Publications
Agency and franchising agreements
Giuffrè – Lefebvre, Milano 2023, XI^ ed.
A reference manual providing an in-depth analysis of national and EU regulations governing agency, sales concession, and franchising relationships. Considerable attention is given to updated case law and doctrine. A specific chapter addresses financial agents. Another chapter addresses international law issues of jurisdiction and applicable law. Further specific coverage is provided for national and EU antitrust regulations, online sales, and exemption regulations.
A specific chapter is then dedicated to the Exemption Regulation 2022/270.
2023 American Bar Association, ABA USA, chapter on Italy A. Venezia – S. Bortolotti
The new third edition of the International Franchise Sales Laws describes the rules and regulations governing franchise agreements and distribution law in 23 different countries, including the United States and Canada.
For each jurisdiction, two authors licensed to practice in that jurisdiction address the national and international rules governing franchising agreements in a uniform format. Each national chapter is organized to provide a comprehensive examination of each applicable law as well as a practical, easy-to-use reference for legal advisors to navigate these laws.
Giuffrè – Lefebvre, Milano 2023, XI^ ed.
A reference manual providing an in-depth analysis of national and EU regulations governing agency, sales concession, and franchising relationships. Considerable attention is given to updated case law and doctrine. A specific chapter addresses financial agents. Another chapter addresses international law issues of jurisdiction and applicable law. Further specific coverage is provided for national and EU antitrust regulations, online sales, and exemption regulations.
A specific chapter is then dedicated to the Exemption Regulation 2022/270.
Termination of franchising and distribution agreements in EU
Milan Bar Association – International Relations Commission, Giuffrè, Milan 2018.
Alberto Venezia edited and supervised the entire work and wrote the chapter on Italian law, which focuses on the regulation and termination procedures for sales concession agreements, with and without exclusivity, and on franchising agreements in the main European Union countries.
Severance pay in agency contracts in Italy
Milan Bar Association – International Relations Commission, Il Sole 24 Ore, 2016.
Alberto Venezia edited and supervised the entire work and wrote the chapter on Italian law. A detailed discussion is dedicated to the duration and termination of agency contracts, with specific reference to severance pay and its quantification criteria, under Italian law and that of major European countries.
Agency Agreement
In Commented Contract Code, 1st ed., edited by G. Alpa and V. Mariconda, 2017, pp. 2915 et seq.
Alberto Venezia is the author of the specific treatise dedicated to Directive 18 December 1986, no. 653, which examines all the relevant articles in detail with an extensive commentary on doctrine and jurisprudence.
Contractual tools for sales networks
Ipsoa, 2004
A practical guide with an in-depth examination of the legal framework and drafting techniques for the main national and international distribution contracts: agency, business procurement, sales concessions, and franchising.
Severance pay in agency contracts in Italy
Ed. Il Sole 24 Ore, 2010, 1^ ed.
A practical guide on every aspect of agency agreements, covering Italian and other European regulations. Alberto Venezia is the author of the chapters on legal regulations, as well as accompanying software for creating standard agency and business procurement agreements.
Practical Guide to Franchising
2nd ed. Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture of Turin, 2014
Author of the chapter on the legal aspects of franchising agreements. The agreement is also examined from an economic and marketing perspective, with contributions from other authors.
A. Venezia, author’s profiles, Agents and representatives – Commissions, digital products Giuffré Francis – Lefebvre (Memento – Expert solution Lavoro and IUS Lavoro), updated to 2025 – April 2025.
A. Venezia, e book ,Vertical Block Exemption Regulation 720/2022 and National Authorities antitrust case law in Europe, autore del commento al Regolamento 720/2022 e del contributo per l’Italia e coordinatore dell’intero e book relativo alla applicazione del Regolamento di esenzione 720/2022 in tema di accordi verticali e alla giurisprudenza delle autorità nazionali antitrust dei principali Paesi Europei, Ordine avvocati di Milano – Commissione rapporti Internazionali, febbraio 2025.
A.Venezia – R. Baldi, The agency contract. The sales concession. Franchising. , Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, 2023, 11^ ed.
A. Venezia – S. Bortolotti, International Franchise Sales Laws, co-author of the chapter on Italy, American Bar Association, ABA USA, 2023, 3rd ed.
A.Venezia – R. Baldi, The agency contract. The sales concession. Franchising. , Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, 2020, 10^ ed.
