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Coronavirus: the impact on the Italian judicial system (in Italian)
Italy: The Italian government adopted urgent and extraordinary measures in relation to the judicial system, with specific provisions for civil, tax, criminal and administrative trials. In this section you will find all the relevant updates (contents are in Italian).
Coronavirus: Italy shuts down all non-essential factories and businesses (in Italian)
Il Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri del 22 marzo 2020 prevede la sospensione (e quindi la chiusura) di tutte le attività produttive industriali e commerciali (salvo il caso in cui le stesse possano essere svolte in modalità a distanza o di lavoro agile) dal 23 marzo 2020 al Read More
Shareholders’ meetings and annual financial statements at the time of Covid-19 (in Italian)
Italy: The Italian government adopted urgent and extraordinary measures aimed at allowing companies to call ordinary shareholders' meetings within 180 days of the end of the financial year, as well as to facilitate the holding of shareholders' meetings, in compliance with the provisions aimed at reducing the risk of contagion (contents are in Italian).
Coronavirus: the impact on the Court of Justice of the European Union
Important messages for parties 1. Court of Justice 19 March 2020 Owing to the unprecedented health crisis that we are currently experiencing, the Court of Justice is obliged temporarily to change its working arrangements. Judicial activity continues, but priority is of course given to those cases that are particularly urgent Read More
Coronavirus: Italy’s “Cura Italia” decree (in Italian)
Il Decreto Legge 17 marzo 2020, n. 18 (pubblicato in Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 70 del 17 marzo 2020), intitolato “Decreto Cura Italia”, prevede misure di potenziamento del servizio sanitario nazionale e di sostegno economico per famiglie, lavoratori e imprese connesse all’emergenza epidemiologica da Covid-19. Il Decreto “Cura Italia” interviene con Read More
ESMA requires net short position holders to report positions of 0.1% and above
The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") has issued a decision temporarily requiring the holders of net short positions in shares traded on a European Union (EU) regulated market to notify the relevant national competent authority ("NCA") if the position reaches or exceeds 0.1% of the issued share capital after Read More