The firm offers its advice to legal entities or individuals in the following main areas and acts regularly as local correspondant of prestigious international law firms :
Skills
A.L.F.A. MONACO
Specific know-how
A.L.F.A. MONACO
- Knowledge and thorough experience of the regulatory context, financial and insurance activities including anti-money laundering, drafting of portfolio management contracts, terms and conditions for banks, annual reports, bank secrecy, compliance manuals, SLAs, cross border outsourcing of activities…
- Acquisition of companies: due diligence, negotiation, drafting or review of SPAs, escrow agreements.
- Financing and restructuration of debts: drafting or review of facilities or loan agreements and their ancillary agreements (securities, first demand guarantees).
- Commercial leases and sale of ongoing businesses and leases.
Specific know-how
A.L.F.A. MONACO
- Knowledge and thorough experience of the regulatory context, financial and insurance activities including anti-money laundering, drafting of portfolio management contracts, terms and conditions for banks, annual reports, bank secrecy, compliance manuals, SLAs, cross border outsourcing of activities…
- Acquisition of companies: due diligence, negotiation, drafting or review of SPAs, escrow agreements.
- Financing and restructuration of debts: drafting or review of facilities or loan agreements and their ancillary agreements (securities, first demand guarantees).
- Commercial leases and sale of ongoing businesses and leases.
As examples :
A.L.F.A. MONACO
- In 2021, we assisted numerous clients in employment law matters concerning hiring procedures, drafting of settlement agreements and employment contracts, dismissal of corporate representatives, drafting of internal regulations, advising on non-competition clauses etc.
- Recently, we have issued legal opinions of Monegasque law in favour of several international credit institutions on the validity and the execution of template agreements related to the « 1994 AFB Master Agreement », 2001, 2007 and 2013 FBF Master Agreement, 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreement.
- In 2020, we assisted a client, one of the leading historical player in the global insurance and reinsurance market, on a partial portfolio transfer transaction.
- In 2020, we acted as Monegasque Counsel to Monaco Telecom in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Vodafone Malta by the latter, including the review of the finance documents, the borrower’s corporate authorizations, the drafting of securities and the issuance of legal opinions.
- In 2020, we represented several investors in a real estate transaction in the Principality, for €110,000,000, including the legal structuring of their joint-venture.
- In 2019, we represented a foreign investment fund having assigned its 250,000,000 € debt guaranteed by Monaco law governed securities ;
- In 2019, we represented the seller of its Monaco subsidiary acting in coordination with a French law firm which drafted the share purchase agreement, subject to French law;
- In 2018, we acted as local correspondent to a major international law firm, acting as legal advisor to an international bank, involving preparing the corporate authorities of the S.A.M. in connection with a US$ 23,500,000 syndicated term loan facility agreement, reviewing the facility agreement under the laws of Monaco and amending such, and issuing a legal opinion confirming the authority of the S.A.M. to execute the facility agreement.
- In 2018, advice in connection with the financing of a major acquisition in the telecom industry;
As examples :
A.L.F.A. MONACO
- In 2021, we assisted numerous clients in employment law matters concerning hiring procedures, drafting of settlement agreements and employment contracts, dismissal of corporate representatives, drafting of internal regulations, advising on non-competition clauses etc.
- Recently, we have issued legal opinions of Monegasque law in favour of several international credit institutions on the validity and the execution of template agreements related to the « 1994 AFB Master Agreement », 2001, 2007 and 2013 FBF Master Agreement, 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreement.
- In 2020, we assisted a client, one of the leading historical player in the global insurance and reinsurance market, on a partial portfolio transfer transaction.
- In 2020, we acted as Monegasque Counsel to Monaco Telecom in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Vodafone Malta by the latter, including the review of the finance documents, the borrower’s corporate authorizations, the drafting of securities and the issuance of legal opinions.
- In 2020, we represented several investors in a real estate transaction in the Principality, for €110,000,000, including the legal structuring of their joint-venture.
- In 2019, we represented a foreign investment fund having assigned its 250,000,000 € debt guaranteed by Monaco law governed securities ;
- In 2019, we represented the seller of its Monaco subsidiary acting in coordination with a French law firm which drafted the share purchase agreement, subject to French law;
- In 2018, we acted as local correspondent to a major international law firm, acting as legal advisor to an international bank, involving preparing the corporate authorities of the S.A.M. in connection with a US$ 23,500,000 syndicated term loan facility agreement, reviewing the facility agreement under the laws of Monaco and amending such, and issuing a legal opinion confirming the authority of the S.A.M. to execute the facility agreement.
- In 2018, advice in connection with the financing of a major acquisition in the telecom industry;
