Ughi e Nunziante for Partech Venture’s round in Smartpricing

Ughi e Nunziante, with a team composed of partners Antonello Lupo and Amon Airoldi and associate Alessandro Corbò, assisted Smartpricing, a platform that exploits artificial intelligence to automate the pricing strategies of operators in the hospitality sector, in the €13 million Series A investment round by Partech Venture.

This is Partech’s first investment in Italy, and the round saw the participation of Techshop with Gianluca D’Agostino (lead investor of the seed round in 2022), Azimut Digitech Fund with the help of FNDX. The founders of Bending Spoons also joined the round.

Ughi e Nunziante with Equasens for the acquisition of ADV

Ughi e Nunziante Studio Legale, assisted Equasens Group, a leading healthcare software publisher, listed on Euronext Paris (Compartment – A) in the acquisition – in partnership with ARZ Haan – of the entire share capital of the German company ADV. Following the transaction, ADV become PHARMAGEST Germany through a holding-company 94%-held by Equasens and 6%-held by ARZ Haan.

This operation marks a significant milestone in Equasens’ growth strategy, as the company was already present in Germany through its subsidiary MultiMeds, focusing on medication compliance.

Ughi e Nunziante was appointed by Equasens for managing the ADV acquisition-related aspects and the joint venture agreement with ARZ Haan, with a team comprising Partner Amon Airoldi and Associate Pietro Pastorello. The firm also collaborated with Wuertenberger for legal due diligence and German law aspects, represented by Partner Marc Winstel, and with Mundhenke & Partner for tax due diligence, led by Partners Thomas Habermann and Gunnar Goldenbaum.

Equasens also sought legal assistance from Martini Manna Avvocati, represented by Partner Rocco Lanzavecchia, for intellectual property and information technology matters.

Lawyers in the field to handle whistleblowing reports – Federico Torzo interviewed by Il Sole 24 Ore

An interesting in-depth analysis by Massimiliano Carbonaro was published on Il Sole 24 Ore on whistleblowing and the obligation to adopt a system for reporting offences, which from next December 17 will extend also to private companies with at least 50 employees.

Whistleblowing has opened a new market for law firms, especially when it comes to handle the reports.

Federico Torzo was among those interviewed and explained that “for us lawyers a consulting space could open up for internal investigations. It is a delicate procedure that most of the time consists of analyzing documentation and conducting interviews with the people involved, maintaining the anonymity of both the whistleblower and the reported person.

The full article is available here.