Consultations on this subject, in the first phase, are oriented around the direct and indirect taxation of individuals and companies in the national sphere. Overtime this has evolved towards consulting and tax planning aimed at groups of companies, businesses and other bodies in the international arena. The activity is carried out through careful study of customer problems and the identification of the best solutions according to national and international tax legislation and is also conducted by answering queries,drafting opinions, drafting petitions addressed to the Financial Administration and assistance in relation to tax audits. Particular attention is paid to the problems concerning international taxation, conventional schemes, BEPS issue and, international agreements on tax matters.

Thanks to the experience gained in the tax industry, the firm provides assistance with the prelitigation phase, at a possible transaction stage through the use of deflationary procedures and the actual phase of litigation, in all the levels of judgment envisaged by the tax regulations. The added value of the collaboration of legal and accounting also emerges in this activity.

The firm boasts strong experience in corporate law and business administration supporting companies and groups at different stages of life; from the definition of governance structures to the drafting of articles of association and shareholders’ agreements, to the management of all corporate fulfilments. The consultancy extends to the administrative and accounting area concerning the preparation of the annual and consolidated financial statements, with particular reference to the application of national and international accounting standards.

The firm’s professionals offer qualified advice in extraordinary operations for the development and reorganisation of companies. The customer is supported in the various stages of the operations, from the valuation to the contractual stage, including due diligence. With regards to a company valuation, the firm carefully follows the evolution of the various methods in order to achieve reliable results in relation to the purposes for which they are directed. The consolidated experience acquired in acquisition, merger, division and in general company reorganisation operations, together with the synergy among the various professionals working within the firm, allows us to provide adequate support for the correct economic, contractual and fiscal evaluation of operations.

Contractual consultancy is one of our main expertise. This is a sector where the joint work of lawyers and chartered accountants makes it possible to structure contractual regulations of considerable complexity, taking into account the correct legal set-up with knowledge of the economic and fiscal implications of agreed settlements. Particular attention and care is given to the analysis and protection of the interests of customers connected to potential critical aspects of contractual agreements, for example, the issue of proper protection from risks and setting up of the consequential guarantee contracts.

The firm assists clients in civil and commercial disputes, with particular reference to contracts for the sale of shares, disputes between share holders, claims against directors, statutory auditors and liquidators, insolvency procedures, procurements, commercial debt recovery, civil and contractual responsibilities, rights in rem.
The firmal so offers services to businesses involved in employment disputes and similar issues,from out-of-court and settlements to litigation.

An important and traditional area of business for the firm consists of the assistance to terminal services companies operating in the state-maritime demesne through concessionary contracts or authorisations, ship owners and other shipping companies.
In particular, the firm has gained significant experience in assisting economic operators in the port sector, principally located in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, where it has dealt with important legal cases, in which maritime and administrative law are intertwined with the specific rules that regulate port activities.

The firm handles civil and fiscal problems that arise from the management of significant assets and from the structures that are sometimes placed in defense, such as trusts and foundations, generally complex and interconnected with international issues, for which the firmal so collaborates with qualified foreign law firms.

The firm offers professional advice and support in the time of company crisis and in the reorganisation of the company, both through reorganisation, out-of-court restructuring instruments and through insolvency procedures provided by the law on the matter.

The professionals at the firm hold positions in boards of auditors and statutory auditors in commercial companies with private participation, public participation and within public bodies.
In this area, a continuous in-depth update on the National and International Auditing Principles and on the Rules of Conduct of the Board of Statutory Auditors is carried out, so the control and auditing activities of accounts effectively pursue their institutional aims.

The interdisciplinary approach of the firm could not neglect the field of criminal law, with particular reference to economics; a subject of great theoretical and scientific interest and highly topical as well as practical relevance for economic operators.
The firm provides judicial assistance mainly in the areaoftax, corporate and bankruptcy offenses.