Some case history by De Luca & Partners
Object
De Luca & Partners is assisting the Client, a renowned Italian chemical manufacturer, with a planned reorganization process, aimed at shutting down a department and dismiss employees.
Summary of matter
Our law firm drafted a legal memorandum concerning the “Collective dismissal”. We analysed the legal framework pursuant to article 24 of Law no. 223/1991, the collective dismissal procedure and all the relevant phases and timing, the termination costs and the risks linked to the dismissals.
Object
De Luca & Partners assisted one of the world’s leading providers of software with the collective terminations resulting from the reorganization of the company due to a steady but gradual decline in its turnover since 2019.
Summary of matter
The mandate consisted of the organizational need of the client to manage certain redundancies arising from the reorganization of the business. Our team carried out a comprehensive labour and employment consultant activity in order to assess the critical elements and potential risks related to the reorganization and offered potential solutions in order to minimise the employment risks.
Object
De Luca & Partners advised an American multinational company with reference to one of its Italian subsidiaries, in implementing a significant social plan for a plant closure involving industrial and institutional relations.
Summary of matter
De Luca & Partners presented the Client with various negotiation strategies, offering possible solutions to mitigate the risks involved with the social and employment consequences of the company’s decision and acted for the management in negotiation meetings with the unions and various ministries; and advised on relocating businesses and persons to other jurisdictions.
Object
Employment advice linked to the reorganization of a Global Investment Management firm, actively managing more than $2.21 trillion in assets for central banks, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, corporations, foundations and endowments, and individual investors around the world.
Summary of matter
De Luca & Partners has advised the Client in a complex reorganization involving the transfer of a going concern from the Italian branch of the UK Company to the Italian branch of the German Company of the same group. The firm advised the HR Managers who were involved from Italy, Germany, UK and the USA on any and all aspects of Labour and Employment Law concerning the transition between the Italian branch of the transferor and the Italian branch of the transferee.
Object
Legal assistance for an internal reorganization, including Union negotiations.
Summary of matter
The Client is an Italian branch of the Dutch-British energy, active in the exploration, production, refining and marketing of oil and natural gas, and the production of chemical products.
De Luca & Partners assisted the Client with an international reorganization and restructuring program, aimed at triggering a reorganization managed through the negotiation with the National Union Representatives of the Oil & Gas Industry and Confindustria.