The Italian legislature enacted new measures , effective from March 27, 2024, to attract new investors to the Italian capital markets and rationalize corporate governance dynamics (the "Capital Markets Law")....more
On July 16, 2020, the Italian Government enacted Law Decree No. 76/2020 introducing permanent and temporary measures aimed at simplifying rights issues and accelerating the approval of certain equity transactions....more
7/27/2020
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Temporary Regulations
Over the last three months, the Italian Government has enacted a package of financial assistance designed to help Italian businesses survive the dramatic short-term effects of the coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic. The...more
7/14/2020
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Financial Assistance Policies ,
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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Small Business
As the season for shareholders' annual general meetings is fast approaching, we are sharing with our clients and friends some suggestions that we believe provide strategic flexibility and reflect best practices in corporate...more
3/10/2020
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Listed companies that renew their corporate bodies starting from 2020 will have to increase from 1/3rd to at least 2/5th the quota of members of the board of directors and of effective members of their board of statutory...more