


PRACTICE AREAS
The major areas of law practiced by the Firm include general civil law, commercial law, corporate, finance, banking, labour, public utilities, administrative law, environmental law, real estate, copy-right and intellectual property. The Firm has significant experience in litigation and international-domestic arbitration.
- General corporate and commercial matters, including the incorporation and management of companies and joint ventures
- Merger, demerger and acquisition transactions, take-over bids and restructurings and reorganization of companies, also by means of shares transfer or sale of going concerns
- Negotiation and drafting of all relevant documentation, including shareholders’ agreements and stock options plans, as well as in relation to support financial areas, with an approach consisting in the analysis of legal issues as part of a larger context which includes strategic, financial and accounting aspects
- Company contracts
- Corporate governance (also concerning listed companies or those active in regulated markets)
- Responsibilities of directors and other corporate bodies
- Preparation of corporate forms (Law n. 231/01)
- Outsourcing of non core activities
- Bancarupcy
- project financing
- complex transactions of acquisition finance
- leveraged buy-out
- financing to general contractors
- issue of bonds and securitisations
- Italian export credits or other subsidised facilities
- EU structural funds and other forms of EU financings.
- property finance
- banking regulation and compliance
- acquisition finance
- Policy wording & advice on innovative insurance and reinsurance products
- Advice on coverage and reporting
- Coverage litigation
- Claims handlings
- Subrogation actions and recovery
- Formation, incorporation and authorization
- M&A and joint venture agreements
- Regulatory and compliance
- Risk management and risk assessment
- Relationships between insurers and brokers
- Multi-jurisdiction litigations
- Domestic and cross-border transfers of Insurance and Reinsurance businesses
- Transactions related to construction and development projects
- Project finance
- Specialized contracts, commercial or hotel related projects such as work contracts
- Leases, agency, property and facility management
- Hotel franchising or management
- Due diligence
Assistance and consulting in the application for administrative authorisations in various sectors (water, air, waste, V.A.S. (Strategic Environmental Assessment), V.I.A. (Environmental Impact Assessment), A.I.A. (Environmental Impact Authorisation), garbage dumps and in appeals against unlawful administrative provision
- Domestic and international tax issues
- Transfer pricing
- VAT
- Tax dispute resolution
- Tax assistance in M&A and private equità
- Tax due diligence
- International Tax planning for inbound and outbound investments
- Trust and estate planning
- Tax and social security issues related to employees/directors compensation
- Distribution chain, VAT and customs planning
- Tax rulings
- Tax optimization of financial products, cash repatriation, and hybrid financial instruments
- Legal assistance on employment and labour law matters to industrial, commercial and financial companies and institutions, both large and medium sized, listed and unlisted, Italian and foreign.
- M&A operations: legal due diligence, mandatory consultation procedures with Trade Unions in relation to the transfer of businesses; Corporate restructuring: collective dismissals, plans for incentivised voluntary resignations, CIGO (“Cassa Integrazione Guadagni Ordinaria”, the ordinary salary integration public fund, available in case of a crisis in the market), CIGS (“Cassa Integrazione Guadagni Straordinaria”, the salary integration fund, available for restructuring), “Contratti di solidarietà” (solidarity agreements allowing a reduction of working hours below the level established by law)
- Dismissals, disciplinary proceedings, disciplinary charges and sanctions, secondments and transfers;
- Representation of domestic and foreign companies engaged in air transport
- Aircraft insurance
- Representation of manufacturers and Italian and foreign lenders in connection with the acquisition, disposition and operation of commercial aircraft, including purchase, lease, charters and financings for such transactions
- Advisory services and assistance, planning and compliance in connection with representation before governmental agencies in Italy and EU
- Wet and dry lease contracts
- Registration and de-registration procedure
- Due diligence
- Reengineering and restructuring plan
- Legal, staff and marketing audit
- Training