The impact of the Corona-19 virus on the law of the crisis

Abstract

Due to the explosion of Covid-19 and the consequent lock-down, terrible problems have affected companies. The italian Government, like the others, has taken steps to limit the damages and avoid the specter of many immediate bankruptcies. There are four decree-laws (called Cura Italia, Liquidità, Rilancio, Semplificazione), adopted along a line related to the progress of the health situation, have introduced measures with a direct impact on companies and on the management options of the administrators. The objectives of these four interventions differ: while the first is a damage containment measure, the second aims to support the liquidity crisis, the third for the reactivation of the business system and the fourth to encourage public investment and the restart of the economy. The article illustrates the main interventions to help companies affected by the lockdown.