Salvatore Aprigliano

Salvatore Aprigliano is the founding partner of Aprigliano Law Firm, a Milan-based practice recognised as winner of the Citizenship by Descent Law Firm of the Year in Italy award at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards. He leads a firm that describes itself as a leader in matters of Italian citizenship by descent, assisting clients both in Italy and internationally in establishing and reclaiming their entitlement to Italian nationality.

Italian citizenship by descent, known as jure sanguinis, allows individuals to acquire citizenship through their Italian ancestry, and it forms the core of the firm's work. Aprigliano Law Firm advises on the full range of routes to citizenship, including jure sanguinis by descent, the recognition of citizenship through the maternal line pursued before the Italian courts, citizenship by marriage, citizenship by residence, and the reacquisition of citizenship that has been lost. This comprehensive coverage enables the firm to guide applicants through both the administrative and, where necessary, the judicial paths to recognition, including the court proceedings that certain maternal-line and historical claims require.

Beyond citizenship, the firm maintains complementary immigration and corporate practices that broaden its service to internationally mobile clients. Its immigration work covers investor residence permits, permits for entrepreneurs and specialised personnel, and other categories of Italian residence, while its corporate and commercial department advises on investments in Italy, commercial and corporate contracts, Italian company formation and economic criminal law. Together these strands allow the firm to serve clients whose interest in Italy extends from personal status through to residence and business establishment.

Aprigliano Law Firm operates from offices in central Milan, with a dedicated citizenship department, and provides its services in Italian, English and Russian, reflecting the international character of its clientele. The firm also maintains an online eligibility assessment tool, allowing prospective clients to gauge their potential entitlement to citizenship before engaging more formally, an approach consistent with its focus on serving applicants located around the world.

Citizenship by descent is a technically demanding field in which success depends on the careful assembly of genealogical and documentary evidence, an understanding of the historical rules governing the transmission of nationality, and, in many cases, the willingness to litigate contested points before the Italian courts. As the founder of a firm built around this specialism, Salvatore Aprigliano leads a practice equipped to handle these challenges across both administrative and judicial channels. The recognition conferred by the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards affirms the firm's standing as a leading Italian adviser on citizenship by descent and reflects the reputation it has established among clients seeking to secure their Italian nationality.