A. Venezia, ebook, Termination of franchising and distribution agreements in the EU, author of the contribution for Italy and coordinator of the entire ebook on the termination of sales concession agreements, with and without exclusivity, and franchising in the legislative framework of the main European countries, Milan Bar Association – International Relations Commission, Giuffré publisher, 2018.
A. Venezia, Contratto di Agenzia (Direttiva 18 dicembre 1986; d. lgs. 10 settembre 1991, n. 303; d. lgs. 15 febbraio 1999, n. 65; l. 21 dicembre 1999, n. 526; l. 29 dicembre 2000, n. 422), in Codice dei Contratti commentato, I ed., a cura di G. Alpa e V. Mariconda, 2017, p. 2915 e ss.
A. Venezia, ebook, Severance Pay in Agency Contracts in Italy, author of the contribution for Italy and coordinator of the entire ebook on the termination of agency contracts in the legislative framework of European countries, Milan Bar Association – International Relations Commission, Il Sole 24 Ore, 2016.
A. Venezia, Voce Agenzia, in Codice delle Leggi Civili Speciali, annotato con la giurisprudenza, a cura di G. Alpa e P. Zatti, 2015, p. 461 e ss.
A.Venezia – R. Baldi, The agency contract. The sales concession. Franchising. , Giuffrè, 2015, 9^ ed.
AA.VV., Practical Guide to Franchising, 2nd ed. Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts, and Agriculture of Turin, 2014.
A. Venezia, The agency contract. The sales concession. The franchising agreement. Appendice , Giuffrè, 2011.
A. Venezia – M. Ferraris, Practical Guide: Agents and Representatives, Il Sole 24 Ore, 2010, 1st edition.
AA.VV., Practical Guide to Franchising, 1st ed. Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts, and Agriculture of Turin, 2009.
A. Venezia – R. Baldi, The agency contract. The sales concession. Franchising. , Giuffrè, 2008, 8^ ed.
AA.VV., Practical Guide: Absences in the Employment Relationship, ed. Il Sole 24 Ore, 2006.
A. Venezia, Gli strumenti contrattuali per le reti di vendita, Ipsoa, 2004.
G. De Nova- C. Leo- A.Venezia, Il franchising , Ipsoa, 2004.
R. Baldi – A.Venezia, The agency contract. The sales concession. Franchising. , Giuffrè, 2001, 7^ ed.
A. Venezia, La risoluzione e il recesso nel contratto di agenzia, in AA.VV. “Recesso e risoluzione nei contratti”, a cura di G. De Nova, Giuffrè, 1994.
2025
July 2025
Agency Agreement: New and Effective Date of Renewal of June 4, 2025 for the Commercial Sector.
Labor Consultancy July /2025 Eutekne
March 2025
Agency agreements and severance pay: requirements for their existence and quantification. Credit notes and burden of proof for commission entitlement.
Note to the Turin Court, Labor Section, January 29, 2025
The Labor Lawyer – IUS
2024
November 2024
Agency agreement: non-competition agreement after termination of the relationship and right to compensation.
note to Cass.civ., section. lav., ord. 29 August 2024, n. 23331
Labor Consultancy November 2024 Eutekne
October 2024
Inapplicability of the “Connected Work” expiry term to the agency contract.
Note to the Civil Court of Cassation, Labor Section, August 29, 2024, no. 23348
The Labor Lawyer – IUS
October 2024
Reclassification of the simulated agency contract in terms of subordinate employment.
note to Cass.civ., sez. lav., 29 August 2024, n. 23343
Labor Consultancy October 2024 Eutekne
September 2024
Termination of the agency contract due to failure to achieve objectives.
Labor Consultancy September /2024 Eutekne
June 2024
Atypical employment contracts: online sales and reclassification of agency contracts for collaboration relationships with “influencers”.
note to the Court of Rome, Labour Section IV, 4 March 2024, no. 2615
The Labor Lawyer – IUS
May 2024
Agency agreements and severance pay: requirements, burden of proof, and quantification criteria.
note to Cass. 9 February 2024, n. 3713
The Labor Lawyer – IUS
March 2024
Termination of long-term contracts. Consequences. Duration and termination of distribution contracts.
The Bulletin of the Association of Italian-Speaking Jurists, No. 79, pp. 15-21.
2023
The Employment Lawyer
Milan 2023
Mixed agency contract – sales concession and partial invalidity of clauses due to conflict with mandatory provisions.
