Avv Stefano Mele > Gianni & Origoni > Bologna, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Gianni & Origoni’s team maintains a stellar reputation in the market for its expertise in cybersecurity law, where Stefano Mele routinely assists both domestic and international clients on complex contentious and transactional matters in the fields of new technologies, cybersecurity, national security, privacy, and in crisis management following cyber attacks. Other core workflows of the practice, led by the Rome-based Massimo Sterpi, include advising media service providers, content providers, network operators and ISPs on copyright, privacy, antitrust and regulatory matters. The team also includes copyright and information technology expert Luca Rinaldi, whose broad practice notably focuses on media and entertainment, in particular on the acquisition and distribution of television rights, film and TV movies production and co-production.

Gianni & Origoni‘s multidisciplinary team handles data protection and cybersecurity issues across multiple jurisdictions. The group’s expertise covers data protection and privacy agreements, data-related compliance systems and assists companies during data protection audits. It also acts for clients facing enforcement sanctions from the Italian Data Protection Authority. The principal figures are data protection specialist Daniele Vecchi; Stefano Mele, who handles privacy and cybersecurity matters; and Melissa Marchese, who advises Italian and multinational companies on data protection management.