Pairing
The Italian Lawyer
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.
The Italian Lawyer
A London-headquartered cross-border practice founded by Avv. Riccardo Virga, with named offices in Milan, Rome, Palermo, and Dubai. Italian-British work sits at the centre of the practice, with immigration and citizenship matters listed alongside probate, real-estate, family, and corporate work. Companies House registered since 2016 from a Bloomsbury address, with a team of more than fifteen named lawyers and solicitors across the offices.
Founded by Avv. Riccardo Virga, listed on the Italian Consulate London's referral register.
Five-office footprint: London, Milan, Rome, Palermo, Dubai — useful when cross-border instructions move between Italy and elsewhere.
Companies House registered (10049268) since 2016, with continuous UK trading from Upper Woburn Place.
Practice spans citizenship and immigration, probate, real estate, family, and corporate work — useful when descent recognition sits alongside other Italian-side matters.
Bilingual Italian and English correspondence with a team of fifteen-plus named lawyers.
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.
