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Practice areas · the firm

Five areas,
one institutional
seniority.

The firm's practice areas are 5— but the method is one: the same analytical rigour, the same technical depth, the same ability to read the client's business as the context of the legal problem. The Banking, Financial & NPL area remains the gravitational centre, and the others inherit its signature.

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⬥ Core practice

Banking, Financial & NPL

The firm's core practice. Portfolio sales, legal due diligence on distressed credits, workout of single positions, complex banking litigation, securitizations.

  • Over €4 billion of documented NPL operations
  • Clients: banks, independent servicers, NPL funds, institutional advisors
  • NPL portfolio due diligence (€3bn GBV · 2021); revocatoria under art. 2901 Italian Civil Code before the Milan Court of Appeal (ruling 4753/2017)
  • The area that sets the methodology for every other practice
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02

Corporate Law

Extraordinary transactions, M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, negotiated composition under the Italian insolvency code (CCII), corporate governance, commercial contracts.

  • M&A targeting, warranty schemes, earn-outs, indemnity
  • CCII · preventive agreements, restructuring, negotiated composition
  • Model 231, whistleblowing, shareholder agreements
  • Advantage: direct NPL market knowledge during bank creditor negotiations
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03

Financial Markets

Financial instruments, issuances, public offers, CONSOB supervision, public solicitation, regulatory compliance of financial intermediaries.

  • CONSOB authorizations under EU Reg. 2020/1503 (ECSP crowdfunding)
  • Prospectuses, key information sheets, offering documentation
  • Ongoing supervision of financial intermediaries
  • Counsel to Profit Farm — first ECSP authorized for NPL (Dec. 2024)
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04

Real Estate

Real estate funds, structured acquisitions, mortgage securitizations (art. 7.1 and 7.2 Law 130/99), ReoCo vehicles, asset management, commercial and residential contracts.

  • Establishment and management of Italian real estate AIFs (TUF art. 33-36)
  • ReoCo vehicles for mortgage NPL portfolio valorization
  • Direct real estate securitization under art. 7.2 (Growth Decree 2019)
  • Strategic bridge with the Banking & NPL practice on real estate collateral
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05

Intellectual Property

Trademark, patent and design registration (UIBM, EUIPO, WIPO). Unitary Patent and UPC jurisdiction. Licensing, franchising, merchandising, copyright, IP contracts.

  • EU patents with Unitary effect · UPC Milan hub
  • National, EU (Reg. 2017/1001), international trademarks (Madrid)
  • Industrial Property Code reform L. 102/2023 · geographical indications
  • Licensing, franchising (L. 129/2004), copyright agreements
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A preliminary consultation
before every mandate.

The firm works almost exclusively on institutional mandates. Before accepting, we always propose a preliminary confidential consultation to assess compatibility with our workload, the absence of conflicts of interest, and the sustainability of the required timing.

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