The firm provides advise in corporate law, following routine and complex transactions, on behalf of Italian and foreign companies, both listed and unlisted. We are also specialized in corporate litigation and court and arbitration proceedings, representing Italian and foreign companies and directors in addition to the assistance given in disputes arising out of contracts of sale of shares or of other complex transactions. The firm, in particular, provides its legal services in the following areas:

• Identification of appropriate corporate structure and company constitution;
• Drafting of constitutional documents and shareholders’ agreements;
• Advice to shareholders and governing bodies;
• Disposals and acquisitions of interests, mergers;
• IPOs;
• Due diligence;
• Leveraged buyout (LBO) and management buyout (MBO);
• Joint ventures;
• Private equity;
• Stock options plans;
• Assistance in voluntary liquidation procedures;
• Establishment of asset management.

The firm counts among its customers a number of financial and banking institutions, to which it offers contractual & judicial consulting services, as well as debt collection.
The sector of the Debt Recovery (factoring, leasing, consumer credit, non-performing loans, bank loans, commercial and utilities) is one of the areas in which the firm traditionally conducts its activities. These activities, in particular, have been over the years carefully structured and tailored to different clients’ needs; they range from extrajudicial to judicial initiatives, carried on throughout the country with the help of a network of correspondent firms. The firm has always been dedicated to the implementation of an innovative methodology in the management of claims, and today it assists companies operating in the NPL sector assuming the role of real servicer for its clients. The activity, in this case, takes a 360 ° turn: from the assistance during the due diligence portfolio valuation, to the strategic management of recovery policies. The firm, in particular, provides its legal services in the following areas:

• Factoring;
• Leasing;
• Consumer lending;
• Non Performing Loans.

For many years the firm has specialized, also internationally, in litigation and in extrajudicial and contractual consulting in Industrial and Intellectual Property. The firm provides assistance mainly in relation to:

• Disputes regarding trademarks and patents, intellectual property;
• Unfair competition and domain names;
• Contracts of transfer and licenses in relation to patents, trademarks, copyrights and related rights;
• Transfers of technologies;
• Protection and management of the brand portfolio;
• Contracts of copyright ‘s edition and exploitation;
• Issues concerning relations with collective management companies of copyright and related rights;
• Advertising contracts and disputes and review of advertising campaigns;
• Assistance in relation to promotion, marketing and sponsorship, as well as the organization of lotteries including online ones.

The Firm advises domestic and international clients during negotiation, drafting and conclusion stages of all types of commercial contract. In addition, we offer assistance in litigation and in managing trade disputes in both domestic and international court and arbitration proceedings.

• Joint venture agreements;
• Distribution agreements;
• Franchise agreements;
• Sales agreements;
• Agency agreements;;
• Management contracts;
• Service and outsourcing contracts.