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Dentons

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Dentons offers the full range of services to businesses operating in the Italian retail market. The firm counsels domestic clients and also has a strong international presence due to its global network. The team is truly multi-disciplinary, with experts active across all issues associated with the retail and consumer sector including intellectual property, corporate transactions, data privacy and employment. The firm has experience operating in a range of retail markets including food, fashion, merchandise, cosmetics and media. Giangiacomo Olivi leads the team and is a TMT specialist with in-depth knowledge of emerging tech such as artificial intelligence.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Our main contact and most trusted counsel in Dentons is Giangiacomo Olivi. He has always proven to be impressively skilled in providing assistance in the context of complex and sensitive matters. He is proactive, commercial and responsive, but first of all he is an extremely bright counsel having the talent to see beyond details and to grasp the most effective strategies to solve retail, corporate, compliance and regulatory issues.'
  • 'Dentons’ retail practice has the most relevant understanding of our business, sector, values, goals and the challenges we face.'

Key clients

  • Amazon Prime Video
  • Amazon
  • Brunello Cucinelli
  • Coca Cola
  • Epilate
  • Eutelsat
  • Fanatics
  • FIOL
  • Gamestop
  • Hisense
  • Kering
  • Lavazza
  • Levi’s
  • Luxottica
  • Mondadori
  • OVS
  • Pepco
  • Pizzium
  • QVC
  • Ralph Lauren
  • Ruffino Group
  • Supermarkets Italiani S.p.A.
  • Trussardi
  • UniCredit
  • Vodafone
  • Whirlpool

Work highlights

  • Assisting OVS in the deployment of a strategic retail development plan, as well as in assessing its data privacy governance and compliance.
  • Advised Kering in the review of its global agreements for repairs and distribution, as well as of its e-signature implementation to ease the client’s global retail operations.
  • Assisting Fanatics in setting up an 11-year global partnership with Juventus, which will cover e-commerce, retail and production of Juventus merchandising.

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Giangiacomo Olivi