Pairing
Studio Legale Metta
Aprigliano International Law Firm
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.
Studio Legale Metta
A family law firm tracing its history back to 1887, operating from London and Italy. The practice covers citizenship applications, ancestor certificate procurement directly from Italian archives, translations, and broader Italian legal matters: property, succession, tax. Generational continuity from a founding before the country itself was sixty years old.
Tracing back to 1887, generational continuity in Italian legal practice.
Operates from both London and Italy, so document retrieval and UK client meetings happen within the same firm.
Covers citizenship, ancestor certificate procurement directly from Italian archives, translations, and broader property and succession matters.
A family firm with relationships in Italian municipal offices that have accumulated across multiple generations.
Tiered fee structure communicated upfront.
6 dimensions separate them on the public record. Everything else this directory tracks reads the same for both.
- Registration
Studio Legale Metta
No Companies House registration found. That is consistent with a sole trader or a partnership, neither of which files there, so it is a gap in the record rather than a finding against them.
Aprigliano International Law Firm
Based outside the UK, so there is no Companies House record to check. We have not searched the equivalent register in their own country.
- How to reach them
Studio Legale Metta
Publishes phone as a way to reach them. Published on their own site, so it is checkable and it is what they hold themselves to.
Aprigliano International Law Firm
Publishes email and phone and a contact form as ways to reach them. Published on their own site, so it is checkable and it is what they hold themselves to.
- Pricing
Studio Legale Metta
Published on their own site, £1,150 to £3,400.
Aprigliano International Law Firm
No pricing found on their site. Not unusual in this market, and not a criticism, but it does mean the cost is unknown until you ask.
- Independent reviews
Studio Legale Metta
No rated profile found on Trustpilot or Google. An absence here is a fact about those two platforms and nothing more: plenty of solid practices never ask a client for a review.
Aprigliano International Law Firm
4.6 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 19 reviews. A sample that small moves several points on a handful of reviews, so read the reviews rather than the number.
- Scope
Studio Legale Metta
4 of the services this directory tracks, which covers a case end to end.
Aprigliano International Law Firm
3 of the services this directory tracks. Narrow enough to be a specialism, not wide enough to cover a whole case end to end.
- Where they are
Studio Legale Metta
Not applicable
Aprigliano International Law Firm
Based in Italy. Closer to the comuni and the courts, further from you, and an hour ahead. Whether that helps depends on where the work in your case actually sits.
Aprigliano International Law Firm
A Milan-based law firm with over two decades in practice. The work spans consular descent applications and the more demanding 1948 judicial route, both conducted from a city with direct access to Italy's higher courts. A Trustpilot history consistent in tone has accumulated alongside industry recognition over the years of trading.
Operating from Milan since 2002, with over twenty years of continuous practice across several Italian legal regimes.
Handles consular descent and the 1948 judicial route under one practice. The latter requires direct access to Italian courts, which Milan provides.
States a Best Firm 2024 award. The awarding body is not named on the site.
A Trustpilot record built up across years of trading.
Bilingual Italian and English correspondence with Italian municipal offices and courts.
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 2026-03-30.