The Banking, Finance & Securities Practice Group handles the legal aspects relating to financial and banking activities, as well as venture capital, private equity and insurance initiatives, both within the Italian market and internationally. 

Areas of Expertise
The Group provides a complete range of legal, consulting and advisory services in the following areas:

General Banking and Finance

• Banking and insurance regulations
• Debt and equity public offerings and private placements
• Due-diligence audits
• First-demand guarantees, LCS and other credit instruments
• Financial issues in the context of corporate transactions and reorganisations
• Financial products (including swaps and derivatives)
• Financial services
• Lending arrangements and related security agreements
• Litigation involving financial issues
• Project, acquisition and asset-backed financing
• Setting up, localisation and CONSOB clearing of stock option and purchase plans
• All types of commercial agreements

Corporate Securities

• Securities regulations
• Loan agreements and related security agreements
• First-demand guarantees
• Securitisations
• Insurance products
• Issuance and other operations relating to shares, bonds and other categories of securities
• Regulation of trading in securities

Venture Capital

• Advice to start-up entities on the various possible arrangements and structures
• Drafting and negotiating agreements among the various partners
• Counsel on the inclusion of new investors
• Restructuring of capital and financing means
• Contractual negotiations and amendments
• Structuring shareholders' agreements and profit-sharing plans for executive management
• Negotiated divestment: preparation of the sale (data room – specific pre-sale audit), preparation of documentation, negotiations with the purchaser
• Capital market offerings (IPOs): preparation for the offering (preliminary restructuring operations), drafting of the prospectus and offering circular, assistance in dealing with the relevant market authorities, drafting and negotiation of financing agreements