Marco Luigi di Tolle

Marco Luigi di Tolle is Of Counsel at LEXIA in the Administrative Law department and has extensive consolidated experience in all aspects of the field, particularly in out-of-court legal and strategic advisory.

He was a founding partner of Studio di Tolle Pilia & Associati, a Milan-based boutique firm specialising in administrative law, which has since merged into Lexia.

Throughout his career, he has advised public bodies and leading private operators — including hospital authorities, IRCCS Foundations, local health authorities (ASL), municipal and provincial administrations, and construction sector operators — dealing with matters primarily relating to urban planning, environmental law and land governance, as well as healthcare and relations between private parties and public entities.

His professional expertise is of the highest level and is distinguished by his ability to integrate institutional, regulatory and operational dimensions, approaching administrative issues from a systemic perspective that connects planning, management and oversight, with a focus on the organisational and economic sustainability of decisions.

He has held significant institutional positions, has served as a member of various building committees of public bodies, as well as on boards of directors and as a member of Supervisory Bodies pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001 in the management of closed-end real estate funds.

From 1999 to 2004, he served as Councillor for Territory and Infrastructure of the Province of Milan. From 2005 to 2009, he was Vice President and subsequently President of the Building Committee of the Municipality of Milan, which also held competences in landscape matters. From 2010 to 2018, he was a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Pavia, teaching urban planning courses. From 2018 to 2023, he was a member of the Legislative Technical-Scientific Committee of the Lombardy Region, and from December 2018 to March 2019, he served as a Councillor of the Milan Bar Association.

Public Procurement and Public Administration Contracts

The department assists and carries out daily activities in the management of public procurement on behalf of economic operators participating in public tender procedures for the award of services, providing support in the preparation of documentation, handling contracting authority requests, and assisting during the contractual execution phases, enabling operators to successfully award and execute contracts.

Administrative and Accounting Liability

The team has assisted and represented public administration officials or accredited entities before the Court of Auditors in matters of financial liability, in complex proceedings concerning public procurement or the management of public resources, achieving significant victories and consequent dismissals of liability.

Healthcare and Accredited Public Services

The department has for many years provided assistance to managing bodies and operators in the accredited healthcare and social-healthcare sector, including nationally prominent entities and IRCCS Foundations, in disputes relating to the determination and payment of fees and to relationships with the public system. Support continues to be provided to renowned social-healthcare institutions in proceedings involving various types of accredited facilities (including RSA, RSD, CSS, CDI).

Publicly Owned Companies

The department has assisted a major publicly owned company operating in the services sector through a complex crisis phase, characterised by significant debt exposures and intricate disputes. A going-concern arrangement with creditors was managed, with continuous legal support throughout the execution of the plan on complex administrative and public law matters.

Construction, Urban Planning and Commercial Activities

The department has assisted major private operators and institutional investors in the development of real estate transactions, including those involving medium and large retail structures. The team is currently assisting a retail operator in the development of a Large Retail Structure (GSV) in the province of Pavia, fully managing the legal aspects of all construction and commercial proceedings (SUE/SUAP), coordinating with local authorities across the various procedural stages (EIA/SEA, Conference of Services), through to obtaining all permits required for opening.

Real Estate Transactions

The department supports investors and developers in the planning and execution of complex real estate and economic transactions, with particular focus on urban planning, landscape, and regulatory approval matters, including the analysis of municipal and superior-level constraints. The team also manages all contentious aspects, providing support across all civil liability and damages implications that may arise during the various stages of the procedure and/or real estate transaction.