Civil Law

The Firm advises its clients on all aspects of National and International Civil Law (Family, Property, Succession, Professional and Contractual Liability, Product liability etc).

Litigation and Arbitration

Our Firm’s competences include consulting and representing our private and business clients (companies, firms, banks) in all civil jurisdictions and administrative authorities and agencies in relation to Labour Law, Corporate Law, Civil Law, Administrative Law and Bankruptcy Law.

Our lawyers have profound experience in providing assistance in extra judicial resolution of disputes, including domestic and foreign arbitration proceedings, mediation and conciliation out of court.

Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions

The Firm prides itself in providing professional sound advice in all aspects of corporate law and transactions, including capital increase & decrease, placing and other issues of equity and debt securities, stock option plans, joint ventures, venture capital and leveraged/management buy out.

We assist both Italian and International clients in the incorporation of companies, branches and subsidiaries in Italy and abroad, restructuring and reorganizations of domestic and international groups, mergers, de-mergers and spin-offs, contribution in kind, legal due diligence, and preparation and negotiation of shareholders' agreements.

Contracts

Veneto, Assennato & Mastrangelo helps clients in the drafting and negotiation of the full range of commercial agreements, including joint ventures, know-how, supply, distribution, franchising and agency, advertising, bids and licensing arrangements.

Our Firm has also developed substantial experience in relation to rules and procedures introduced by the latest Company Reform.

The Firm’s assistance in this practice area is closely related to the other practice areas, in particular tax and labour law.

European, competition and International law

The firm has leveraged years of experience to develop specific expertise in the interpretation and application of international law, including international treaties, and litigation regarding international issues. The Firm advises on conflicts of law, the determination of competent jurisdiction, including in international insolvency proceedings, and the enforcement of foreign judgements in Italy.

In the EU law practice area, the Firm advises on the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital, on State aid issues, and in the liberalised business sectors (such as energy, transport, and communications).

The Firm also advises on national and EU competition law, assists in the analysis and filing of concentration notifications to the European Commission and to the competent national authorities and assists in cases relating to abuse of dominant position and agreements restricting competition before the European Commission, the Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato and the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni.

Administrative Law

The Firm has a qualified group of attorneys with consolidated experience in the administrative and public economy law practice areas. The Firm assists public and private enterprises, the public administration and public/private joint ventures. More particularly, the Firm advises on public works and services contracts, supply contracts and transactions involving local public services and municipal companies, publicly held companies, privatisations, publicly subsidised investments, urban planning and zoning and culturally and environmentally protected assets. The Firm assists clients in litigation before the administrative courts, particularly in matters regarding the above issues. The Firm also assists clients in their relationships with the regulatory authorities and the independent administrative authorities. The Firm's administrative law experts are fully integrated into working groups dedicated to M&A and financial transactions with a public law angle. These attorneys deal with issues such as authorisations and regulatory permits and relations with the relevant sector authorities in corporate transactions, public tender offers, debt issuances by public entities, and the formation of investment funds by public contribution.

Bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, debt collection

The Firm provides assistance to clients concerning insolvency problems, winding-up and bankruptcy procedures, including corporate restructuring.

Moroever, Assennato & Mastrangelo provides legal advice to clients on all issues regarding debt collection (both non-contentious and contentious).

Insurance

The Firm has a wide experience in insurance and reinsurance offering judicial and extra judicial assistance in all insurance aspects such as prevention of non payment risk, trade debt collection., financing of trade receivables, bonding, evaluating trade receivable portfolios, fidelity insurance, damage, etc.

Property

Veneto, Assennato & Mastrangelo provides a complete range of services including all aspects of real estate used in both commercial and residential property.

Most importantly our primary operations of business include: joint ventures, property aspects of mergers and acquisitions, sale and leasing arrangements and “back to back” transactions involving institutional and other investors dealing in purchases, sales, and leases, of all types of industrial, commercial and residential properties.

Among the activities of the firm's lawyers are negotiation for the sale and purchase of real estate ''packages'', construction contracts and contracts of purchase and sale of future property, advising in due diligence, the establishment and management of real estate investment funds, global service and facility management contracts and the strategic reallocation of real estate assets.

Intellectual Property

The firm has extensive expertise and experience in copyright, trademark and Know how, providing assistance to private clients and large and medium-sized companies during the preliminary evaluation of the requirements requested for the registration of trademarks and patents as well as in the creation and exploiting (registration, negotiation and agreements).

The Firm has also a qualified experience in privacy and DPS.

The Firm represents clients before the Courts and out of Court in relation to infringement cases, including conflicts of trademarks and unfair competition.