Find your bearings to establish, acquire, manage, control and defend your companies securely and with authority.
Attorney Simon De Zordo deals with the legal aspects of the organisation and management of companies of all sizes with a special focus on defence in situations of conflict that may arise throughout the life of companies, from the evaluation of the legal profiles of investment ideas and objectives to the regulation of relations between shareholders, directors, auditors, competitors and other stakeholders, as well as assistance in the acquisition and transfer of companies and shareholdings.
RETHINK THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR BUSINESS TOGETHER WITH AN EXPERT
How to choose an organisational structure that nurtures the multi-generational growth of the company
All companies need to be able to count on a reliable and individualised organisational structure with the utmost peace of mind in order to be able to successfully compete on the market, whether the company is a start-up or is long-established with transnational ambitions.
We rethink the legal instruments tailored to the growth objectives of the business with a multi-disciplinary approach in choosing the most appropriate company form (general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company) and the control and connection models for corporate groups following an in-depth evaluation of the characteristics the economic sector, the type of business and the size and financial needs of the company.
Setting the agenda through effective corporate governance is the ambition of every business owner, which our law firm achieves by carefully evaluating the company's administration and control system (proxies, board of statutory auditors), the rules of operation of corporate bodies (criteria of appointment, joint or separate representation, quorum), the forms of coordination between shareholders (non-competition and shareholder agreements), the structure of the company (earmarking of assets), the shareholding system (transferability limits, option and pre-emption rights) and the provision of various equity and financing instruments (shares with special rights, obligations).
A legal framework designed this way will facilitate adaptation to market developments and the feasibility of the strategic direction given to your company.
INNOVATE THE RULES OF OPERATION OF YOUR COMPANY NOW
The strategy for finding solutions to deal with conflict between shareholders, directors and auditors, suppressing any unlawful conduct and asserting their liability.
Power and responsibility are two sides of the same coin. Experience has shown that a situation of current or latent conflict within the shareholder structure can hinder the success of the company and sooner or later lead to a standstill in production activities.
Preventing and taking action in advance to re-establish the balance between shareholders, directors and members of other corporate bodies, including the board of statutory auditors, will be the primary objective of the strategy that our law firm proposes when the first warning signs emerge, indicating therefore the most suitable negotiating tools and legal remedies for promptly restoring the conditions for the regular continuation of business.
In the event of unlawful conduct or poor management attributable to shareholders, directors and auditors, as well as in the event of failure to comply with obligations of loyalty or provisions of the company by-laws and the law, our first step is to intervene immediately, implementing solutions both in and out of court to curb the unlawful conduct and to prevent further damage, subsequently asserting the rights and taking the necessary steps to protect the assets and image of the company and its representatives, during negotiations, in arbitrations and in civil, criminal and administrative proceedings. Hence, we find a lasting and sustainable solution to the underlying problem.
Sometimes it may be necessary to challenge the resolutions of administration and control bodies or the actions taken by shareholders, other times instead to initiate liability lawsuits against them and very often settling out of court. Sometimes the best defence is attack.
DEFEND THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR COMPANY FROM A to Z
How to successfully regulate collaboration between businesses, combat unfair competition and suppress acts that distort competition.
In the belief that collaboration between businesses brings significant competitive advantages, the lawyers in Loyce Legal will identify the best forms of cooperation (temporary joint venture, network agreements, special purpose vehicles, consortia) required in each individual case for the development of specific business projects, protecting the assets and know-how of the companies involved at the same time.
However, it may be the case that competitors ignore the cornerstones of the economic activity, professional integrity and respect for the rules of free competition, damaging other companies, by spreading defamatory information, taking advantage of the strengths of others, creating confusion or imitating the name, trademarks, products and services of other businesses.
We will fight any form of unfair competition, the abuse of a dominant position on the market and restrictive agreements on competition both in court and out of court, proposing the most effective short-term tools that ensure lasting results and reaffirm the role of your company in the eyes of your competitors.
Striking a balance between collaboration and competition is not easy and needs to be carefully observed.
START RULING YOUR COMPETITION
The tools you should activate to acquire or transfer companies and shareholdings and how to set up due diligence processes
Not all that glitters is gold, and that is why close attention must be paid to the analytical examination that is carefully carried out by our lawyers both before and during negotiations for the acquisition and disposal of shareholdings, as well as the sale of companies or their branches.
We offer guidance in the due diligence process, based on creative models and close coordination between the managers of the companies involved and their consultants, investors and other interested parties, maintaining the united vision of the various legal and economic aspects to be addressed in parallel during the preparation and implementation phases of extraordinary operations (transformations, mergers, demergers, etc.).
We respect the need of family businesses for continuity and at the same time appreciate the idea of disruptive innovation, ensuring constant coordination with professionals from other sectors who support us, so that we can offer a broad analysis of the economic, corporate and financial issues and consequences connected to the procedures to be implemented in each individual case.
The objective constantly pursued by our lawyers is to develop rational and defensible solutions in court.
ENTRUST THE EXPANSION OF YOUR BUSINESS TO THE EXPERT
Organise the generational transfer of your business by handing over your lifetime's work rather than triggering a series of disputes
Preserving not only the economic value of a company, but also the ideals of a company is a delicate task that stimulates the creativity of the lawyers in our law firm, who have a particular sensitivity to family dynamics linked to developments in the market and civil society.
Protecting the company's competitiveness in the long term and operating under conditions of certainty and stability means entrusting the planning of generational change to the expert as early as possible. The strategy will be developed by innovatively combining traditional and next generation tools (fiduciary transactions, family agreements, structuring of groups of companies, demergers, transformations, testamentary dispositions and related contracts, and foreign law institutions).
The sustainable growth of a company depends in fact on the long-term outlook that it manages to convey to its partners and employees, not least of all thanks to the legal certainty it has created this way.
PROTECT THE FUTURE OF YOUR COMPANY WITH THE EXPERT
Why choose Attorney Simon De Zordo
For INTERDISCIPLINARY advice.
Finding a balanced and lasting solution to benefit a company that finds itself in a situation of potential conflict requires the lawyer to consider all the implications of the underlying issues and to analyse them with surgical precision in order to grasp the competitive advantages connected to the intertwining of methods and instruments selected from the wide range of areas of law that are often complementary to each other.
For assistance with a TRANSNATIONAL vocation.
The lawyer's working model is geared towards that of the business world in which the demand for rapid, distinct and decisive intervention increases proportionately with the need to operate beyond the national borders of law and to move with authority within the legal systems in other countries where your business can be developed with reliable advice.
For a TRANSPARENT and TRILINGUAL approach.
Against the background of conflicts of interest that give rise to disputes, parties often fail to understand the cultural dimension of a problem. In such situations, the lawyer undertakes to ensure that clear, transparent and effective communication is used towards the company, providing assistance in German, Italian and English.