Handover of the accounts
Mapping to your group chart of accounts, the cut-off and the opening balances agreed with the seller's accountant.
Acquisitions
Acquiring an Italian company. Before you sign, and the hundred days after.
Tax and legal due diligence sized for SME deals, a clean closing, and a first hundred days that leave your headquarters with numbers it can trust — and the Italian business with the advisors it needs.
Why it matters
Many surprises come after the closing
Many of the problems after an acquisition don't come from the deal itself, but from what happens next: accounts that don't map to the group's, deadlines nobody at headquarters knew about, bank mandates still in the seller's name, contracts with change-of-control clauses. The first hundred days are when they're cheapest to fix.
Before signing
Due diligence sized for the deal
For an SME deal, a full-scale due diligence is often out of proportion. We focus on what can actually hurt you, and you receive a written report in English: the issues, how serious they are, and how to cover them in the contract.
- Tax
- past returns, VAT, payroll taxes, and the tax credits and incentives the company has claimed
- Accounts
- quality of earnings, working capital, debt and debt-like items such as accrued employee severance (TFR)
- Legal
- articles and shareholder agreements, key customer, supplier and agency contracts, change-of-control clauses, disputes
- Banking
- credit lines, guarantees and covenants
- Real estate
- titles, leases and encumbrances
At closing
Corporate formalities with the notary, new directors and powers of attorney registered, bank signatories changed, and completion accounts if your contract provides for them.
After the closing
The first hundred days
A compliance calendar in English
Every Italian deadline, who is responsible for it and when headquarters will hear about it.
Reporting to headquarters
A monthly or quarterly pack in English, in your group's format and accounting principles, IFRS and US GAAP included.
Intercompany
Agreements and transfer pricing documentation for services, goods and financing between the Italian company and the group.
Governance
Board, powers of attorney and, where required, the statutory auditor.
People
Payroll continuity and, through Cerchiolavori, recruitment for the roles the new organisation needs.
You don't have to change everything on day one
We can start by taking over reporting to headquarters, working alongside the Italian company's current accountant, and take on the rest if and when it makes sense.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Can you work alongside our M&A advisors and lawyers? +
Yes. We cover the Italian tax, accounting and legal side and work with your own advisors on the transaction documents.
How do you charge for due diligence? +
After the first call we send a written proposal with the scope, timing and fees, so you know the cost before work starts.
Can you act as statutory auditor of the company we're buying? +
Where the company needs one, yes, provided we don't keep its books, as independence rules require.
Your contact
Federico Miotti
Founder · Chartered accountant
Tax, accounting and reporting to headquarters.
English, German, Italian
Chiara Rossato
Lawyer
Corporate and banking law.
English, French, Italian
Getting started
How we start
Three steps, from your first message to a written proposal.
- 01
You get in touch
Fill in the form or email us. We reply within one working day, with two or three times for a first call.
- 02
A 30-minute call
By video or at our office in Vicenza. We look at where you are, what needs to be in place and by when.
- 03
A written proposal
Within a few days you receive a short summary of the priorities and a proposal setting out scope, timing and fees. Whether to go ahead is entirely up to you.
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