2022
EUTEKNE
Turin 2022
Express termination clause, just cause, and objective good faith in the agency agreement.
2021
EUTEKNE
Turin 2021
International agency contracts and agents operating abroad.
2020
EUTEKNE
Turin 2020
Agency Agreement and Financial Aspects. Read the article.
EUTEKNE
Turin 2020
Termination, just cause, and the termination clause expressed in the agency agreement. Read the article.
EUTEKNE
Turin 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on distribution networks: agency and sales concessions.
EUTEKNE
Turin 2020
Franchising and COVID-19. Franchisee protection and implications for employment relationships.
2019
EUTEKNE
Turin 2019
The agency contract and severance pay: quantification criteria between AEC and the Civil Code. Read the article.
The labor lawyer
Milan 2019
Agency and subordinate employment: distinctive features and seriousness of non-compliance in the event of requalification, note to the Supreme Court of Cassation, 5 December 2018, no. 31487.
2018
The Employment Lawyer
Milan 2018
The EU Directive (Article 17) and the agent’s right to severance pay in the event of termination of the agency contract during the probationary period, note to the ECJ, Section IV, April 19, 2018, in Case C-645/16. Read the article.
2017
Il Giuslavorista
Milano 2017
“Il diritto dell’agente alla provvigione: le “circostanze imputabili al preponente” e le “circostanze attribuibili al preponente”, nota a GCUE 17 magio 2017, n C 48/16. Leggi l’articolo.
2011
The Padanian Forum
Milan, 2011
“Sales Concession and Agency: Characteristics and Severance Indemnity”,
article published in the magazine Il Foro Padano,
n. 2/2011 Cc. 158+32
2009
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, May 18, 2009
“Agency Agreement: Court of Justice Intervention on Severance Indemnity,”
article published in the magazine Informatore PIROLA of Il Sole 24 Ore
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, March 16, 2009
“The AEC trade sector February 16, 2009,”
article published in the magazine Informatore PIROLA of Il Sole 24 Ore
2008
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, May 2008
“The necessary intervention of the principal for the agent’s right to commission”,
article published in the journal Massimario di giurisprudenza del lavoro,
n. 5/2008, p. 4 e ss.
2007
Editoriale scientifica srl
Milan, March 2007
“Commercial distribution and antitrust discipline”,
article published in the journal Community Law and International Trade,
n. 1/2007, p. 75 e ss.
Ipsoa
Milan, March 2007
“Calculating Severance Pay in Agency Contracts,”
article published in the journal I Contratti, no. 3/2007, pp. 274 et seq.
2006
Ipsoa
Milan, November 2006
“The completion of Italian legislation and international franchising contracts.”
article published in the magazine I Contracts, no. 11/2006, pp. 995 et seq.
Ipsoa
Milan, 2006
Author of updates and addition of new entries to the
“Commercial Contracts” section of the Ipsoa database on CD-ROM “Contracts. Operational Guide.”
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, April 2006
“Agents: Severance Pay: Agreements and the EU Directive,”
article published in the magazine Guida al Lavoro, no. 15/2006, pp. 28 et seq.
2005
Ipsoa
Milan, December 2005
“Francisor’s Liability to Third Parties for Franchisee Conduct,” article published in the journal I Contratti, no. 12/2005, pp. 1133 et seq.
Ipsoa
Milan, 2005
Author of updates and addition of new entries to the new section
“Commercial Contracts” of the Ipsoa database on CD-ROM “Contracts. Operational Guide.”
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, October 2005
“The regulation of direct door-to-door sales and the ban on pyramid schemes,” article published in the magazine Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 5/2005, pp. 10 et seq.
AGE Editrice
Mantua, February 2005
“The Pre-Contractual Phase in the New Franchising Law (Law 129/2004)”,
article published in the magazine Agenti & Rappresentanti di Commercio, no. 4/2004, pp. 25 et seq.
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, January 2005
“The breadth of the definition of business and the broker’s right to commission,” article published in the journal Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 1/2005, pp. 10 et seq.
2004
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, November 2004
“The calculation of severance pay under scrutiny by the Court of Justice”,
article published in the magazine Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 6/2004, insert, pp. 12 et seq.
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, May 2004
“Assignment and Succession in Agency Contracts,” article published in the magazine Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 3/2004, supplement, pages II et seq.
Ipsoa
Milan, March 2004
“The right to compensation and the limits of the mediator’s liability,” pursuant to art. 1759 of the Italian Civil Code, article published in the magazine I Contratti, no. 3/2004, pp. 251 et seq.
