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Andrea Semmola
Andrea Semmola
I am a senior associate in our Finance & Financial Regulation department based in Milan, with a specific focus on the energy sector. I'm specialized in financing, project financing and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals, providing legal assistance to Italian and foreign financial institutions and companies in both cross-border and domestic transactions. My primary focus lies in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors, where I support clients in navigating complex legal and regulatory frameworks to achieve their strategic objectives. Over the past years, I have been actively involved in numerous landmark financing and refinancing transactions within the renewable energy and infrastructure sector, contributing to the successful realization of high-profile projects. This has allowed me to develop a deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities associated with the green energy transition. Furthermore, I have gained significant experience in drafting and negotiating key energy contracts, including Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) agreements, Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contracts, and Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), ensuring that my clients' interests are well-protected throughout the project lifecycle as well as in the project development activities of photovoltaic, wind and biomethane projects in the Italian market. Prior to joining Bird & Bird, I honed my expertise working at both an Italian and an international law firms specialized in energy law. Additionally, I served as Senior Legal Counsel for M&A and Energy Transition at one of Italy's largest utility companies, further enriching my knowledge and practical experience in this dynamic sector.
Corrado Fiscale
Corrado Fiscale
I am a partner in the Finance & Financial Regulation group, based in Milan. I combine a client-focused business practicality with substantial knowledge of the structuring and negotiation of debt securities. I have a particular focus on structured finance products and finance transactions. I have in-depth knowledge of banking and finance and navigate clients, advise lenders, borrowers, arrangers, managers, underwriters, issuers, originators, representatives of the note holders and swap counterparties in connection with a wide range of banking and finance deals, involving various asset classes and financial structures. I am a regular speaker at conferences and seminars, focusing on topics related to Green Bonds and ESG Certificates and Structured Products, aimed at discussing new opportunities and challenges in this evolving market landscape. Clients acknowledge my "deep knowledge of financial legal issues' and I am ranked as a leading individual for Capital Markets in Italy.
Daniele De Angelis
Daniele De Angelis
As a counsel in our Intellectual Property practice in Milan, my expertise focuses on new technologies, copyright, related rights of performers, producers and broadcasters, image rights, advertising, trademarks, design, trade secrets and plant variety, assisting our Italian and international clients with contentious and non-contentious matters. My continued interest in books, songs, movies, art and technological development has led me to specialise in the media, entertainment and new technologies sectors with particular reference to web reputation, ISP liability, copyright levy, collecting societies, software, data base, apps, blockchain, videogames, TV format, audio visual works, movies, TV programmes, songs and publishing. I also assist clients on works of art, design, advertising, trade secrets, trademarks, plant variety and tourism law in both contentious and non-contentious matters. Since joining Bird & Bird in 2004, I have acquired in-depth knowledge of the relevant industries necessary to understand my clients' needs. I have developed a significant capacity to work across matters involving intellectual property (corporate, employment, banking and tax), as well as cross selling projects. I have been teaching masters and post-graduate courses at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice. I am a lecturer for the Università di Pavia and speak at seminars and conferences on intellectual property. I have lectured at the Università di Pavia in tourism law for several years.
Edoardo Courir
Edoardo Courir
I am a partner in our Corporate Group in Milan where I assist our local and international clients, from manufacturing to trading and services, in corporate and commercial matters. I also provide advice on litigation and antibribery compliance. My corporate experience includes advising on a range of matters, from M&A and start-ups, to stock purchase agreements, asset sales, deeds, dismissals, transfers of undertakings, and pre and post-closing activities. I am also involved in drafting joint venture agreements for merger and spin-off transactions. In commercial matters, I advise our clients on contractual and dispute resolution issues across a broad range of sectors. Currently, I coordinate the work of a team which deals with compliance activity related to antibribery law and the criminal liability of companies. I have taught law and economics, and comparative law at several universities (including the L. Bocconi University of Milan and the State University of Milan). I'm also the author of several publications on corporate and comparative law. Before joining Bird & Bird in 2007, I was a partner at a multinational law firm and also worked at an Italian tax and law firm in Milan.
