My father and I were fortunate to work with Studio Legale Metta on solving a complex real estate matter. They possess an impressive understanding of the Italian legal landscape and have a knack for simplifying complicated concepts. Nick Metta is proactive, highly organized, and always stays one step ahead. Their counsel provided me with the clarity and confidence I needed to move forward. I highly recommend their services to anyone seeking top-tier legal representation in Italy.
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Hello Colby, thank you so much for this kind review!!
I found Studio Legale Metta because of the many five star reviews. So I came into this with high expectations to begin with. I am currently working with them and am absolutely impressed with their knowledge, professionalism, follow-up and approachability. I’ve been working with several of their staff so far, and wow are they good! Marco helped us obtain our Italian Tax Code Certificate in record time. And Raffaella is our favorite new person in the entire world! Talk about going above and beyond! In our first call she erased our fear and apprehension with facts. I can’t fathom going through this process without this team.
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Thank you so much for the wonderful review, we'll make sure Marco and Raffaella see it!!
I hired this firm to handle a citizenship matter from abroad --something I was initially hesitant about, given I'd never met the team in person. That hesitation quickly proved unfounded.
From start to finish, they were exceptionally responsive, deeply knowledgeable, and highly effective. Every commitment they made was honored, and the matter resolved exactly as planned.
For anyone navigating a complex legal process in Italy, this team made the experience seamless and stress-free.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
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Thank you Kimberly. We appreciate your taking the time to leave this nice review!!
We had an extremely positive experience with Studio Legale Metta. We are renting an apartment in Italy and didn't apply for a codice fiscale while we were there. Our real estate agent is unfamiliar with the process of applying for us as a proxy, so we turned to this firm. Their website does a great job of walking you through the process. It auto-fills the necessary forms, and then a real human being reviews them and writes directly back to you. We ended up receiving our tax numbers early within the promised time frame, which was certainly welcome. For those who absolutely have to have their numbers within a very short time frame, they offer expedited service (for a higher fee, of course). The bottom line is that I strongly recommend this firm. We could not have asked for better service, and they delivered exactly as they promised.
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Hello Bill, thank you so much for this detailed and kind review!!
In the process of buying a property in Bari for which I needed the Codice Fiscale (Italian tax code). Did some online research which suggested consulates no longer handled applications directly. So I looked on the always informative Studio Legale Metta website and applied through them. VERY easy and my code was received in a matter of a few days.
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Thank you for your kind words Bruce, we appreciate it!!
I hired studio legale metta to help me navigate issues with my Permesso di soggiorno here in italy and was willing to pay a bit more to receive a professional service. However, after paying for 2 calls, and then for the renewal service, I had a terrible experience. My emails were regularly ignored for weeks, if not months at a time. The issue of the renewal was taken care of at the last minute, with almost zero communication with the attorney's assigned to my case. In this case, there were two attorney's I was told would assist me, and I never ever heard from the second, and only from the first after repeated attempts at communication.
While the issue was taken care of, eventually, I cannot recommend this firm. They clearly ignored my attempts at communication until the last minute, lacked transparency, and never followed up as originally agreed. When my new permesso was ready, I never got any communication from them and had to end up managing the remainder of the process myself.
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Hi David,
We’re sorry to read this feedback. It immediately prompted us to go back and review your file and speak to the legal team who worked on your case, since your experience does not reflect our standards.
We acknowledge that some response times were not in line with our policy and we apologize for those delays. We also saw that the lawyer working on your case performed additional activities that were not part of the engagement, as a courtesy (in particular with the University).
And a point of clarity: SLM is not notified when the PdS is ready, the Questura contacts the user directly and/or it’s the responsibility of the user to log in, using the personal credentials provided by the Questura on the receipt provided at the appointment, to check the status in the portal. Apologies if we didn’t make that clear.
We will also be reaching out to you via email also to close the loop on any other concerns.
Kind regards, SLM
We’re sorry to read this feedback. It immediately prompted us to go back and review your file and speak to the legal team who worked on your case, since your experience does not reflect our standards.
We acknowledge that some response times were not in line with our policy and we apologize for those delays. We also saw that the lawyer working on your case performed additional activities that were not part of the engagement, as a courtesy (in particular with the University).
And a point of clarity: SLM is not notified when the PdS is ready, the Questura contacts the user directly and/or it’s the responsibility of the user to log in, using the personal credentials provided by the Questura on the receipt provided at the appointment, to check the status in the portal. Apologies if we didn’t make that clear.
We will also be reaching out to you via email also to close the loop on any other concerns.
Kind regards, SLM
This was a fast pleasant experience with great communication all the way. You CAN get this for free with a lot time and probably headaches or spend a bit and have this in hand anywhere in the world in a very short amount of time. It was def worth it!
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Hello Patrick, thank you so much for your review!!
A wonderful opportunity to take care of all things legal around selling property in Italy - without going back to Italy. Thank you all for your assistance, patience and perseverance - your prompt turnarounds - very neat work and convenient, as I did not have to deal with getting friends involved in Italy, nor discuss issues with my bank. Studio Legale Metta offers all services, and can easily walk one through what needs to be done state side ( speaking of USA ). Not only, in a consultation call I learned that I could renew my Italian passport without having to travel to Chicago - given the open day offered (every blue moon....) in Denver! Perfect, as for me to travel to Chicago was quite inconvenient. Now I have an updated document - non si sa mai se dovesse servire!!
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Hello Lisa, thank you so much for leaving this review about your experience!!
We worked for several months with the team at Studio Legale Metta (SLM) during the purchase of our home in Southern Italy. We had the pleasure to work directly with Raffaella & Federica and were beyond impressed with their professionalism, patience in answering our questions and knowledge of purchasing process.
Anyone who has been through the process of purchasing a house in Italy especially from abroad would tell you how confusing and frustrating it can be at times. Federica & Raffaella did a wonderful job communicating throughout the process, they took the time to explain the various steps, drafted solid purchasing agreements and put together the right teams to ensure a smooth purchase. Being based in the USA, we would have had an incredibly difficult time going through the purchase without the help of professionals.
Raffaella & Federica at SLM did an amazing job and for that we are truly grateful we got to work with them for the purchase of our first Italian property.
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Thank you for sharing your experience regarding your Italian property purchase Bertaut!! We'll make sure to share your kind words with Raffaella and Federica.