1. We learn about the family and company history, the plans and problems of the business owne and the company dynamics.
2. Together with existing company professionals (accountants, lawyers, etc.), we verify and analyse its positioning in terms of brand and products, accounting, financial, equity and debt position and its competitors and markets.
3. We propose a strategy to adopt and illustrate it, providing precise targets with possible alternative solutions (Plan B) to handle potential unexpected events or in the event that it is not possible to achieve the primary goal (Plan A).

Some examples

• Renegotiation of existing positions with the entire banking system, including with use of new financing. Where necessary, initiation of procedures to obtain a moratorium on payments, and rescheduling and refinancing of existing credit lines.
• Access to an early composition procedure, enabling the establishment of a Debt Restructuring Agreement or submission of voluntary early arrangement with creditors, as direct or indirect going concern.
• Disposal of entire shareholding or sale of the company (we support the business owner and the business, as legal advisor, throughout the sale procedure, referred to as “private bidding”).
• Identification and entry of new majority or minority shareholder with injection of capital and sharing of a Business Plan aimed at creating value for the company and its shareholders.
• Seeking new financing for the acquisition of competitors or third companies or production chain that has fallen into crisis.
• Internalisation (pursuit and support for new foreign customers, agents, distributors, suppliers, etc.)

Having shared the strategy, formalisation of the appointment requires a portion of the fee to be paid as a success fee.

We select, assist and coordinate professionals and specialised consulting firms, based on the characteristics of the operation. These may include tax experts, employment lawyers, financial advisors, industrial advisors, communication agencies, real-estate agencies and debt-purchasing companies.
The business owner will continue with our legal practice as a single point of contact for dialogue/management throughout the project.

We will implement the plan that has been previously defined with clear steps and designed to resolve any issues that arise along the way, all with a clear schedule for actions that are monitored on a day-to-day basis.

We help the business and business owner until they have reached the shared goal, enabling them to “get out” of the initial situation. At the end of our appointment, it will be the company’s own professionals who continue in the management role.

• Procedures pursuant to Art. 67 of the Finance Law
• Debt restructuring

• Early arrangement with creditors

• Pre-bankruptcy composition (direct or indirect going concern)

• Pre-bankruptcy liquidation arrangements

• In-bankruptcy composition.

• Assistance also in identification of an investor for acquisition and sale of companies.
• Entry into the share capital of majority and minority financial or industrial investors, all through consolidated relationships with leading foreign and Italian investment funds.

• Assistance to owners in the establishment of companies and the definition of by-laws
• Qualification of risk management

• Definition of governance structures, including through shareholders’ agreements

• Assistance for shareholders with conflicts of interest (participation in shareholder meetings and board meetings)

• Assistance in the context of corporate arbitration proceedings (appearance before Business Courts)

• Acquisitions and sales of minority and majority company stakes.