Martino Canal Employee benefits Lawyer of the Year Italy

Firm Profile

AC Avvocati e Commercialisti is comprised of a close-knit team of about 40 professionals - including tax and corporate affairs experts, attorneys and collaborators - who practice within the firm and offer consultancy services principally on tax, corporate,

litigation,

bankruptcy and employment law matters. AC Avvocati e Commercialisti offers a full range of services which include specialized expertise in arbitration and creditors' composition procedures, as well as civil law and tax-related litigation.

The range of expertise gained over many years, and the high level of professionalism and skill offered by each professional, together with the potentialities of the firm's integrated structure, constitute AC Avvocati e Commercialisti key distinguishing strength and enable the firm to identify the specific needs of each client in advance and to address them through optimal custom-tailored solutions.

AC Avvocati e Commercialisti clients include mid-sized and large domestic and international corporations operating principally in the manufacturing, services and financial sectors.

Notable Legal Work

• In 2013, the employment team of AC Avvocati e Commercialisti assisted a UK leading independent global asset management firm with + 1,000 empl. worldwide in the termination of

issues and handling of several cases filed before the employment courts of Milan, Turin and Novara.

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employments of three key employees in Italy, including the Country Manager.

• Since September 2012 the employment team of AC Avvocati e Commercialisti has been assisting a +400 empl. Italian group comprising several corporations active in the business of transportation, logistics and industrial cleanings. The assistance provided includes day-to-day management of labour

• Since November 2012, the employment team of AC Avvocati e Commercialisti has been assisting a Dutch corporation, leader in the design and production of wall mounts for

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The Employment Pensions and Benefits practice of AC Avvocati e Commercialisti provides day-to-day assistance in labour matters, either contentious or non contentious, to a number of corporations in the following industries: pharmaceutical, chemistry, finance, it, services, distribution, media. In addition AC Avvocati e Commercialisti provides assistance in labour matters to other law firms in the context of M&A transactions. The EPB practice provides also assistance on a continuous basis to top managers and key employees in employment termination cases and in the drafting of contracts of employment.

The EPB practice of AC Avvocati e Commercialisti

restructurings, top executives is specialized in providing

assistance in the following matters: union negotiations, collective dismissals, transfers of undertaking,

compensation and benefits, litigation, individual or collective employment issues. AC Avvocati e Commercialisti has been recently selected by Finance Monthly as the winner and recipient of the Law Awards 2013 as Employee Benefits Law Firm of the Year – Italy

Areas of Expertise

• Consultancy and advice on tax compliance

• National and international tax planning

• Tax due diligence • Legal opinions on tax matters • Tax-related litigation • Commercial Law • Bankruptcy Law • Employment Law • Banking and Finance • Litigation • Intellectual Property

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equipments, in all the employment issues involved in the liquidation and closure of the Italian subsidiary. The assistance included the termination of the relationship with the country manager and the dismissal of all the employees.

Martino Canal Partner – Head of Employment Pensions and Benefits Practice AC Avvocati e Commercialisti Piazzale Luigi Cadorna n. 2, Milan 20123 Italy

Tel:+39 0287287800 Fax: +39 0287287786 Email: martino.canal@actaxlaw.com Website: www.actaxlaw.com

About Martino Canal

Martino Canal is the head of the Employment Pensions and Benefits practice of AC Avvocati e Commercialisti. Before joining AC Avvocati e Commercialisti, he has been an associate at Freshfields

Bruckhaus Deringer and has collaborated with two of the leading employment law firms in Italy. He is known for his long lasting experience in providing legal assistance on employment matters

to national and international

corporations and to top tier Italian law firms in the context of M&A transactions. He is fluent in Italian and English and is lecturer at Scuola di Alta Formazione in Diritto del Lavoro established by AGI (the national Association of Italian labour lawyers) as well as regular speaker and contributor on employment matters.

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