Legal advice and assistance in negotiating national and international directorship agreements and specific clauses (incentive plans, minimum duration, golden parachutes, non-compete and confidentiality covenants, etc.). Assistance with termination of directorship relationships (granting compensation, benefits or indemnities of different kinds, revocation of powers and appointments). Legal assistance with lawsuits as claimantor defendant (e.g., fees and compensation for damages, legal assistance against liability lawsuits, breach of loyalty or non-compete covenants). Analysis of potential risks and identification of the scope of proxies
Assistance to DirectorsAssistance to a foreign Top Manager with his recruitment as member of the Board of Directors and member of the Executive Committee of the second Italian banking group: assistance in structuring the agreement and the economic package and position protection clauses; following assistance in negotiating the way out with garden leave. Assistance to the CEO of a leading investment bank worldwide in terminating the directorship relationship and negotiating a mutual termination agreement providing for an incentive of € 2.5 million. Assistance to the managing director of a leading Italian company in bank payment services in negotiating a mutual termination agreement. Assistance to the sole director of a global group manufacturing accident-prevention shoes: assistance with litigation arising from the revocation of the appointment and with the liability lawsuit following the acquisition by a listed Italian fund and the related decision to change the entire management of the group. Managing Director of an Asset management Company: assistance with the lawsuit brought against the company for the payment of compensation and with the lawsuit brought by the asset management company against the director. CEO of an investment company: assistance with the liability lawsuit brought against the corporate bodies by the company subject to extraordinary administration proceedings (value of the claim over € 150 million).
Assistance to CompaniesItalian Multinational operating in the biomedical sector with about 2,000 employees worldwide, owned by 4 leading banking groups: assistance in drafting agreements for the Chairman and CEO with special provisions for loyalty, non-compete and performance obligations and in negotiating clauses with the lawyers of the Top Managers. Leading Multinational in the strategic consulting: out-of-court assistance to the Company in terminating the relationship with a director who claimed an employment relationship with the Company (value of the claim of approximately € 5 million). Luxembourg investment fund, shareholder of a historical Italian company operating in the lighting systems manufacturing: assistance in drafting directorship agreements special incentive schemes linked to the company’s performance and to the way out and to the disinvestment by the fund. Leading International Group in the manufacturing of bathtubs: assistance in planning and implementing the revocation of powers for the position of managing director and GM of the Italian company and negotiating the mutual termination agreement. Italian multinational operating in the biomedical sector: assistance with the reorganization related to the replacement of the outgoing CEO with the incoming one, in drafting directorship agreements and the related shareholders’ and board resolutions. Company operating in the securities management: assistance with the lawsuit for the revocation for just cause of the Managing director.
