The firm specializes in all issues related to the circulation and authorization for the sale of processed tobacco, smoking products and overall goods within the Monopoly regime.

The most important experiences gained by the members of the Firm have concerned:

• registration in Italy of EU and non-EU products for sale to the public;
• authorization of tax deposits;
• tariff registration of Monopoly goods;
• customs clearance of products;
• assistance to Tobacconists, operators and agents in the field of tobacco.
• Drafting of international contracts for exchange of goods.

 

Business administrative law is a rapidly expanding field as companies increasingly need to interact and operate with the public administration.

Public entities, in turn, also as a result of the phenomenon of the so-called privatization of goods and services, tend to become corporation-like and need to understand and integrate both the complex public and private aspects that characterize the management of public services through alternative forms to direct management (e.g., through the corporate form).

The area is characterized by a high degree of integration with commercial and tax law and business consulting. The major experiences gained by the firm are:

• public services : advice and assistance regarding reorganization and/or privatization of management modules of the following services: public housing, municipal pharmacies, cemeteries, public parks, integrated water service (choice of management module, study of reorganization, selection of possible private partners, drafting of statutes of special companies or management companies);
• environmental law : assistance and protection in the field of waste, remediation of polluted sites, atmospheric emissions, discharges, electromagnetism. Thanks to the partnership with primary company operating in the field, the Firm is able to offer integrated advice also under the analytical and design aspect;
• Procurement : assistance in the participation in tenders for works, services and supplies. Protection against exclusions, non-admissions, failure to award, award to third parties; assistance during the execution of the contract; protection in case of criticality or litigation of the contractual relationship;
• urban planning : formulation of observations to urban plans, appeals against the rejection of observations; study of urban restructuring operations (reconversion of property compendiums, fractionations and allotments); urban conventions;
• construction : assistance in proceedings for the issuance of permits and possible litigation (denial of permits, licenses and building concessions; protection against repressive acts of building abuses, etc.)
• expropriations : assistance including litigation in expropriation procedures;
• public financing : identification of possible forms of financing, assistance in the procedure for admission to financing;
• permits and licenses : assistance in the issuance procedure; protection against acts restricting business activity;
• administrative liability : pecuniary administrative liability of directors and employees of public entities and investee companies; liability of accounting agents of public entities.

Assistance in corporate and commercial law is characterized by acting in full synergy with professional areas in which the Firm has specific expertise, particularly with the areas of tax, finance, business organization, administrative law and work-related law.

The most important experiences gained by members of the Firm have concerned:

• Corporate merger, demerger and reorganization transactions;
• Purchase and sale of corporate interests, companies and business units;
• Leveraged buy out e management buy out;
• Leveraged buy out and management buy out;
• Private equity initiatives and investments and subsequent listing of the company on the New Market;
• Rescue operations of companies in crisis;
• Privatizations;
• Customization of corporate bylaws and drafting of social agreements;
• Commercial contracts (joint ventures, cash pooling; supply, distribution, franchising, agency, procurement and licensing);
• Advice on business transactions.