OUR SKILLSOur interdisciplinary teams are always led by one of LMS partners, who directly works alongside the clients
The in-depth knowledge and understanding of the market and business dynamics allow us to provide clients with
tailor-made legal solutions
The vast expertise and the different professional and academic backgrounds of our lawyers enables us to easily obtain an understanding of the business and of the needs of our clients and, thus, to provide them with a specialized, full scale, innovative and tailor-made legal assistance.
Our professionals are recognized on the market for their expertise in M&A and corporate transactions as well as in the most complex debt restructurings and banking and finance transactions.
We assist Italian and foreign clients in multifaceted high-value litigations concerning finance transactions, insurance and civil liability claims.
We have highly specialized teams of professionals who are able to assist the clients in specific areas of expertise including tax, competition, regulatory, finance, real estate, labour and EU regulation.
Our lawyers work in inter-disciplinary teams, so to offer the clients all-round assistance, even in the most delicate and complex issues.
The teams are always led by one of the partners of the Firm, who is directly involved in the matter alongside the clients, ensuring the maximum experience in the service rendered.
PRIVATE
EQUITY
We assist our clients in all aspects of the fund’s life-cycle, starting from formation, authorization process, investment implementation, strategic transactions on portfolio investments, exits, and winding-up
M&A AND
EXTRAORDINARY
TRANSACTIONS
Thanks to our technical skills and in-depth knowledge of the reference markets and business dynamics, we are able to develop the most appropriate solutions to our clients’ business needs in the most complex M&A transactions
CORPORATE
AND COMMERCIAL LAW
We support our clients throughout all phases of their corporate life, providing day-by-day assistance on corporate capital transactions, corporate governance matters and regulatory and compliance issues.
RESTRUCTURING
AND INSOLVENCY
We act as advisors of distressed companies and their stakeholders (including shareholders, trustees, administrators, creditors, banks, bondholders and new investors). This wide track record allows us to face special situations and turn-around transactions with a full-scale view
PRIVATE
CREDIT
We act for borrowers and lenders on Unitranche, SSRCF, Holdco/PIK, USPP, Securitisation/SPV Lending and other private credit-driven financing transactions.
BANKING
& FINANCE
We act for borrowers and lenders on a wide range of banking and finance transactions, with special expertise in acquisition finance, real estate finance, corporate lending and private credit.
REAL ESTATE
We are able to provide assistance on all aspects of real estate transactions, handling the entire real estate life-cycle and developing and implementing any investment structure.
ANTITRUST
AND EU LAW
We advise clients operating in all industry sectors in antitrust proceedings before the European Commission and the Italian Competition Authority, as well as in structuring of internal compliance procedures.
LITIGATION
& ARBITRATION
Our team of experienced attorneys skilfully assists clients in all areas of civil, commercial and corporate litigation, both in court and in national and international arbitrations.
TAX
We provide tax advice in relation to the structuring of sophisticated transactions and in complex tax disputes before National Courts as well as the EC Court of Justice. We have gained a significant experience in transfer pricing matters and in the negotiation of bilateral APAs.
CORPORATE
COMPLIANCE
LMS assists its clients with scrupulous and professional consultancy, based on specific knowledge of the most current regulations on corporate compliance.
COMPLIANCE 231
The advisory activity of LMS in corporate compliance has the main purpose of preventing or mitigating the liability of the company in case of commission of one of the crimes provided by Legislative Decree no. 231/2001.
CRIMINAL LAW
LMS provides judicial and out-of-court assistance in criminal matters, with focus in dealing with crimes related to business and professional activities.
Intellectual
Property law
We assist our clients in all issues related to industrial and intellectual property law, from the more traditional ones (such as trademarks, patents, design, copyright and unfair competition) to new technologies and artificial intelligence.
Environmental, Administrative
and Energy Law
We advise our clients on complex authorization procedures, environmental assessments, regulatory profiles and relations with public authorities.
Employment law
Consolidated experience in all employment law matters and across every stage of companies’ business cycles.
