Pairing
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
Giambrone & Partners
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.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
An Edinburgh-headquartered Scottish law firm with a dedicated immigration practice. John Vassiliou, Legal Director, is a Law Society of Scotland accredited specialist in UK immigration and nationality, with a published interest in current and historical British citizenship law and ancestry. The firm: regulated under Scottish jurisdiction by the Law Society of Scotland: sits alongside the Italian Consulate Edinburgh's referral register for citizenship-adjacent immigration matters. Companies House registered as a Scottish LLP since 2006.
Law Society of Scotland accredited specialist (John Vassiliou) in UK immigration and nationality.
Companies House registered (SO300895) as a Scottish LLP since 2006, with continuous trading from Haymarket Square.
Listed on the Italian Consulate Edinburgh's referral register.
Published expertise covers historical British citizenship and ancestry matters, the doctrinal context UK applicants encounter when chains involve UK ancestors.
Edinburgh base, Scottish jurisdiction option for clients in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Major Scottish firm with established immigration practice and Chambers UK ranking.
5 dimensions separate them on the public record. Everything else this directory tracks reads the same for both.
- Registration
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, company SO300895, currently active, on the register since May 2006.
Giambrone & Partners
Giambrone & Partners LLP, company OC427538, currently active, on the register since May 2019.
- Dispute resolution
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
We have not checked whether this provider belongs to an alternative dispute resolution scheme, so we hold nothing either way. Worth asking them directly.
Giambrone & Partners
Member of the Legal Ombudsman. If a complaint cannot be settled directly, there is a body to escalate to.
- How to reach them
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
We have not recorded how this provider can be contacted or when. Their own site is the place to check.
Giambrone & Partners
Publishes email and phone as ways to reach them. Published on their own site, so it is checkable and it is what they hold themselves to.
- Independent reviews
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
We hold no rating for them, and no record of when anyone last looked, so read this as a gap in our data rather than a finding about theirs.
Giambrone & Partners
4 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 384 reviews.
- Scope
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
2 of the services this directory tracks. Narrow enough to be a specialism, not wide enough to cover a whole case end to end.
Giambrone & Partners
3 of the services this directory tracks. Narrow enough to be a specialism, not wide enough to cover a whole case end to end.
Giambrone & Partners
A multi-practice firm with offices in London, Milan, Rome, Palermo, Naples, and Catania. Italian citizenship sits within a broader Italian legal practice covering property, family, succession, and commercial matters. Two decades of operation, six locations, and a substantial Trustpilot history accumulated across years of trading.
Six physical offices across London, Milan, Rome, Palermo, Naples and Catania. Direct access to Italian courts and comuni from each location.
In practice since 2004, with Italian citizenship handled inside a broader Italian legal portfolio.
A substantial Trustpilot history accumulated across years of trading.
A team scaled for case throughput across multiple jurisdictions.
Bilingual Italian and English correspondence.
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 2026-05-06 / 2026-03-30.