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Business Areas Corporate and M&A

The Firm advises on all corporate law requirements, both in the incorporation and start-up and in the current business and dedicates significant time to governance issues, corporate operations and acquisitions.
The Firm advises in connection with the negotiation and the drafting of a wide range of commercial agreements as distribution, supply, agency and tender, concerning also international transactions.
Regarding distribution area, the Firm has consolidated a significant know-how in the automotive market, assisting various car companies.

Sports Law

During the past years, the Firm has expanded its expertise on the issues to be more frequently deal with in the sports field as relations between sport regulations and ordinary legal system.
The Firm advises the clients on all matters involving sports, paying particular attention to the issues currently under the spotlights: free movement of athletes, sport justice, arbitration, sport liabilities, trademarks, sponsorships, marketing, merchandising, TV rights and doping regulation.
A significant experience has been consolidated in football and motor sports areas.

European and competition law

The Firm advises on national and EU competition law and assists clients in cases related to abuse of dominant position and agreements restricting competition, before the European Commission, the Court of Justice, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato and the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni.

Intellectual property

The Firm has acquired a significant experience in intellectual property rights, such as trademarks, patents and other distinctive marks and know-how, advising and assisting the clients in the negotiation and drafting of the relevant agreements.

Information technology

The Firm has consolidated experience, also through attorneys in charge with research and teaching activities carried out within academic institutions, in the information technology area.
Topical issues as exercise and protection of rights in the internet context, e-commerce and distribution of digital contents are faced through a top level of knowledge and conceptual innovation.

Labour law

The Firm has a significant expertise in labour area and assists national and foreign clients, both in judicial and out of court matters. The Firm, in particular, advises in connection with employment (hiring and termination of executives and other personnel), collective dismissals, reduction in force, incentive plans, restructuring and reorganizations, transfers of business, flexible agreements, security and immigration.

Litigation

The Firm has a consolidated experience in connection with litigation in all its practice areas.
The deep knowledge of the law provisions applicable in such areas combined with the skill of its attorneys may offer to the clients the strongest protection of their rights and interests.
The Firm may represent the clients before all civil jurisdiction and also, through entrusted professionals, before criminal and administrative courts.
Main target of the Firm is to assist the clients in the evaluation of the opportunity – even due to cost saving reasons – to find a settlement solution of the dispute, through a deep analysis of the risks connected with the law suit.

Energy

Traditionally, the Firm advises international oil companies in all issues connected with the distribution of oil products.

Insolvency law

he Firm has acquired a specific expertise in insolvency procedures, assisting the clients both in the collection of credit and in the defensive side against actions brought by the insolvency bodies.

Consumers law

The Firm is particularly active in the consumers law and has consolidated a significant skill and experience aimed to handle and solve issues connected to product defects, product liability, unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising.
The Firm pays attention to the analysis of the incoming "class action" regulation in the Italian legal system and the consequent economic impact for the clients which may be involved.

Privacy

The Firm advises the clients in connection with personal data protection issues.
In particular the Firm may represent the clients in the proceedings pending before the Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali and give day by day assistance in the fulfilment of the obligations set forth by Legislative Decree June 30, 2003 no.196.