At LCA, our services are extensive and diverse: we offer top-rate, transparent and rapid legal and taxation consulting services to entrepreneurs and the financial sector in Italy and abroad.
The effectiveness of a judgment hinges on its enforceability. However, in today's complex geopolitical landscape, securing the enforcement of foreign judgments and awards has become increasingly challenging. At LCA Studio Legale, we know how to tackle these complexities and deliver successful outcomes for our clients.
LCA offers qualified and tailored assistance in the resolution of international disputes through arbitration: from the negotiation and drafting of arbitration clauses to the management of arbitration proceedings and the enforcement of related awards.
Environmental law has earned crucial significance in business management: the principles of precaution and prevention require to constantly supervise the compliance with environmental standards set out by European and national laws. Furthermore, the management of environmental liabilities must be inspired by a strategic view to face with both technical and legal issues.
We know that every transaction, whether domestic or cross-border, has tax implications. For this reason, we analyse your transactions in advance to make it easier for you to pursue your business idea, and achieve your targets, all while abiding by complex tax regulations.
We boast vast experience in customs and excise duties, assisting companies operating in the import/export sectors, in the oil and energy market, as well as operators in the logistics and transport sectors.
Regulatory and corporate compliance, relationships with public Authorities, fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering, market abuse and insider trading, tax evasion, product liability, labour issues, breach of contract and unfair competition are increasingly a risk to a company’s reputation and in some cases to its very survival.
LCA Private Clients lawyers always ensure that our legal and tax advice protects, first and foremost, the individual, family and family assets. Our service covers the protection, optimisation and transfer of assets, planning and structuring of generational transitions, including through family agreements and/or family trusts, as well as family and juvenile law.
We know that innovation drives change. This is why, at LCA, we drive business incubators and accelerators, innovative entrepreneurs, and high potential start-ups to achieve the success they deserve. With our expert team by your side, we will guide you through each step of the process from concept through to full realisation and implementation. We are proud to represent a wide array of investors, from investment funds to family offices, and actively cover all facets of the technology market.
Are you an investment bank, financial institution, investment fund, issuer, sponsor, real estate broker, investment and asset management company, industrial or commercial business? We offer comprehensive support and consultancy services in the structuring, negotiation and implementation phases of financing and structured finance transactions, or transactions involving Italian and international capital markets, in particular in primary and secondary listings and offers on regulated markets and multilateral trading systems, and in the issuance, placement and offering of listed and unlisted financial instruments.
While LCA can offer and support you in a broad variety of services, we pride ourselves on consultancy for company law, domestic and international corporate contracts, commercial and corporate litigation and all the regulatory aspects typical of the various markets involved.
Our team assists a comprehensive range of clients, including entrepreneurs, companies, Italian and foreign investment funds and, more generally, any legal entity through every aspect of running a business. Our professionals work in harmony with their clients, accompanying and supporting them through ordinary corporate and commercial activities, as well as in all extraordinary transactions such as acquisition, merger, demerger, investment, divestment and corporate reorganisation. Our team can also assist clients in general initiatives, providing specialist support to ensure they take maximum advantage of the many opportunities offered by the global markets.
At LCA, we know that taxation can be a stressful process. That’s why we offer wide-ranging consultancy in the field of taxation provided by our team of lawyers and accountants, who boast extensive expertise in all areas of the subject. Whether you’re looking for advice on income tax or VAT, indirect taxes or excise duties, customs duties and all the complex aspects of international taxation, we’ve got your back. We’ll guide you on the proper structuring of transactions, help you with submissions to Italian Tax Authorities, and provide assistance on tax litigation.
If the worst happens and we can’t maintain business continuity or rescue any parts of your business that are still profitable, all and any assistance we provide will be aimed at identifying the most appropriate liquidation path for the specific situation, whether it be bankruptcy or composition with creditors.
Our firm provides specialist advice on family law, on all the personal and the financial relationships existing within a family. We prioritise aspects related to the preservation of assets in generational transitions, as well as juvenile law and the protection of the individual throughout his or her lifetime.
Here at LCA, we understand that economic and business activity is increasingly characterised by risks, prohibitions and issues that may lead to criminal liability. With that in mind, we’ve set up our own criminal law department, providing highly specialised assistance in risk prevention and criminal litigation.
At LCA, we work with Italian and foreign companies, walking them through all the main aspects of employment law. We provide support and guidance for organisational, contractual and litigious issues that may arise out of employment relations as well as assistance in collective and individual agreements with trade unions and institutional authorities.
At LCA, we take great pride in the specific expertise we’ve gained in the management of privacy issues, ensuring full compliance with European (GDPR) and Italian legislation and with the directives issued by the Italian Data Protection Authority. We have years of experience in monitoring innovations in big data and cybersecurity.