2003
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, November 2003
“The probationary period in agency agreements,” article published in the magazine Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 6/2003, pp. 10 et seq.
Ipsoa
Milan, May 2003
“Improper Compensation and Agency Contracts,” article published in the journal I Contratti, no. 5/2003, pp. 478 et seq.
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, May 2003
“Companies Register and the Role of Agents: The Ruling of the Court of Justice,” article published in the journal Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 3/2003, pp. 12 et seq.
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, January 2003
“Agent Role and Registration in the Company Register,” article published in the magazine Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 1/2003, pp. 10 et seq.
2002
Italian Wine Union
Milan, December 2002
“Severance pay: still great uncertainty,” article published in the weekly magazine Il Corriere Vinicolo, December 16, 2002, no. 48
Ipsoa
Milan, November 2002
“The Agency Contract and the Express Termination Clause,” article published in the magazine I Contratti, no. 11/2002, pp. 999 et seq.
Il Sole 24 Ore
Milan, September 2002
“Economic Agreements: A Comparison of Industry and Federagenti” and “Tax Collection in the AEC Trade: A Contradictory Regulation,” articles published in the journal Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 3/2002, pp. 33 et seq.
Chambre de Commerce Italienne de Lyon
Lyon, April-May 2002
“La rédaction du contract d’agence. Clauses importas”, article published in the magazine La Lettre de la Chambre de Commerce Italienne de Lyon, n. 37-38 /2002
Italian Wine Union
Milan, April 2002
“Sales Agents, New Economic Agreements,” article published in the weekly magazine Il Corriere Vinicolo, April 22, 2002, no. 16
Il Sole 24 ore
Milan, March 2002
“Unilateral Zone Changes and Commission Entitlement,” article published in the magazine Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 2/2002, pages VII et seq.
2001
Ipsoa
Milan, December 2001
“Exclusivity and Indirect Commissions in Agency Agreements. E-Commerce,” an article published in the journal I Contratti, no. 12/2001, pp. 1106 et seq.
Il Sole 24 ore
Milan, November 2001
“The Regulation of Insurance Agents,” published in the journal Agenti & Rappresentanti, no. 1/2001, pp. 12 et seq.
Editoriale Scientifica Srl
Milan, September 2001
“The Necessary Application of Articles 17 and 18 of Directive 86/653 on Agency Contracts and Severance Pay in the English Implementing Law,” article published in the journal Diritto Comunitario e degli Scambi Internazionali, no. 2/2001, pp. 303 et seq.
Ipsoa
Milan, July 2001
“The Non-Competition Agreement After Termination of the Relationship in an Agency Agreement,” article published in the journal I Contratti, no. 7/2001, pp. 710 et seq.
2000
Editoriale scientifica srl
Milan, December 2000
“On the Effectiveness of the Commercial Agents Directive: As Needed,” an article published in the journal Diritto Comunitario e degli Scambi Internazionali, no. 3/2000, pp. 585 et seq.
Ipsoa
Milan, November 2000
“The New Community Policy on Vertical Restraints and Regulation No. 2790/1999,” article published in the journal I Contratti, No. 11/2000, pp. 1042 et seq.
Ipsoa
Milan, September 2000
“The New Rules on Agency Contracts Under Review by the Supreme Court,” article published in the journal I Contratti, no. 8-9/2000, pp. 798 et seq.
Assolombarda, Assoservizi S.p.A.
Milan, April 2000
“Termination of the agency contract and quantification of severance pay pursuant to art. 1751 of the Italian Civil Code, unilateral changes by the principal during the relationship, and sole-firm agent,” article published in the journal Orientamenti di Giurisprudenza del Lavoro, no. 4, October-December 1999, pp. 927 et seq.
Ipsoa
Milan, March 2000
“Star del credere and agency contracts,” article published in the magazine I Contratti, no. 3/2000, pp. 275 et seq.
1999
Ipsoa
Milan, November 1999
“The Role of Agents and the Effectiveness of Community Directives,” article published in the magazine I Contratti, no. 11/99, pp. 1056–1076
Ipsoa
Milan, June 1999
“The Sources of the Insurance Agency Contract,” article published in the magazine I Contratti, no. 6/99, pp. 599–607.
Ipsoa
Milan, January 1999
“Severance Pay in Agency Agreements and Recent Case Law,” article published in the journal I Contratti, no. 1/99, pp. 73–87.
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