Contracts
The firm’s lawyers, working both individually and in dedicated, matter-specific teams, have developed extensive experience in drafting, negotiating, and implementing standard and bespoke contracts essential to corporate activities across various industry sectors.Our experience in contracts covers the needs of entrepreneurs and of Italian or foreign small, medium and large companies, ranging from understanding the client’s needs, which may include routine commercial activities, to drafting more complex agreements.
Specifically, our contract advisory services encompass reviewing existing agreements and drafting new ones, with proactive identification of potential issues to mitigate risks before they materialise.
Beyond contract drafting, the firm actively engages in negotiations with counterparties to reach an agreement on definitive terms and conditions.
The firm continuously monitors emerging legislation and regulations at national, European, and international levels, assessing whether contracts require modification to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance.
The firm’s contractual experience spans commercial partnerships across various industrial and market sectors, including fashion, luxury, manufacturing, real estate, publishing, advertising, media and entertainment, and sports, in which the individual partners have acquired direct knowledge.
Lawyers at VPB regularly liaise with stakeholders and general counsels of client companies, as well as purchasing and sales managers, plant or site managers, and other personnel involved in drafting and executing contracts.
Among the agreements most frequently prepared are general terms and conditions for sales or purchases, along with standard commercial contracts, such as:
- supply and subcontracting
- licensing, distribution and sales concessions
- agency and franchising
- production
- contracts for works or services
- merchandising, sponsorship, advertising investments
- outsourcing
- international sales of plant and machinery in the industrial sector