Led by Stefano Silvestri, Bird & Bird’s practice advises manufacturers across paints and coatings, metals, X-ray equipment, and vertical-transport systems. Silvestri advises on matters involving site disposals by auction, creditor composition procedures before the Court of Aosta, and negotiations arising from composition procedures. The group assists with a variety of transactions, employment management and cost-cutting plans, incentive-scheme structuring, and authorisation processes. Contentious work includes defending exclusion-from-tender appeals, post-sale non-compete disputes, and matters ranging from disciplinary issues to complex restructuring litigation.
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Key clients
- Honeywell International
- Indet
- Fiocchi Group
- Metalco Group
- Shiloh Industries
- Sitem Group
- Smiths Detection Italia
- Solgar – Hino
- Toppan Speciality Films
- TK Elevator Italia
- Wise Cable
Work highlights
Assisted Sitem Group on the sale of a majority of its equity stake to Worthington Steel, Inc.
Represented Smiths Detection Italia in defending against Austech S.r.l.'s appeal against the Port Authority of Gioia Tauro, which awarded Smiths Detection Italia the contract in 2023 for a mobile x-ray scanner for inspecting trucks and containers.
Assisted Fiocchi Group on the sale of a further 25% of its activity to Czechoslovak Group, an industrial group operating worldwide across various strategic sectors, including defence, aerospace, and automotive.
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Stefano Silvestri