Our services

We assist companies in navigating the evolving international, EU and Italian ESG regulatory framework, including:

• Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and sustainability reporting

• Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and supply chain due diligence

• Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for non-listed SMEs (VSME)

• Digital Product Passport (DPP)

• Supply and value chain mapping

• Product traceability and transparency systems

• Corporate liability under Legislative Decree 231/2001

• Digitalization of supply/value chain, flows and reporting

Our approach integrates legal compliance, corporate advisory, governance and digital traceability to manage ESG risks and create long-term value.

Companies naturally go through phases of complexity: rapid growth, organizational change, generational transitions, restructurings, financial pressure, or temporary loss of strategic focus.

Finlaw supports startups and SMEs with an integrated approach combining legal, business, and operational advisory—going beyond the purely theoretical model of traditional advisors. We provide:

• hands-on analysis of management and governance criticalities;

• strategic support in key decision-making; and

• on-site operational tutoring, guiding companies through the implementation of solutions.

Our goal is to restore vision, efficiency, and direction, preventing drastic and often disruptive interventions (forced governance changes, across-the-board cost cuts, emergency restructurings).

A practical, independent, and results-driven support — designed to bring companies back onto a path of sustainable growth.

Thanks to our collaboration with Sblockchain Project, we have developed a comprehensive blockchain assessment and due diligence protocol covering legal, regulatory, GDPR, privacy, cybersecurity and technical aspects, specifically designed for enterprises, investors, financial institutions and capital markets operations.

Our methodology is structured across twelve integrated macro-areas of analysis.

1. Legal & regulatory compliance // Assessment of compliance with Italian and EU financial, corporate, digital and data regulations, including crypto-assets, tokenization, digital ledgers and smart contracts.

2. GDPR, privacy & data protection // Data mapping, identification of data controllers and processors, data localization, governance models, pseudonymisation, and compliance with GDPR principles. 

3. Protocol governance // Analysis of governance models, decision-making processes, protocol upgrades, control mechanisms, decentralisation level and governance risk.

4. Consensus mechanisms & security architecture // Assessment of consensus models, network security, resilience to attacks, transaction finality and overall protocol robustness.

5. On-chain - off-chain architecture // Evaluation of blockchain architecture, data anchoring strategies, hashing models, metadata management, data availability and system interoperability.

6. Smart contracts audit & technical reliability // Legal and technical review of smart contracts, operational logic, formal verification, vulnerability assessment and audit processes.

7. Cybersecurity, penetration testing & stress tests // Analysis of cybersecurity posture, penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, incident response readiness and system resilience.

8. Key management, custody & operational security // Assessment of private key custody models, HSM and MPC solutions, recovery procedures, segregation of duties and disaster recovery policies.

9. Performance, scalability & cost efficiency // Evaluation of transaction throughput, latency, scalability models, operational costs (including gas fees) and long-term sustainability. Does your blockchain fit your business' needs?

10. Business continuity & disaster recovery // Assessment of redundancy, geographic distribution, backup systems, business continuity planning and recovery objectives.

11. AML, sanctions & financial compliance (where applicable) // Compliance with AML, sanctions regimes, travel rule obligations and transaction monitoring, where the blockchain involves financial flows or tokenized assets.

12. Legal enforceability & evidentiary value // Analysis of legal validity, evidentiary effectiveness, timestamping, legal opponibility to third parties and integration with EU trust services (eIDAS).

Our blockchain due diligence enables companies, investors and institutions to make informed decisions, mitigate legal and operational risks, and deploy blockchain technologies in a compliant, secure and scalable manner.

Finlaw professionals bring hands-on experience from over 40 capital markets transactions, including IPOs, debt listings, and private equity and venture capital investments.

This experience has shaped our conviction that preliminary due diligence is the single most critical success factor in any market transaction.

A structured Market Check allows entrepreneurs and shareholders to assess the real status of their company, identify weaknesses, and intervene on documents, processes, governance and compliance before engaging with investors and regulated intermediaries — including sponsors, advisors, global coordinators, banks, funds, Borsa Italiana and crowdfunding platforms.

Too often perceived as a purely formal and tedious exercise, pre-transaction due diligence is in fact a strategic process that can uncover hidden risks, prevent costly delays, and significantly increase execution speed and success rates of any extrairdinary transaction.

FINLAW has developed a targeted due diligence checklist specifically designed for capital markets operations. It is focused, non-invasive and strictly deal-oriented, concentrating only on those legal, regulatory and operational aspects that will later be subject to in-depth scrutiny by investors. Our Market Check covers all key areas: legal, regulatory, tax, employment, litigation, IP & IT, financial statements and corporate governance.

The result is a company fully prepared for market scrutiny, able to engage confidently with investors and intermediaries, minimizing execution risk and maximizing transaction efficiency.