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.
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Testimonials
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- 'Gianni & Origoni's team has the unique ability to offer both legal and technical advice. In particular, it is able to understand the technical specificities of the issues presented and find innovative solutions that manage to combine legal and technical aspects.'
- 'The team assisted the company in resolving complex legal issues closely related to our new disruptive technologies. The team is distinguished from any other in the market by its interdisciplinarity, speed and expertise. Moreover, a great peculiarity is the ability to provide solutions that are legally sound and at the same time business-oriented. In particular, the legal solutions provided brought maximum strategic value, reaching a level of integration and technological sophistication never seen before in the corporate sector.'
- 'We had the opportunity to work with Stefano Mele, and we really appreciated the punctuality, speed and competence of the team, which has deep experience in all regulatory aspects, both at national and EU level, and is able to find innovative solutions that allow us to offer our services with disruptive technologies and in compliance with all regulations.'
- 'This practice has demonstrated legal competence. At the same time, it is quite rare to find legal professionals who can nimbly master technical issues. We were therefore fully satisfied with their advice and their ability to discuss and relate to clients as well.'
- 'We felt confident enough with the team to entrust them with discussions with our counterparties and, most importantly, we were fully satisfied with the outcome of the negotiations.'
- 'Stefano Mele is the team leader and works with promising partners at his side. Stefano is helpful and always punctual, and it is easy to see that he has been working in this field for a long time. The team members are always reliable, and I never had the feeling that working with them did not result in the best possible service. Above all, if I had to pick one of their skills, I would say that the team's strength is their ability to deal with issues in a timely, competent and business-oriented manner.'
Key clients
- Cattleya
- Kellify S.p.A.
- Linkem
- Sitecore
- Analytics Network s.r.l
- Auditel S.pA.
- De Agostini
- eBay Gmbh
- European Connecting Europe Broadband Fund (CEBF)
- Gellify Digital Investment Srl
- Poste Mobile
- Netflix
- Sky Group
- Telecom Italia S.p.A (TIM S.p.A.)
- Televisa
- Zucchetti Informatica
- Inwit
- Change Foods Inc.
- Mediaproduccion S.L.U.
- Atresmedia Corporaciòn de Medios de Comunicaciòn S.A.
- Vancouver Media S.L.
- Banijay Rights Ltd
- Fondazione Modena Arti Visive
- MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
- Bo.Ma. S.r.l.
- 3B S.p.A.
- Azimut Libera Impresa Sgr Spa
- ENAV S.p.A.
Work highlights
- Assisted Change Foods Inc. in the establishment and operations of its Italian subsidiary, Change Biotech, as an Innovative Start-Up according to the Italian legislation.
- Assisted ENAV in the procurement process management to ensure compliance with the National Cybersecurity Perimeter Law and the recent amendments to the Codice degli Appalti concerning cybersecurity-related matters in the procurement process.
- Assisted Azimut in relation to a €40m club deal investment in Alps Blockchain, an Italian company providing research and development in blockchain technology and mining.
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Practice head
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Massimo Sterpi