A letter of patronage can be considered either as a mere declaration of courtesy to looking at them, on the one hand, as binding guarantees ("fidejussione") or, on the other hand, as an undertaking to fulfil the obligations of a third party.

BDA Studio Legale is honored to have contributed to the tenth edition of Construction, a volume in the Getting the Deal Through series of annual reports which provides international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, crossborder legal practitioners and business people.

Also this year BDA Studio Legale has contributed to the World Bank report "Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency". Giuseppe Broccoli, Elisabetta Ventrella and Ludovica Citarella have contributed to the following sections:

New conflict resolution method, in addition to the already existing mediation, through settlement negotiation before referring disputes to Courts has been recently introduced in the Italian legal system.

Giuseppe Broccoli and Elisabetta Ventrella have contributed to the Doing Business 2013 survey for Italy in respect of the following sections: