OUR PRACTICES

Our law firm provides a 360° assistance to the clients with international business interests that require a coordinated and seamless response. Our transactional lawyers are very skilled at adding value to any deal by anticipating and solving issues, limiting risks and providing solutions and adequate protections.

 

Public Procurement

Our public procurement team advises on:

• how to anticipate potential issues and prepare suitable strategies for dealing with the rules
• assisting from the initial commercial assessment, through all bid stages until the final award and performance of the contract
• procurement disputes

We act for clients on all types of public contracts, ranging from public procurement (public works, services, supplies), large transactions such as concessions (including toll roads, water distribution, waste management, telecoms) to public-private partnerships (PPP) (city transportation systems, roads, rail, renewable energies, historical heritage assets, ports, public infrastructures, IT Systems etc.).

We advise on all types of disputes, whether occurring before the contract enters into force (challenge of tender procedures) or relating to the performance of the contract. We work closely with our clients to develop the most effective strategy taking into account our client’s objectives and budgetary constraints.

 

Energy

Our energy skills are deep in specific energy related areas, such as Oil & Gas (both on upstream, in particular exploration and production and downstream, as to issues related to design and construction of all type of plants); Renewable and clean technology (regulatory and project related matters); Energy disputes.

 

Major Infrastructure Projects & Real Estate

Our approach combines disciplines and provides legal solutions for all advice needed on any infrastructure investment or activity across a variety of sub-sectors. We work on major infrastructure project financings, mergers and acquisitions (both public and private) relating to greenfield and/or brownfield infrastructure assets, regulatory matters, arbitration and litigation and construction projects.

We are experts on all relevant regulatory aspects concerning designing, constructing, managing and disposing of infrastructure assets in all relevant sub-sectors.

Our construction law expertise in Italy and internationally is without equal, both in structuring and negotiating deals, as well as in managing complex issues at all stages of any project.

Our combination of expertise in all relevant law aspects makes us as the best choice for any innovative PPP project in Italy and beyond.

Our real estate practice and experience ranges from real estate developments (residential, commercial, offices, hotels, leisure and entertainment, social housing, etc.) to any features of real estate, including construction, construction litigation, sale and acquisition of assets, leases, and more complex private and public infrastructure projects.

 

MEA – Middle East / Africa

Lucente International Lawyers is fully committed on its international path with new desks and active presence on the ground in in several countries in MEA – Middle East / Africa, based on the background and experience of the founders in many jurisdictions in the region for over thirty years.

Lucente International Lawyers is also working hand-in-hand with local partners in several countries and is supporting country / region specific initiatives in coordination with the best suited local partners.

Lucente International Lawyers aims to become the point of reference for international investors and local businesses in the Mediterranean basin and Africa.

Further details on the firm’s expansion plans will be made public shortly.

 

Restructuring and reorganizations

Italian law allows flexible restructuring and pre-bankruptcy settlement arrangements with creditors which would then need to be tailored to clients’ individual requirements, including through extraordinary transactions. In insolvency proceedings, our multi-disciplinary professional team is quick and efficient when it comes to providing solutions. In fact, we have strong multi-disciplinary working experience with experts on insolvency, employment, tax and banking issues; we provide an all-round service, for whatever needs clients have.

 

Joint Ventures – Corporate – M&A

We advise across the broad spectrum of corporate work including M&A, complex joint ventures, disposals and corporate restructurings, as well as general commercial and corporate governance issues.

Our firm advises on all corporate law requirements for foreign companies in connection with incorporation and startup of business, corporate governance structures that are appropriate for the specific business and reflect shareholder relationships and with current business related legal issues.

Our firm’s services include transaction structuring, due diligence, and drafting and negotiation of contractual documentation.

 

Employment law and Immigration

Our firm represents and advises national and international clients on all HR-related matters, including hiring and termination of managers and managerial level employees, structuring of employee contracts in the context of large international groups, draft of severance and settlement agreements, non-competition agreements and restrictive covenants, implementation of collective lay-offs and restructurings, structuring of incentive and stock option plans, development of compensation policies, draft of employment policies and guidance on their application, union information and consultation procedures, draft of employment, consulting, free-lance contracts, directorship agreements individual and group transfers. In addition, our professionals advise employers on compliance issues under various labor and employment laws, helping clients to conform their workplace practices and procedures to local law.

Our firm assists clients in labor disputes both out of court, in court and in arbitration. Attorneys in the labor and employment area assist clients on the full range of labor and employment law matters before any court.

 

Privacy and Cybersecurity

Lucente International Lawyers advices in any aspects connected with data protection laws, and provides multi-disciplinary services in conjunction with our partners, particularly:

• Data protection compliance

• Data security and data breach
• IT systems assessment, compliance analysis
• Cyber-crime related advice and related investigations
• Employees’ control
• Strategic consultancy in relation to transfers of personal data abroad
• Assistance in relation to proceedings before the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali)

 

Albanian Desk

Our Albanian Desk offers valuable support to Italian and Anglophone firms that wish to engage in export activities or expand into the Albanian market.

Our working group operates across a variety of distinct professional areas, including infrastructure, energy, real estate, IT, transportation, banking, aptly leveraging deep knowledge of both Italian and Albanian legal systems.

Lucente International Lawyers provides full support to any Italian and foreign investors in relation to cross border projects, with particular focus on North America, Africa and Middle East. Our law firm offers thorough analysis of country risks thanks to our unparalleled knowledge of the public and private players, especially in engineering, construction and infrastructure market. Our Public Procurement and Projects practice include all relevant industry aspects, from tender participation to all kind of procedures applied by public awarding authorities, privatizations, as well as development and management of public infrastructure projects. We have dedicated resources focused on MDB – Multilateral Development Banks projects, tenders and assignment.

 

Export Control and International economic sanctions

We provide the full range of support to clients including:

• assessing potential risks associated with particular contracts, relationships or proposed business ventures, including in relation to sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption, and foreign direct investment, with particular emphasis on Iran related sanctions;
• assisting clients faced with regulatory investigations or prosecutions concerning sanctions and other regulatory breaches, including approaching authorities if and when admissible;
• providing advisory memoranda and regulatory interpretations, and explaining regulatory exceptions and limitations;
• tracking regulatory developments.

 

Anti-Bribery and Corruption

Our lawyers are able to provide clients with well-rounded and insightful advice that addresses local issues as well as the risks to a global business that arise from cross-border investigations. We work closely with major international investigative and consulting professionals and we are equipped to handle with the required skills and confidentiality high-profile bribery and corruption issues for clients: assisting with policies and procedures review; risk management; global investigations; and defense.

 

Public Procurement & Government Relations

Our public procurement team advises on:

• how to anticipate potential issues and prepare suitable strategies for dealing with the rules;
• assisting from the initial commercial assessment, through all bid stages until the final award and performance of the contract;
• procurement disputes.

We act for clients on all types of public contracts, ranging from public procurement (public works, services, supplies), large transactions such as concessions (including toll roads, water distribution, waste management, telecoms) to public-private partnerships (PPP) (city transportation systems, roads, rail, renewable energies, historical heritage assets, ports, public infrastructures, IT Systems etc.).

We advise on all types of disputes, whether occurring before the contract enters into force (challenge of tender procedures) or relating to the performance of the contract. We work closely with our clients to develop the most effective strategy taking into account our client’s objectives and budgetary constraints.

 

Corporate Disputes & Corporate Governance

Our firm assists Italian and foreign companies on all relevant corporate governance issues, including the determination of shareholder rights, the selection of administration and control systems, the structure of the corporate decision making bodies, the adoption of systems complying with best international practice, and assistance with generation shifts in family owned businesses.

 

Data Protection and IT compliance

Our firm advices in any aspects connected with data protection laws, and provides multi-disciplinary services in conjunction with our partners, particularly:

• Data protection compliance;

• Data security and data breach;
• IT systems assessment, compliance analysis;
• Cyber-crime related advice and related investigations;
• Employees’ control;
• strategic consultancy is relation to transfers of personal data abroad;
• assistance in relation to proceedings before the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali);

Our litigation experts are close at hand to advise and assist to prevent and solve any administrative, commercial and employment dispute, with particular regard to construction and infrastructure projects and corporate reorganizations. We gained a particular expertise in representing Italian and foreign clients, as claimants and respondents, before Italian courts as well as in ad hoc and institutional domestic and international arbitrations. Alfredo Lucente also acts as a member of ADR Bodies to settle construction related disputes on claims filed by contractors during construction. We grant a multidisciplinary approach and build ad hoc transparent team structures with the most qualified advisers available on the market in order to offer to the Client the best alternatives for the solution of the dispute.

 

Litigation (civil, administrative and commercial) & Transnational Litigation

Our firm accurately review every matter in order to provide our clients with a clear understanding of the risks, costs and timescales involved in litigating or defending a claim.

We also oversee third-party investigations and work closely alongside court-appointed experts.

In fact, strong and effective defense deserves mutual trust and close collaboration with clients.

Our approach is to be more than just legal advisors, but seek to guide our clients towards the best litigation strategy by identifying the right questions to ask, the right type of proceedings to pursue and the right time to settle. All this stems from our in-depth knowledge of the law and outstanding ability to prioritize specific needs and goals.

Litigation is one of our main practice areas, particularly on major prominent domestic cases involving corporate, bankruptcy, construction, energy, environmental law as well as government contracts.

 

Arbitration & International Arbitration

We assist clients in national and international arbitration proceedings as well as on all ADR related procedures, in particular Mediation, Dispute Resolution Board or equivalent procedures.

We are able to handle arbitration in a range of languages (e.g. English, French, Spanish) under various rules (ICC, LCIA, ICSID, etc.), national laws and legal systems, in Africa, America, Europe and the Middle East.

However, the excellence of our international arbitration team is not just based on their ability to handle cases under the various arbitration rules, but also on their in-depth knowledge of the various legal systems and business sectors. In fact, they also boast unparalleled expertise in international construction contracts, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate law, IT, energy, and the full spectrum of commercial contracts.

 

Employment disputes

Our firm represents and advises national and international clients on all HR-related litigation matters, including:

• Assistance and representation of clients for all labor and social security related litigation
• Trade Union procedures (including pursuant to Section 28 S.L.)

 

Cybersecurity and IT

Our firm advices in any aspects connected contentious matter related to IT, and data protection, including:

• Data protection compliance and litigations

• IT systems assessment, compliance analysis and litigations
• Cyber-crime related advice and related investigations
• Assistance in relation to proceedings before the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali)
• etc.