cessionaria

Cessionaria is the feminine form of the term used in Italian law to denote the recipient of a cession, the party to whom rights, claims, or a contractual position are transferred. The masculine form cessionario is commonly used as well. The concept is most often encountered in the context of cessione del credito (assignment of a receivable) and other transfers of contractual rights.

In civil and commercial law, the cessionario becomes the holder of the transferred rights and may assume the associated remedies against the debtor or counterparty. The transfer is typically effected through a cessione and, in many cases, requires notification to the debtor to be effective against that third party. The transfer can involve only rights or may include related obligations if expressly agreed; the exact effects depend on the applicable law and the terms of the agreement.

The party that transfers the rights is usually called the cedente or cessionante, while the recipient is the cessionario or cessionaria. Formal requirements, scope, and effects vary by jurisdiction and context, influencing whether the assignment is done in writing, the need for consent, and how third parties perceive the transfer.

Common contexts for a cessionaria include the sale or assignment of claims, contracts, leases, or licenses, as well as financial arrangements such as factoring and securitization. The term is used in Italian as well as in related Romance languages, where equivalents include cesionario/cesionaria in Spanish and cessoinário/cessoinária in Portuguese.