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12 Feb 2020

Conference “Distressed M&A: within UTP transactions” – Convenia, Milan (11 and 12 February 2020)

Which are the opportunities and risks in managing ongoing and redundant employment contracts in light of the new regulatory framework and of the consolidated practice in managing M&A transactions? Alberto De Luca spoke about this last 12 February during the conference “Distressed M&A nell’ambito di operazioni UTP” [”Distressed M&A within UTP transactions”] together with authoritative experts in the sector involved by the organiser, that is Convenia, to study the new regulatory developments and the best practices in detail.

Location and timetable

The conference was held at the NH Milano Touring in Milan.

The conference started at 9:00 a.m. and finished at 5 p.m.

Focus

Market scenarios and new Distressed M&A regulatory framework within NPL/UTP transactions, acquisitions of assets in insolvency procedures and of listed targets, Distressed M&A and criminal liability, employment law aspects, tax issues in the valuation of companies in crisis, the role of the liquidator/temporary manager, intervention of an institutional investor: these are the issues dealt with by sector experts.

In particular, Alberto De Luca’s speech “Distressed M&A: opportunità e rischi nella gestione dei rapporti di lavoro in continuità e in esubero” [“Distressed M&A: opportunities and risks in managing ongoing and redundant employment contracts”] dwelled upon the following issues:

– particular rules for companies in crisis: waivability of rights, queries from employees as provided for by law and cherry picking phenomena

– role of trade union relations

– right of withdrawal in employment contracts for executives and otherwise

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