ADVANT Nctm

Founded in 2000, ADVANT Nctm is an independent law firm with about 260 lawyers and tax advisors, and is one of the leading commercial law firms in Italy. It advises companies, banks and financial institutions, multi-national corporations and public entities on all areas of business law from its offices in Milan and Rome, as well as London and Shanghai.

ADVANT Nctm is highly regarded for its:

• Top expertise and quality, with a pragmatic and innovative approach
• Being a leading law firm and market leader with many awards, recognitions and ‘firsts’
• Tailor made services, specifically focused on clients’ businesses
• Significant presence in cross border and international deals
• History of innovation and unique ability to develop truly dedicated solutions for clients

ADVANT Nctm is an active member of numerous influential legal associations around the world, including the International Bar Association (IBA), International Trademark Association (INTA), the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), etc

Areas of practice
Administrative and European public law: the administrative and European public law department works in synergy with Nctm’s Brussels office, handling such issues as: public procurement, infrastructure, subsidies, public utilities, public concessions and environmental matters. The firm also advises businesses and public authorities and represents clients before the Italian and EU courts.

Antitrust and competition: Nctm is one of the most authoritative law firms in Italy on competition matters. It is known for its expertise in private enforcement, and its long-standing EU expertise. The firm provides clients with assistance across a wide spectrum of cases including: cartel investigations, merger control, private enforcement, advisory and compliance across many different industries and sectors, including such regulated sectors as telecommunications and pharmaceuticals.

Banking and finance: ADVANT Nctm’s B&F department is among the largest and most experienced in Italy. Among the firm’s clients are international and domestic banking groups, borrowers and financial institutions. Nctm advises on some of the largest NPL portfolios transactions, project finance, corporate and acquisition finance. ADVANT Nctm is a leading firm for advising on Islamic financing. The firm advises banks and non-banking intermediaries on prudential regulation and the full-range of regulatory matters. Its expertise includes insolvency and resolution of banks and financial intermediaries.

Capital markets: ADVANT Nctm is a leader in Italy for closing the most deals for AIM equity offerings. Clients include issuers, bidders and advisors for public offers and listings on regulated and MTF, public M&A, capital increases and bond issues. Nctm advises on corporate governance and regulatory issues and assists clients in proceedings before market authorities.

Corporate and commercial: : the firm advises and assists clients on complex domestic and international business issues. ADVANT Nctm’s lawyers understand the business culture and advise clients across all major industries and sectors, including: energy, environmental, health and safety. For ADVANT Nctm’s anti-corruption work, on one procedure it completed for one of its clients, the client’s anti-corruption procedure received award recognition from Transparency Italy and the UN as having ‘absolute excellence,’ and ’best practice.’

Employment and industrial relations: ADVANT Nctm has an internationally recognised reputation in employment and industrial relations. ADVANT Nctm advises its listed and unlisted clients in individual and collective complaints, and in high stakes negotiations with the Trade Unions.

Insurance and reinsurance: ADVANT Nctm is recognised as a leader in this sector offering services to both Italian and foreign insurers, re-insurers and other players doing business in Italy. Its team of lawyers provides assistance from its offices in Italy and London with claims (coverage and liability), coverage advice, subrogation, regulatory, wording preparation and development, portfolio transfers and intermediation.

Intellectual property:  ADVANT Nctm is known for its IP work involving significant and iconic multinational companies and brands. The firm’s lawyers provide strategic and commercial advice for the enforcement, protection and exploitation of all forms of intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, geographical indications, industrial designs, domain names.

Litigation and arbitration: The dispute resolution department is central to the firm’s culture. ADVANT Nctm has the expertise and manages complex domestic and cross-border litigation in all the major industries and sectors (including corporate, finance, IP, energy, pharma), as well as domestic and international arbitration and mediation proceedings.

Marine transport and logistics: ADVANT Nctm’s reputation is as one of the top European full-service shipping and logistics law firms. Its lawyers handle navigation and port issues and matters before the EU Courts, transport, land, rail, aviation, insurance, financing, energy, trading of commodities and custom issues.

Mergers and acquisitions/private equity: ADVANT Nctm is one of the leading firms for M&A and private equity (PE) in Italy. The firm advises on cross-border and domestic transactions, and has a broad depth of expertise across all sectors and industries, including in heavily regulated industries, and for luxury goods, food and beverage, and energy. ADVANT Nctm’s lawyers have extensive experience advising PE investment firms, investment banks and investors through all stages of a transaction. They work with leading private equity firms and companies in Italy and Europe to global private equity firms on transatlantic transactions.

Privacy and IT compliance: ADVANT Nctm is the premier Italian law firm on compliance, and first to launch this practice in Italy. This includes a broad range of hard-core IT, telecoms compliance, data privacy, cyber-security, web compliance, e-commerce, investigations and regulatory issues.

Real estate: ADVANT Nctm’s lawyers advise domestic and international clients with respect to all asset classes, both in the private and public sectors. Practice group members deal with a broad spectrum of investments and transactions, such as asset ownership, development and management; town-planning, land use and environmental matters; distressed assets and workouts, and leasing. Nctm also provides a range of services to SGRs, real estate funds, REITS, and SICAVs.

Restructuring and turnaround: ADVANT Nctm has a solid track record for handling all types of restructurings, including complex restructurings of public and private companies both in-Court and out-of-Court. The firm is known for its expertise for handling Debtor-side restructurings and for Credit-side restructurings, distressed assets, turnaround operations, pre-insolvency and insolvency related matters.

Tax: ADVANT Nctm’s tax department is known for its innovative and pioneering reputation handling complex and impactful tax matters. The team provides seamless full-service assistance for domestic and international clients in Italy and cross-border, including transfer pricing advisory, transactional assistance, tax litigation and tax planning, including advance rulings negotiation with tax authorities.

TMT: ADVANT Nctm is one of the leading Italian firms in the ICT sector. Nctm’s expertise broadly includes telecoms and ICT agreements, regulations and ICT disputes and media and entertainment. The firm’s clients include such key players as national and multinational companies and groups in the TMT sector.