At LCA, we have long-standing expertise in the provision of contentious and non-contentious assistance on copyright and misleading and comparative advertising, trademarks and domain names, designs and models, patents, know-how, unfair competition
Our accomplished bankruptcy litigation team will assist, consult, and defend you in court with regard to all types of litigation that may arise in the context of bankruptcy or relating to companies in crisis.
We understand that business crises are complex, but with our multi-faceted expertise in the field of business crisis, we can support, guide and inform you in crisis management, starting from an in-depth analysis of your specific financial and asset situation and an understanding of the causes of the crisis, up to the identification and planning of the most appropriate tools to face it, together.
At LCA, our expert advisors will assist you in the prevention, management and resolution of disputes, in civil and commercial matters. Whether you’re based in Italy or abroad, before an ordinary or special court, or subject to national and international arbitrations, we’re by your side every step of the way.
We are aware that increasingly large sectors of the economy are regulated and subject to national and European public law. With this in mind, we have established an administrative law department to assist and advise in dealings with authorities and public administration.
We operate since years in all matters constituting International Trade and National Security through a multidisciplinary team of lawyers belonging to different Departments of the Firm: Corporate M&A, Administrative & Regulatory, IP/IT, Custom Law and Business Crime
Corporate compliance is essential to the wellbeing of any business. At LCA, we offer assistance and consultancy to companies, providing them with the appropriate legal support to ensure they proactively comply with laws, regulations, codes of conduct and rules. For the best results, this assistance relies on inter-department collaboration within the Firm, and in particular with professionals from the Corporate Department, specialised in liability under Italian Legislative Decree No. 231/01.
Our professional team boasts specialist experience in the management and implementation of promotional, advertising and marketing initiatives, as well as loyalty and lead generation strategies in Italy and at the global level. We deal with all aspects of prize competitions and loyalty programs, assisting and advising our clients on the related legal and administrative issues.
Here at LCA, we boast an expert team specialising in immigration and citizenship law, corporate immigration and global mobility and, in general, all legal aspects relating to the management of expatriate personnel.
The firm has a dedicated team of professionals with more than 20 years' experience in national and EU competition law, through which it provides high-level advice to its Italian and foreign clients on a wide range of antitrust issues, including agreements, abuses of dominant position, merger control, as well as private enforcement actions.
We pride ourselves on the distinguished support we provide to financial institutions, investment funds, sponsors and corporations to help them structure, negotiate and implement a wide range of domestic and international financing and structured finance transactions, including bond issues and securitisations of performing and non-performing loans.
At LCA, we’re renowned for our involvement with major capital market transactions, both equity and debt, as part of primary and secondary offerings on regulated and unregulated financial markets. Thanks to this, we’ve been able to develop extensive expertise in the complex industry regulations and financial practices that characterise the Italian and international capital markets. We assist stock broking companies (SIMs), open-ended investment companies (SICAVs), investment companies with fixed capital (SICAFs), and asset management companies (SGRs) in the provision of investment and collective asset management services, as well as in the implementation of crowdfunding platforms.
At LCA, we boast long-standing experience in global transactions and investment opportunities. We can assist you in structuring extraordinary transactions in Italy and across borders, and in negotiating and drafting relevant contractual agreements. In this way, we can ensure optimum creation, development and consolidation (including on an international level) of your business initiatives, and support your company to harness growth and investment opportunities offered by global markets.
Artificial intelligence represents a great opportunity for the entire productive world. LCA has long invested resources and expertise to create a highly specialised team on all regulatory effects, assisting the company not only to be compliant with the legal system but also to evaluate the AI systems that best serve the company's interests.
LCA has developed a thriving luxury goods practice that is especially active in fashion, representing numerous globally famous fashion houses and high-end brands. The practice also represents clients in the areas of wines, watches, jewelry, and vehicles.
LCA’s Gaming & Esports team combines the expertise of professionals who are passionate about interactive entertainment and have been actively assisting clients in the video games and esports industry for a long time, with the experience of professionals with extensive knowledge in the field of media and new technologies. The team aims to provide its clients, whether they are already active in these sectors or interested in entering them to implement digital projects, with full-service assistance that is competent in all relevant areas of practice.
LCA assists its private clients in reorganizing their assets, with different management configurations (holdings, trusts, family foundations, and so on) to protect against third-party aggression, including through the possible planning of a generational shift
The complex world of manufacturing can feel overwhelming. Comprising small and medium-sized companies, as well as renowned multinationals, it encompasses and straddles a multitude of sectors and markets, each with its own specific characteristics and specific corporate, commercial, contractual, organisational and operational features. Here at LCA, we can help your company meet its full business potential, in compliance with the numerous and changing regulations in force. With profound and expert knowledge of the industry, we can provide accurate, rapid and targeted solutions to meet your needs.
