Amendments concerning the payment of capital for the incorporation of an Italian-law limited liability company produced some interpretation issues to which the National Council of Notaries has provided clarifications.

In the case of cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving Italian companies, one of the main legal issues concerns the mandatory procedures for informing and consulting the unions under Italian law.

On February 27, 2025, the Court of Justice to the European Union ("CJEU") issued an important ruling on the validity of asymmetric (lop-sided) jurisdiction clauses in terms of the Brussels Regulation Recast.

The Italian Constitutional Court, on the legitimacy of Article 1, Paragraph 3, Legislative Decree No. 23/2015 stated that it is in compliance with the Italian Constitution...

Parent companies (resident in Italy) are now required to prepare and file Country-by-Country reporting each year.

As described in our alert memorandum, on April 9, 2020 the Italian Government published a new decree-law (the "Decree")

Last week Italy became the latest nation to adopt a law regulating the sale of franchises and the conduct of franchisors and franchisees. Two other European countries, France and Spain, already have such laws.

On 1 January 2021, important transparency obligations provided for in the Code of Ethics of Confindustria Dispositivi Medici...

The Court of Parma, in the context of a negotiated crisis resolution procedure, recently authorised a sale of business branches, exempting the purchaser from liability for the debts...

Withers Studio Legale has been assisting Italian clients and foreigners active in Italy for over 30 years, providing integrated local and international services to a wide range of sectors.

International arbitration in e-commerce is the most practical and effective means for resolving disputes between parties.

In recent years, the world of intellectual property has increasingly had to deal with a sensitive issue: the commercial use of indigenous cultural elements.

An earn-out is a contractual provision in an M&A agreement that ties part of the purchase price to the future performance of the target company.

With ever-shrinking margins and ever-increasing competition, logistics has reached a turning point where technology and innovation are critical tools for growth and competitiveness.

With Recommendation no. 204 of July 5th, 2022, the Milan Notarial Council intervenes on the interpretation of the measures that can be implemented in the case of occurrence...

In Italy in recent years, having a tax control framework (TCF) has emerged not only as a key instrument for tax risk management and mitigation, but also as a lever for corporate value creation in extraordinary transactions...

Negli ultimi anni, il mondo della proprietà intellettuale si è trovato sempre più spesso a confrontarsi con un tema delicato: l'uso commerciale di elementi culturali indigeni.

In modern professional football, the management of a sports club necessarily entails highly complex economic, contractual and regulatory dynamics. Transfer market transactions, relationships with agents and intermediaries...

The Italian Supreme Court has shifted toward a substance-over-form approach in determining permanent establishment (PE) status, moving beyond formal contractual arrangements to examine...