains unchanged all of its recognised areas of specialisation and its historic office in the centre of Rome. The new brand reflects the aim…

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COMELLI VACCA in the appointment of Global Connect Investments LLC as global brand ambassador for Giamaro Automobili S.p.A. 16 October 2025 – Posted in: News

The Comelli Vacca Studio Legale Tributario team, led by co-founder Augusto Vacca and including Silvia Sulli, Monica Vernillo and Roberta Fonte, assisted Global Connect Investments LLC, an Omani company led by Giovanni Piazzolla, in securing the role of global brand ambassador with Giamaro Automobili S.p.A.. Giamaro Automobili S.p.A. was founded by Giacomo Commendatore, a former partner of Pagani, who is known for leading the Permaflex and Eminflex empires together with his son, Pierfrancesco. The company…

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ComelliVacca hosts the opening of the Italian Desk of Global Connect Investments 15 May 2025 – Posted in: News

On the 28th of April 2025, the inauguration of the Italian Desk of Global Connect Investments, a partner company founded by Cav. Giovanni Piazzolla, with which Comelli Vacca collaborates in assisting Omani companies that are interested in investing in Italy and Italian companies that want to expand their business in Oman, took place at the Studio Legale Tributario of Comelli Vacca. The event, chaired by lawyer Augusto Vacca and cav. Giovanni Piazzolla, was held in…

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ABIServizi SpA has once again organised this year’s exhibition of payment systems. 9 December 2024 – Posted in: News, Salone dei Pagamenti

Comelli Vacca Studio Legale Tributario supported ABIServizi S.p.A. in the organization of the 2024 edition of the “Payments Exhibition”. ABIServizi S.p.A. has organised the 2024 edition of the “Salone dei Pagamenti” held in Milan on the 27th, 28th and 29th November 2024. The event, promoted by ABI and organised by ABIServizi through the ABIEventi division, is an international event on payment innovation that can bring together institutions, banks, national and international operators, digital companies, start-ups…

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Comelli Vacca wins before the Court of Civitavecchia on derivative financial instruments 3 June 2024 – Posted in: News

Gruppo Claudio vince in materia di strumenti finanziari derivati The Court of Civitavecchia, with judgment No. 205/2024, granted the claims brought by Gruppo Claudio S.r.l., a company operating in the clothing sector that went bankrupt in 2013, which, with the authorisation of the Bankruptcy Section of the Court of Rome, was assisted on this occasion by Augusto Vacca, co-founder of Comelli Vacca Law and Tax Firm, and senior associate Silvia Sulli. In particular, the Court…

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ABIServizi SpA hosted the 2023 edition of the Payment Exhibition 4 December 2023 – Posted in: News

Comelli Vacca Law and Tax Firm once again assisted ABIServizi S.p.A. in the organisation of the 2023 edition of the ‘Salone dei Pagamenti’, held in Milan on 22, 23 and 24 November 2023. The event, promoted by ABI and organised by ABIServizi through the ABIEventi Division, aims to be an open innovation platform capable of telling the story of innovation in payment services, ranging from topical issues to more specialised topics and bringing together institutions,…

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Jurisdiction in non-EU sales disputes 22 November 2023 – Posted in: News

By lawyers Mr. Augusto Vacca and Mrs. Silvia Sulli and by Ms. Monica Vernillo The Court of Venice, in its recent judgment no. 1515/2023 of 6.9.2023, discussed the existence of Italian jurisdiction in commercial matters where the defendant is not domiciled in a European Union Member State. The dispute giving rise to the ruling had been brought by a company incorporated under Italian law that had brought an action against its former subsidiary, governed by…