VINCIALT LEGAL ADVISORS AND CONSULTANTS

AREAS OF PRACTICE

I.- LEGAL SERVICES

1.- Mergers and acquisitions

• Mergers and spins- off
• Joint ventures
• Acquisition and disposals of companies, businesses and assets

2. Corporate law and commercial contracts

• Corporate law
• Corporate governance
• Shareholders agreements
• Corporate reorganizations
• Commercial contracts

3.- Litigation and arbitration

• Civil and commercial litigation
• Arbitration
• Administrative and judicial review administrative proceedings
• Multicurrency mortgage
• Unfair contract terms
• Floor clauses
• Preferred shares
• Unfair competition proceedings

4.- Information and communication technology (ICT) to companies

• Advice on matters of creation, operation and administration of digital business
• Privacy and personal data protection
• Advice on legal text of business communications, promotions, offers, discounts, online draws and games
• Cyber security and prevention of cybercrime
• Drafting of contracts in the online environment
• Domain names
• Electronic signature and certification services
• Judicial processes
• Communications

5.- Information and communication technology (ICT) to individuals

• Advice on matters of privacy and data protection
• Advice to online consumers and users
• Protection of fundamental rights of honour privacy and image
• Fraud and cybercrime
• Telecommunications

6.- Labor law

• Negotiation and drafting of Senior Executive contracts
• Solutions regarding the termination of Senior Executive contracts
• Assistance in employment lawsuits, especially in cases of termination of Senior Executive contracts
• Drafting special clauses concerning work conditions, particularly confidentiality, non-competition and exclusivity of Employment Contracts
• Temporary contracts
• Advice on Temporary Employment Agencies
• Reviewing of internal company policies, especially regarding to:
  • Corporate cars,
  • Use of corporate computer systems, e-mail and internet,
  • Remuneration schemes and stock option plans,
  • Discrimination and harassment in the workplace,
  • Professional and family life balance.
• Advice and assistance on Collective Bargaining agreements
• Attendance at labor inspections
• Legal advice on all disciplinary procedures
• Layoff
• Labor procedure law
• Analysis of compensation and benefit schemas
• Labor Due Diligence
• Social Security and Prevention of Occupational Risks

7.- Resctructuring and insolvency

• Business restructuring processes
• Debt refinancing
• Acquisition of companies, assets and debt from distressed companies
• Pre-insolvency situations and insolvency proceedings
• Debt recovery
• Liability of directors, board members and executives

8.- Family law

• Legal separations and divorces
• Civil and ecclesiastical nullity
• Wills and inheritance
• Paternity, maternity, parenthood, emancipation, adoption and parental authority
• Non-marital cohabitation
• Marital property regimes, marital property agreements and amendments
• Child right's, parental alineation syndrome
• Procedures for modification of people's capacity
• Judicial authorizations
• Gender violence

II.- TAX SERVICES

1.-General taxation

• Continuous advice to companies and national and international groups
• Mergers and acquisitions, due diligence’s, negotiations and contracts
• Tax planning for groups of companies, tax consolidation
• Capital gains repatriation strategies and tax planning for divestments
• Indirect taxation: VAT, Transfer tax
• Taxation of individuals and high net worth clients

2.- Tax procedures

• Management, inspection and collection procedeures
• Tax penalties procedures
• Tax proceedings and Disputes before administrative bodies, economic-administrative tribunals and administrative jurisdiction

3.- Family business

• Advice and wealth tax planning of family business and companies
• Design and implementation of tax efficient structures for the possession and transfer of business assets
• Advice on and conduct of processes for the sale and purchase of family businesses
•  Inheritance and gift tax planning
•  Family protocols. Drafting and execution

III.- TECHNICAL SERVICES

1.- IT Strategic consultancy

• Strategic plan definition
• Market analysis
• Feasibility study
• Technical evolution
• Efficiency and cost reduction analysis

2.- Auditing

• Information system auditing
• Impact analysis
• Improvement plan definition

3.- IT Architecture design and implementation

• System planning and impact analysis
• Information system design and architecture
• Hardware and software analysis
• Hardware and software vendor selection
• Project management

4.- IT Tools

• Tools analysis and selection to support the main business processes (ERP, CRM, Business Intelligent, Company Content Management, EIS, BPMS)
• Provider selection
• Implementation project management

5.- Training

• Training needs analysis
• Training plan definition
• Provider selection
• Results analysis