LCA acknowledges the inestimable source of inspiration brought to the community by the so-called “Third Sector”. This includes associations, foundations, and other entities established to pursue social solidarity on a non-profit basis and carry out activities of general interest.
At LCA, we assist brokers and insurance companies in Italy and abroad in a wide array of affairs, ranging from daily activities to the drafting and negotiation of insurance policies and contracts, from the management of claims, including in litigation, to actions for compensation.
It goes without saying that Italy is an extremely popular tourist destination. For that reason, our hotel sector and the sector that broadly includes theme parks and all the services for holidays and leisure time are crucial to the success of the Italian economy. We can assist operators in this market with a full range of legal and tax assistance.
For years now, LCA has been proudly offering extensive expertise in domestic, European, and international regulations governing various production sectors and specific areas of the agri-food industry thanks to its dedicated Food & Beverage department.
With a wealth of experience in sports law, at LCA we provide advice to any stakeholders in the sports industry (clubs, organizations, federations, players and athletes, sports agents) as well as those entities operating in the market, such as sponsors, marketing agencies, start-ups and investment funds.
At LCA we know and deeply value the importance of technology. Our team are renowned for their expertise and services in the constantly evolving world of new technology, the web, digital and traditional media, telecommunications and, more generally, all information and communication technology.
At LCA, we have a team of legal experts able to support you in a broad range of energy matters. We advise Italian and foreign investors and lenders in complex investment, financing, acquisition and development of projects in the traditional energy sector (petrochemicals, natural gas and electricity) and renewable energy sector (solar, wind, geothermal, water and biomass). We’ll help you prepare the documentation required by the GSE (Gestore Servizi Energetici). We’ll work with you to resolve issues arising from energy projects in Italy and abroad, and handle relations with tax and customs authorities.
Also in the Life Sciences industry, our dedicated team combines cross-departmental skills and expertise to support a wider range of clients. We work with entrepreneurs, institutions, investors and domestic and international funds operating in the Life Science and Healthcare fields, providing full multi-disciplinary assistance, based on the experience and the real and in-depth knowledge of the specific issues of this industry.
At LCA, we provide expert legal advice to logistics, shipping and aviation operators, including shippers, carriers, shipping and air agencies, terminals, logistics operators and airlines, shipowners, investors, private equity funds, shipyards, P&I Clubs, charterers, builders, financiers, traders, brokers, insurers and many other players in the transport sector.
Here at LCA, we’re passionate about art. We have considerable know-how and expertise in the art market and are personally involved in the art scene in Milan, and more generally, in Italy. We have a specific team specialised in art law and taxation with a wealth of experience gained from years of providing legal advice to artists and collectors, museums and galleries, institutions, foundations, associations and auction houses, insurers, transporters and other players in and around the art world.
At LCA, we provide specialised advice in real estate and construction law, including every aspect of corporate, tax, financing, environmental and urban planning, contentious and non-contentious. We’ll support your company from the initial development phases, throughout the realisation of a project, and during the marketing phase
The LCA French Desk specialises in assisting Italian clients with interests in French-speaking countries and clients from these countries with interests in Italy. We provide assistance through our team of fully bilingual professionals with significant professional and academic experience in French-speaking countries and in-depth knowledge of the culture and needs of clients from these areas, ensuring maximum authenticity of service.
The LCA German Desk constitutes the focus team specialising in assisting Italian clients with interests in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and clients from these countries with interests in Italy. It boasts a range of expert bilingual lawyers with extensive study and work experience abroad and with concrete knowledge and experience in the sectors of greatest commercial exchange between Italy and German-speaking countries. These include both traditional segments (automotive, life science, chemical-pharmaceutical, large-scale distribution, real estate, food & wine, energy, transport, fashion, Made in Italy, Made in Germany, etc.) and more innovative ones (industry 4.0 and new technologies).
At LCA, we have a significant track record in commercial relationships with Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries and boast an extensive variety of advisory services in a number of foreign companies investing in the region. Our consultancy services also extend to MENA entrepreneurs and investors interested in the Italian and European markets.
Thanks to our extensive international practice, at LCA, we’ve become experts in the Chinese market and have developed a unique knowledge of the dynamics that characterise commercial and financial exchanges, investments, extraordinary transactions and negotiations between Italy and China.
YLC supports its clients - even those that do not have an in-house legal department - with integrated, flexible, multidisciplinary and specialized assistance and advice, ensuring a timely and efficient tailor-made service.