{"id":1034,"date":"2025-03-09T15:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.occhiutolegal.it\/areas-of-activity\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:36:45","slug":"practice-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.occhiutolegal.it\/en\/practice-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The law is constantly evolving, and so is our approach.<\/p>

We support companies, entrepreneurs and individuals with tailored legal services, covering a wide range of sectors, combining experience and innovation to offer concrete and timely solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Startups, Scale-ups & Founders<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We assist startups, scale-ups and founders at all stages of the company lifecycle, from incorporation to ordinary and extraordinary corporate and commercial management, through to the completion of any investment round (early stage, pre-seed and seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth+).<\/p>

In particular, we offer support in drafting and negotiating investment agreements, bylaws and articles of incorporation, commercial contracts, general terms and conditions of supply and\/or license, legal opinions and memoranda, confidentiality agreements, term sheets and letters of intent, as well as conducting legal due diligence.<\/p>

We also assist clients in drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements, investment agreements, SAFE Agreements, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, regulations for participatory financial instruments and stock option plans, accompanying them through the signing and closing phases of transactions and in exit scenarios.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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We assist private equity and venture capital funds, business angels, family offices, club deals, search funds and other investors in completing extraordinary transactions: from the sale and purchase of shares, equity interests, businesses and\/or business units or movable or immovable assets, to investment or reinvestment operations in share capital.<\/p>

The services offered include, in particular, drafting and negotiating confidentiality agreements, term sheets and letters of intent, conducting legal due diligence activities, as well as drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements, investment or reinvestment agreements, SAFE Agreements, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, bylaws, regulations for participatory financial instruments, stock option plans, management incentive plans and related ancillary documents, as well as assistance during the signing and closing phases of transactions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Corporate & M&A<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We provide assistance to businesses, entrepreneurs, companies and corporate groups in extraordinary transactions, with particular reference to M&A operations, build-ups, add-ons, joint ventures and corporate reorganization processes (mergers, demergers and transformations).<\/p>

We also support clients with ordinary corporate and commercial legal advice, including in the form of outsourced legal counsel, assisting them in the ongoing management of corporate and contractual activities.<\/p>

In particular, the services offered include drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, general terms and conditions of supply and\/or license, procurement contracts, legal opinions and memoranda, confidentiality agreements, term sheets and letters of intent, as well as conducting legal due diligence activities.<\/p>

We also assist clients in drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements, investment agreements, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements and ancillary documentation, accompanying them through the signing and closing phases of transactions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Litigation & Arbitration<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We assist corporate and private clients in civil, corporate and commercial litigation, as well as in intellectual and industrial property, competition, administrative law and real estate matters, handling complex disputes before all national courts and major arbitration institutions, both national and international, in Italian and English.<\/p>

We adopt a constructive and solution-oriented approach, favoring, where possible, negotiation and conciliation tools, and supporting clients in defining a comprehensive defense strategy based on the principles of fairness and good faith.<\/p>

We are regularly involved in highly complex disputes concerning M&A transactions, liability of corporate bodies, relationships with directors and managers, shareholders’ agreements, commercial contracts, intellectual and industrial property and competition, real estate (leases, loans for use, sale & lease back, etc.), non-competition covenants pursuant to Article 2125 of the Italian Civil Code, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Intellectual Property, Industrial Property & Competition Law\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We assist Italian and international clients, in judicial and extrajudicial proceedings, in matters of intellectual and industrial property, unfair competition, consumer protection, advertising law, Information Technology and new technologies.<\/p>

We assist clients in the strategic management of industrial property rights (trademarks, designs and models, patents and utility models) and copyrights, operating in various IP & IT sectors, including fashion, luxury, life sciences, pharma, software, artificial intelligence, art, food & beverage and publishing.<\/p>

The services offered include IP portfolio management and planning, judicial assistance before competent courts and authorities, drafting of key sector contracts (licenses, distribution, software development, assignments), as well as advice on digital matters, unfair competition and advertising.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Assistance in compliance and adaptation processes to Regulation (EU) 2016\/679 (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2024\/1689 (AI Act) and other data protection and cybersecurity regulations, including impact assessments and sanctioning proceedings before competent authorities.<\/p>

We offer solutions that enable clients to constantly manage and monitor the protection of data and information processed, also assisting them in the proper adoption of digital technologies, technological transformation and support in implementing cybersecurity measures aimed at the technical protection of corporate data assets.<\/p>

The services offered include appointment as Data Protection Officer, EU Representative, assessment and auditing activities in relation to the specific technology adopted by the client, dedicated training and education, Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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