Destocking and SME Financing: The New Inventory Securitization

Inventory securitization as a new financing lever for SMEs: structure, legal challenges and operational implications

Published by IUS – Lefebvre Giuffrè and written by Federico Ioannoni Fiore and Marco Palestro, the article examines the innovations introduced by Article 8 of the Annual Law for SMEs regarding the financial valorization of inventory assets through securitization transactions, known as destocking.

Destocking and SME Financing: The New Inventory Securitization.

Author

IPG, FEDERICO IOANNONI FIORE, Marco Palestro

Activity area

Banking and Finance Law, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Compliance, Corporate and Commercial Law, Family Law And Natural Persons, Intellectual Property

Sectors

Finance, Private Clients, Tertiary Sector

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