Areas of expertise

Our activity focuses mainly on legal advisory services to business.

Our clients are multinational groups, corporations, (public and private), organizations (including non-profit) operating in a variety of sectors, including: industrial (including environmental issues), health, pharmaceutical and medical devices manufacturing and distribution, financial, retail and B2B, communications, technology infrastructure and software and education.

We focus on M&A, corporate advisory, compliance and legal tech.

In favor of our clients, we also provide legal assistance in the various areas that may affect the life of the company.

 

M&A

We assist both buyers and sellers, supporting our clients in all the steps of the transaction, from the due diligence phase to post-closing, providing all the necessary assistance and legal advice in the acquisition transaction.

We assist both buyers and sellers, supporting our clients in all the steps of the transaction, from the due diligence phase to post-closing, providing all the necessary assistance and legal advice in the acquisition transaction.

By virtue of the experience accumulated also in cross-border transactions, we boast in-depth knowledge of the most common and best practices in the M&A market, experience that allows us to offer a reliable and comprehensive service, interacting with the relevant corporate functions and other advisors involved in the transaction.

We provide assistance in transactions involving the purchase or sale of shareholdings, in the purchase and sale of companies and business units (including from bankruptcy proceedings) and in the conclusion of agreements of various kinds aimed at the entry of new shareholders.

Over time, we have built up relationships with a network of experienced professionals in the various fields that may be relevant in the acquisition process, also in relation to the type of company being acquired.

Litigation

We assist our clients in both the judicial and extrajudicial phases of disputes that may affect the life of the company, including in favor of or against foreign counterparts.

We assist our clients in both the judicial and extrajudicial phases of disputes that may affect the life of the company, including in favor of or against foreign counterparts.

 

For years, we have been providing legal assistance in proceedings of various kinds and degrees before judicial bodies or arbitration panels; our professionals also have experience as panel members.

Business law

We assist our clients in the drafting of commercial contracts, including transactions with foreign counterparties: agency agreements, brand license agreements, distribution agreements, international sales, service contracts, software license agreements, contracts with commercial galleries and more.

We assist our clients in the drafting of commercial contracts, including transactions with foreign counterparties: agency agreements, brand license agreements, distribution agreements, international sales, service contracts, software license agreements, contracts with commercial galleries and more.

 

For our customers, who operate in a wide variety of sectors, we also draw up general terms and conditions applicable to typical business transactions.

In the corporate sector, we advise on routine and extraordinary matters.

We advise on corporate governance matters, as well as on the regulation of shareholders’ relations; we can advise on the drafting of the most diverse types of corporate documentation, as well as on the negotiation and conclusion of shareholders’ agreements, non-competition agreements, joint venture agreements, articles of association of companies – including innovative start-ups – financing agreements, and minutes of powers vesting.

We have assisted our Italian clients in setting up subsidiaries abroad as well as advised on the establishment of foreign interests in Italy.

Our network of relationships with accredited professionals allows us to offer comprehensive assistance packages, from company incorporation to bookkeeping.

Compliance

We offer consulting in the design of prevention systems pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001 and accompany our clients in the process of adapting to the requirements of the GDPR.

We offer consulting in the design of prevention systems pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001 and accompany our clients in the process of adapting to the requirements of the GDPR.

 

We have also gained extensive experience in the field of anti-corruption (l. 190/2012) and transparency obligations (ANAC requirements).
We are particularly attentive to the ever-changing regulatory compliance requirements.
In cooperation with industrial confederations in the area, we assisted several companies – of various sizes- in the process of complying with the whistleblowing regulations of Legislative Decree 24/2023.
We are also involved in accompanying our clients in the gender equality certification process (UNI/PdR 125:2022).