Pairing
Pini Franco LLP
Fragomen LLP
Two practices in the UK Italian-citizenship field, read alongside one another. Both profiles use the same public-record sources, held to a single editorial standard.
The pairings on this site are not rankings. They are two practices read together, sourced from the same public record, written in the same register.
Pini Franco LLP
A multidisciplinary London law firm where the partners hold dual qualification as Italian avvocati and English solicitors. Italian-British work sits at the centre of the practice, including international successions, corporate immigration, and EU citizen rights — all of which adjoin the Italian-citizenship recognition route. Companies House registered as an LLP since 2009 from offices in the City at Ely Place.
Partners are dual-qualified — both Italian avvocati and English solicitors.
International successions and corporate immigration practice sits inside the same firm — adjacent to Italian-citizenship recognition work.
Companies House LLP since 2009 with continuous trading from Ely Place in the City of London.
Founding partners Rocco Franco and Domenic Pini are listed on the Italian Consulate London's referral register.
Bilingual Italian and English correspondence.
Both practices serve the same end — Italian citizenship recognition for applicants in the UK. Both operate from United Kingdom. Both take broadly the same approach to engagement, framed as case-led. SRA regulation falls on one side only; the procedural assumptions that follow — professional indemnity, formal complaints process — sit with that side.
Fragomen LLP
The world's largest immigration law firm. The London office sits at 95 Gresham Street, SRA-regulated, with the institutional infrastructure of a global practice built around corporate immigration. Italian citizenship by descent is one specialism within a portfolio that spans more than forty countries — useful when an application is part of a wider international mobility picture.
SRA-regulated, with mandatory professional indemnity insurance and a formal complaints pathway.
Operating from a Companies House LLP since 2006, with nearly two decades of continuous UK trading.
Physical London office at 95 Gresham Street, with in-person meeting capability.
Backed by a global firm operating across forty-plus countries — useful when a citizenship application sits alongside corporate or cross-border immigration matters.
Sources
Both profiles are built from provider websites, Companies House filings, the SRA Register, and other public records. Every link in the marginalia goes to the original record. If any data point is outdated, either firm can request a correction. Last reviewed 2026-05-05 / 2026-03-30.
