Italian businesses have long viewed the United States as a market of exceptional opportunity for growth, investment, and innovation. Expanding into a new jurisdiction can mean navigating unfamiliar legal frameworks, different business practices, and cultural expectations. Herrick's Italian Desk can help make the process feel less foreign.
Our team offers Italian companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and families trusted legal advisors who understand their legal, business, operational and cultural needs. We believe that successful cross-border legal representation begins with not only understanding the law, but also the client's perspective, priorities, and way of doing business.
Herrick’s Italian Desk coordinates Herrick's cross-practice team to deliver seamless legal advice across every stage of a client's U.S. endeavors, starting with corporate structuring and international tax planning, and expanding to the firm's broader capabilities ensuring that every aspect of a transaction, investment, or ongoing operation is addressed with a single, integrated approach.
Our role is not simply to connect two legal systems. It is to bridge two business cultures, giving clients the confidence to pursue opportunities in the United States with advisors who speak their language, understand their expectations, and provide access to the full resources of a leading New York law firm.
Areas of Focus:
ENTERING THE U.S. MARKET
Establishing, Structuring and Capitalizing a U.S. Presence
- Corporate structuring and market entry
- M&A, joint ventures and strategic investments
- Pre-immigration tax planning
- U.S. tax structuring and cross-border tax considerations
- Financing and capital structure
- Commercial contracts and operations
- Employment and executive matters
- Real estate transactions
- Intellectual property and technology
MANAGING AND OPTIMIZING EXISTING U.S. OPERATIONS
Maintaining, Restructuring and Expanding the U.S. Platform
- Corporate governance and structure review
- U.S. tax structuring and cross-border tax assessments and optimization
- Contractual and commercial review and optimization
- Refinancing and amendment of existing credit facilities
- Disputes and prelitigation strategy and negotiations
EXITING THE U.S. MARKET
Divestment, Reorganization and Orderly Wind-Down
- Corporate exit strategy and transaction structuring
- Vendor-side M&A, divestitures and dispositions
- U.S. tax considerations in divestment and exit
- Corporate reorganization, restructuring and distressed situations
- Termination of contractual and commercial agreements
- Real estate exit strategy
- Workforce and management transition
- Litigation, claims and liability management
- Orderly winddown and dissolution