Firms in the spotlight: Abbatescianni Studio Legale e Tributario
Abbatescianni Studio Legale e Tributario is an independent, boutique law firm with offices in Milan and Rome, founded by Girolamo Abbatescianni in 1986.
The firm provides legal and tax assistance in Italy and abroad, offering a high standard of service, thanks to a professional team of lawyers and chartered accountants with a long tradition of providing tailor-made solutions and effectively participating in its clients’ choices.
The firm’s unique ability to combine legal skills with those of tax and accounting enables its clients to tackle even the most difficult of challenges and especially those associated with an ever-expanding globalization perspective. The professional team comprises not only Italians, but also Spanish, French nationals.
The clients of Abbatescianni Studio Legale e Tributario are almost equally divided between Italian and foreign companies, including commercial and industrial companies, financial institutions and private funds. Our client base is extremely diverse, a result of our ability to tailor our work to the specific needs of each client.
Areas of practice
The firm provides comprehensive, multi-disciplinary legal services, covering all commercial issues, particularly in the following areas of law: commercial, corporate and M&A; commercial litigation; international arbitration and dispute resolution; restructuring and insolvency; administrative and public law; real estate and construction law; employment law; energy law and tax.
Commercial, corporate and M&A: with both lawyers and chartered accountants in the same team, the firm ensures a holistic and seamless service in several areas, including: drafting commercial contracts; domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; incorporation of foreign companies; establishing subsidiaries and branches; registration of branches of foreign companies and setting up representative offices; due diligence and corporate secretarial services.
Dispute resolution: the firm assists both domestic and international clients on a broad range of commercial disputes across various sectors. The firm has particular expertise in transnational litigation and international arbitration, having represented or advised clients in disputes before several institutions including ICC, LCIA, Chamber of Arbitration Milan, Swiss Chamber of Arbitration, AAA and UNCITRAL.
Restructuring and insolvency: the firm has significant experience in the field of insolvency and restructuring companies in crisis, including matters of cross-border insolvency.
Administrative and public law: the firm provides clients with assistance in the following issues: administrative procedures for public tenders; administrative procedures for the sale of shares in publicly-listed companies; public works; service contracts and supply contracts involving municipal companies; relationships with regulatory and independent administrative authorities and administrative litigation.
Abbatescianni Studio Legale e Tributario has considerable experience in the organization of worldwide sporting events, providing legal and tax advice to clients.
Employment: the firm advises on all aspects of employment law within Italy, including outsourcing; restructuring and reorganisation, and advising on mergers and acquisitions; collective redundancies; trade union relations; due diligence; employment contracts; disciplinary procedures; individual dismissals; transfers, secondments; bonus schemes and stock option plans; data protection and contentious matters (arbitration or through litigation).
Energy: the firm’s services include advising on industry-specific legislation, negotiating financing arrangements (project finance), structuring investment, due diligence, preparation of contractual documentation, liaising with range of stakeholders including Italian regulatory authorities, and resolution of disputes before a wide variety of Courts.
Tax: tax advice to companies; management of tax compliance; national and international tax advice; knowledge and expertise of transfer pricing policy; fiscal aspects of business restructuring; tax litigation.
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