Edoardo Lombardi
Edoardo Lombardi
As Counsel in our Dispute Resolution and Commercial practice groups I assist clients in civil and commercial litigation matters, as well as in commercial agreements and corporate transactions between companies active in energy & utilities, in the transport market and in the food and beverage industry. I spent ten years in the Rome office, joining during its initial set up, and now work in Milan. Advising our domestic and international clients on contentious matters and contractual issues relating to corporate and commercial law, I assist on a number of sectors, including energy & utilities, transport, food & beverage and sport. In recent years, I have represented primary operators before the national courts and the regulatory bodies overseeing the energy, transport and technology sectors. I specialise in complex disputes relating to sale and distribution of gas and to public transport of passenger. I also have extensive experience in dealing with the commercial issues that companies face day by day. In relation to the sport area, I have developed significant experience in the disputes between clubs and professional athletes before the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal of Geneva. One of the aims in my relationship with clients has always been to ensure immediate feedback and advice on a day to day basis. Before joining the team at Bird & Bird in 2005, I worked with a traditional law firm in Naples, focusing on civil litigation, insolvency procedures and arbitration, and advising clients on commercial and contractual issues.
Elisabetta Bandera
Elisabetta Bandera
As a partner in our Milan-based Intellectual Property practice, I focus on patents, trade marks, design and unfair competition litigation, assisting our Italian and international clients with contentious matters on a domestic and pan-European basis. My early fascination with method and logic has evolved into examining fine details in intellectual property litigation. My continued interest in this area has led me to specialise in complex patent disputes in the mechanical, pharmaceutical and electronic sectors, comprising standard essential patents litigation. Since joining Bird & Bird in 2011, I've been dealing with contentious matters relating to coffee capsule patents and have acquired in-depth knowledge of this specific industry. I also assist clients in trade mark contentious issues, enforcement of design and trade-dress protection, as well as in proceedings regarding unfair competition practice before the Italian Competition Authority (ICA). I am currently working on a new project in my role as product design ambassador for Italy within Bird & Bird's International Product Design Group. We aim to develop greater insight into design protection and share our expertise in prosecution and enforcement with relevant industry sectors. As a recent participant in Bird & Bird's Global Women's Development Programme, I am proud to attest to the firm's stance on gender diversity. I also foster links with an academic institution by guest-speaking at the Faculty of Engineering, Patent and Intellectual Property Course, Milan University and I am contributor to the Bird & Bird blog BrandWrites.
Fulvio Mellucci
I am Senior Counsel in our Intellectual Property Group in Milan where I offer our clients over 35 years' experience as a leading authority on Industrial Intellectual Property Law. In the course of my activity I have learned to understand the needs of clients, which have gradually changed over the years. Today, my goal is to assist them in the most proactive way possible, providing them with timely and concrete answers and, where appropriate, with strategical hints in relation to the protection and development of their IP assets. Focusing on issues including patents and know-how, trade marks, copyright and design and unfair competition, I assist and advise our major clients active in various industrial sectors (life sciences, chemicals, electronics and telecommunication, fashion, automotive, food and consumer) in national and multi-jurisdictional litigations, as well as in drafting and negotiating agreements concerning IP rights. I also regularly lecture in specialist courses in IP organised by the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Milan and for private organisations. I am a member of EPLAW, LIDC, AIPPI and LES. I am a native Italian speaker and I am fluent in English.
Giovanni Piazza
As Counsel in our Dispute Resolution Group in Milan, my practice focuses on commercial litigation, arbitration and bankruptcy law. I believe it is crucial for a lawyer to understand the real needs of the client and to get straight to the point. For a litigator it is extremely important being able to explain complex highly issues in simple terms. Before joining the team at Bird & Bird, I was a junior partner in Italian well-known law firms. I have been the author of publications and articles about commercial law and bankruptcy law. I am also a lecturer in these fields at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano.
Nicola Ceraolo
Nicola Ceraolo
I work as an Of Counsel in our Rome and Brussels Offices. With over 35 years of experience in utilities and energy law and regulation, information technology (e-commerce, internet law, data protection, UCP), antitrust and European law in general, I have also previously worked in M&A, product liability and international contract law. Previously, I worked in leading Italian and international law firms representing major companies in proceedings before national and foreign independent authorities, the European Commission and national and European courts, and I was corporate counsel at a major Italian listed company. As legal advisor to European and international organisations, I have contributed in these various roles to the national and European regulation of numerous industrial sectors and have contributed to the work of academic institutions and legal centres.
Pietro Castoldi
Pietro Castoldi
I am a Senior Associate in the Finance & Financial Regulation group in Milan with significant expertise in structured finance and debt capital markets transactions. I advise arrangers, investors, originators, issuers and other market participants on a broad spectrum of securitisation transactions involving various asset classes, as well as commercial paper programmes and other debt instruments. My expertise also extends to advising investment funds and fintech platforms in structuring and executing complex financing transactions, as well as navigating regulatory challenges.
Xavier Leroux