Civil, commercial law and international contracts

The Firm offers its assistance in connection with a large number of civil and commercial law matters, including: incorporation of commercial and corporate partnerships, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, both domestic and international (agency, distribution, public procurement contracts, purchase and sale, publishing, sponsorship, franchising, joint venture, supply, license, etc.), as well as drafting and negotiating shareholders’ agreements.
The Firms has experience also in specialized sectors such as the electronic commerce.

Corporate Law and Financial Markets

The Firm is historically a landmark for the assistance in judicial and arbitration controversies in corporate matters. The Firm provides assistance in relation to any kind of corporate transaction of its corporate clients starting from their incorporation. . In this context, the Firm deals with matters such as: activity and liability of corporate bodies, corporate governance, drafting stock-option plans and regulatory compliance, drafting and executing of shareholders’ agreements concerning the corporate capital etc..
The Firm operates also with financial markets law, in particular with the controversies concerning the investments in financial instruments, responsabilità degli intermediari and validity of derivative contracts.

Mergers and acquisitions

The Firm provides consulting and assistance services on operations such as mergers, spin off, acquisitions and divestments of stocks and of ongoing businesses, private equity transactions, incorporation of joint ventures and of temporary business groups.
The assistance includes consulting activities aimed at formulating of offers and to the leading of negotiations, as well as drafting of letters of intent, , carrying out of legal due diligence activities, drafting and negotiating contracts and any other necessary legal document.

Banking and Finance

The Firm provides assistance to private entities, financial institutions, banks, industrial and commercial companies, private equity investors, investment funds and company’s asset management, both Italian and foreign, on matters such as banking law, financial transactions and issuance of guarantees. The Firm operates in the fields of leverage finance and of company’s finance, ranging from the operations of acquisition finance to the real estate finance and the project finance.

Real estate

The Firm has developed a sound experience in the real estate sector. The Firms deals with the purchase and sale of single premises and of complex estates as well as with the transfer of companies , real estate, establishment of real estate funds, joint ventures in Italy and abroad.
The firm also advises on the development of shopping centers and leases, construction, purchase and sale contracts of complex estates. In particular, the Firm has matured an important experience in assisting the real estate development of the most important fitness and wellness chains in Italy.
Furthermore the Firm handles contracts for the acquisition of land for the installation of renewable energy (photovoltaic, aeolic, etc.).
Within the structuring of any real estate transaction, the Firm provides assistance from the genetic phase of the transaction as well for the relevant implementation, including the drafting of construction contracts, up to the sale.

International Trade

United States of America
The Firm has twenty years of experience in assisting Italian companies in the process of internationalization to the United States of America, , as well as US companies for their activities in Italy.
In collaboration with local professional offices, the Firm offers:

• assistance on contact activities with commercial partners in the USA and in market researches, also through ICE (Institute for Foreign Trade).
• Assistance on start-up operations abroad, including the establishment of companies in the USA.
• Assistance on Italy/USA commercial contracts.
• Legal advice and assistance, including in judicial and arbitration matters.

The Firm has stable references in the USA with the following professional offices for the assistance to its customers:

The Firm, also through the network of international consultants to which it belongs, is able to assist the Italian companies operating on European markets and in other geographical areas.
Germany, Austria, United Kingdom , France, Spain, China and Japan are the countries where the Firm has current relations with local partners.

Energy Law

The Firm provides consulting services in the field of energy production, including renewable energy sources.
The services offered by the Firm include, among the others, legal assistance to national and foreign enterprises intending to operate in the Italian energy market, legal assistance for the negotiation and finalization of contracts for the acquisition of companies operating in the energy sector, the performance of legal due diligences regarding the authorizations and the permits for the installation of systems for the production of energy from traditional and renewable sources, legal assistance for the execution of contracts for the acquisition of land for the installation of renewable energy production facilities, the assistance for the compliance with all the procedures aimed at the obtaining of the state incentives granted to the energy sector.

Industrial and privacy law

The Firm offers consulting services and assistance, both out-of-court and in-court, on matters concerning inventions, registered and de-facto trademarks, design and industrial models, domain names, intellectual creations and know-how.
The Firm assists its clients in the management of issues related to the protection of privacy by providing consulting services for the development of projects concerning personal data protection. This includes drafting of legal opinions, of specific contracts, and internal rules, as well as the drafting of modules, forms and applications for the obtaining of the necessary authorizations by the Supervisory Authority.

Advertising and consumers' protection law

The Firm provides assistance and consulting services on matters concerning the advertising and other forms of business communication. In particular, the Firm provides preventive legal opinions on advertising campaigns and on communication campaigns. Furthermore, the Firm assists its clients in the controversies arising from the matters above, both before the ordinary courts, before the self disciplinary bodies (Giurì dell’autodisciplina pubblicitaria) and before the administrative (administrative courts (Antitrust Authority).).
With regard to consumers’ protection law, the Firm provides consultancy in the drafting and in the examining of contracts with the consumers, in the drafting of guarantees on consumer's goods and settling the relevant controversies, also before alternative disputes resolutions bodies..

Bankruptcy law and debt restructuring

The Firm provides consultancy on bankruptcy law on the agreements and plans for the debt restructuring.
Assistance is given both to insolvent subjects aiming to grant them access to the available bankruptcy procedures, and to financial subjects and specialized funds in the operation of acquisition and restructuring of insolvent or critical businesses.
The Firm assists both the receiver and the private parties in any kind of bankruptcy litigation, including revocatory and liability actions.

Litigation and arbitration

The Firm boasts an acknowledged experience in litigation activities, both ordinary and arbitral, national and international.
The Firm has acquired a specific expertise in controversies concerning corporate and commercial matters, financial market matters, contract and civil liability matters, inheritance, and division matters and bankruptcy matters . The Firm deals also with judicial controversies concerning unfair competition matters, industrial and intellectual property matters , civil and product liability matters.

Inheritance and division law

The Firm provides legal assistance on matters concerning inheritance and division and has extensive experience in the related litigation.