Due diligence examination of specific sector aspects Planning of issues and assistance with negotiations Drafting of contractual clauses Assistance during trade union information and consultation procedures
Leading national private Bank: assistance during the acquisition, from the third European banking group, of seven branches and related private banking activities as well as the related employment and agency contracts. International business School of a leading University located in Milan: assistance with all aspects of employment law related to the acquisition of the majority of the capital of an innovative start-up operating in the development, production and sale of hi-tech products and services (e-learning video, learning-game and animations for management training). US venture capital Fund: assistance with the acquisition of some Italian companies with historical brands of luxury footwear with due diligence examination, revision of the labor law clauses of R&W, assistance with consultation procedure pursuant to Article 47 of Law 428/90 and with restructuring activities. Listed British banking Group: assistance with labor law issues related to the sale of private banking activities in Italy to an Italian private bank for approximately 1 billion euros (revision of contracts and assistance with industrial relations). Leading European Group in the dairy and food industry: assistance with the tender procedure for the purchase of one of the main yoghurt producers in Italy with about 300 employees, with due diligence examination and legal advice in the assessment of a restructuring plan involving collective redundancy of 90 employees in the commercial and administrative sectors. Leading national private Bank: assistance with labor law issues related to the acquisition of five branches from the third US banking group and related private banking activities with 135 employees, including private bankers, financial advisors and support staff. Leading listed pharmaceutical Group: assistance with the acquisition of a well-known orthopaedic clinical institution; in particular: with the related due diligence examination of labor law issues, assessment of critical issues related to the ongoing extraordinary redundancy fund procedure, revision of contracts and R&W, assistance during the information and consultation procedure with unions and the following reorganization. Listed national banking group: assistance with labor law issues related to the acquisition of a world-leading company in the biomedical diagnostics sector, with related contracts and the implementation of a stock option plan for the top management. Italian integrated logistics Group with over 1300 employees: assistance during the merger process of seven companies to create a logistics centre and the related activities, with management of issues related to the applicability of 5 different national collective bargaining agreements, as well as more than 30 collective bargaining agreements at business unit level. Anglo-Saxon insurance Company: assistance with the acquisition of a competing insurance company operating in Italy; in particular: assistance with the related due diligence examination of labor law issues and revision of the related R&W, assistance with the information and consultation procedure with unions, with the following reorganization involving a downsizing plan, transfer of all employees, harmonization of company collective bargaining agreements (including the drafting and bargaining of the new company collective bargaining agreement) and redundancy of many executive positions. Italian engineering Company: assistance with the acquisition of a competing manufacturing company in extraordinary administration and with the related due diligence examination and drafting of the bid providing the hiring of part of the workforce of the target company. French Group operating in the management of company fleets, with 4,000 employees: assistance with the acquisition of two business units and in drafting contracts with specific clauses excluding of the liability of the purchaser in terms of possible past liabilities. S. private equity Fund: assistance with the acquisition of a chemical group with important plants in Italy for the extraction, production and sale of organic chemicals and borates; the activity included the drafting of retention agreements (with significant incentive systems linked to the restructuring and the achievement of company targets). Leading U.S. asset management Fund with more than 77 billion dollars of assets: assistance with the acquisition of a leading Italian clothing group with about 2,000 employees, in particular with the due diligence examination, assessment activity of all labor law issues and revision of the acquisition agreement to limit the possible liabilities of the purchaser. Leading Italian manufacturing Group in the power transmission systems for motor vehicles sector, with five plants in Italy:assistance with the tender for the purchase of another manufacturing group operating in the production of cable for motor vehicles, with more than 300 employees in three business units in a pre-insolvency phase. In particular, assistance with the due diligence examination and during the phase of assessment of the complex and critical labor and social security issues related to the target company, the possible outsourcing to be implemented in light of the acquisitions and following restructuring operations. Swiss agro-food Group with over 3,500 employees: assistance with the sale to a competing group of an Italian manufacturing company operating in the production of manufacturing products with about 50 employees, in drafting documents for information and consultation procedure with unions, in attending meetings and in revising the preliminary sales agreement. Italian venture capital Fund: assistance with the acquisition of some Italian companies that own historical brands of luxury footwear; in particular due diligence examination, revision of the R&W labor law clauses, assistance during the consultation procedure with unions under art. 47 of Law 428/90 and with the restructuring activities (a first operation provided the reorganization, the redundancy of part of the workforce and the drafting of retention agreement for the strategic management group; another activity concerned the drafting of contracts for the management and the planning and implementation of a collective redundancy procedure for employees employed in a business unit to be shut down).
