Skills

Harpalis’ professionals have years of experience in the field of restructuring operations, the purchase of goods or companies in crisis, and the purchase of non-performing loans.

With a view to offering integrated consulting in this regard, a dedicated working group has been set up. The group is composed of professionals who leverage their experience in various areas (finance, litigation, corporate, tax, labour) to better defend customer needs and objectives.

In order to handle the complexity of extraordinary transactions and the various phases of their processes, corporate law assistance is fully integrated with all the other professional skills offered by Harpalis.

Some of the services provided by the Mergers & Acquisitions Focus Team include managing the implications of financing needs and/or the financial structure of the transaction, labour law issues, and the tax aspects of the transaction.

Established experience in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. Harpalis defends its customers in and out of court in all jurisdictions for: civil, commercial and corporate disputes, including interim proceedings.

The team is also on hand to assist companies in the industrial, commercial and financial sectors looking for support in the field of economic criminal law, with a wide range of services: from corporate to financial and banking, and from bankruptcy and tax to the environment and occupational safety. Our professionals provide assistance in the form of both out-of-court consulting and litigation support.

With its proven experience in the field of managerial and management consulting, the team offers consulting services for process analysis, economic and financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, management control and development support policies. The aim is to give customers the elements they need to understand and better control development levers within their company. The team facilitates the interpretation of business phenomena useful for the management and formulation of development-related decisions, as well as for the improvement of business models, in order to create sustainable economic value.

The team’s professionals boast specific training, knowledge and skills and operate as professional partners able to provide immediate and effective support to help identify solutions useful for the management of both personnel and the company. Our assistance covers the entire gamut of labour and trade union law, with particular experience – in terms of labour law – in the management of restructuring and reorganisation of projects, senior management contracts, the development of innovative remuneration and incentives policies, welfare plans for companies of different sizes and sectors, the negotiation of collective agreements, outsourcing solutions, and processes relating to new compliance and regulatory issues. Harpalis offers high-profile labour law support with a multidisciplinary perspective, covering administrative and criminal tax law issues as they pertain to labour law.

A team focused on supporting the planning of family assets and family business, including succession, operating with a multidisciplinary and integrated approach in the areas of tax, corporate and litigation. The aim is to offer the customer a single and exclusive point of contact for combined support, designed and tailored to context and a customer’s specific needs. Management, planning and use of family assets (including artistic assets), generational handovers in family businesses, and implementation of philanthropic and solidarity initiatives, all ensured using both traditional and innovative tools: internal and international wills, fiduciary mandates and insurance policies, trusts etc. This support is available to private customers as well as institutions, banks and trust companies, insurance companies and family offices, since these are the first point of contact for private customers and are often actively involved in estate planning.

Harpalis supports companies in the internationalisation process with a wide range of integrated services, providing 360-degree consulting (including corporate and contractual aspects, labour law, tax, customs and transfer pricing policies) aimed at managing all issues related to setting up a business abroad.

This applies in particular to SMEs looking to seize the opportunities offered by the global market and to compete successfully on foreign markets. Harpalis’ professionals have a well-established network of relationships with professionals and consultants in over 40 countries.

Harpalis’ professionals have been monitoring how regulations in this field have evolved since its inception. With the establishment of RUNTS (Italy’s national third sector registry) and the recent regulatory additions, the requirements – both civil and fiscal – have become increasingly clear for associations, foundations and social enterprises.

Harpalis offers support and assistance, simplifying the many formalities required to seize the undeniable opportunities offered by the legislation, including “smart” drafting and the use of innovative methods to create statements, mission reports and social and sustainability reports, as well as offering support for the establishment of benefit corporations and subsequent assistance.