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ADVANT Nctm

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ADVANT Nctm’s TMT practice assists a broad roster of clients from the telecoms, media and technology sectors in regulatory and contractual matters, M&A transactions, and privacy-related issues, where it routinely advises on cybersecurity and e-commerce, among other matters. With deep media law expertise, the team also handles copyrights, trademarks and publicity issues on behalf on TV, film, music, publishing, social media and advertising operators. Software and new technologies expert Lorenzo Attolico has in-depth expertise in complex regulatory, transactional and licensing matters, while practice head Vittorio Noseda brings over 20 years’ experience in TMT and ICT regulatory issues and high-value M&A transactions.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'The great cohesion between the different practices allows the team to handle complex issues in a simple way, reducing time in favour of the effectiveness of the special projects we follow'.

  • 'Very strong in M&A in the TMT field, especially in network infrastructure-related matters.'

  • 'Vittorio Noseda has an exceptional strategic view.'

  • 'The team has great experience assisting companies and individuals, with a very successful track record.'

Key clients

  • IBM Italia S.p.A.
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • British Telecomunications Plc
  • Vodafone
  • Sky International AG
  • Acer Italy
  • Vimeo Inc.
  • Pioneer NV
  • Techedge S.p.A.
  • TeamSystem S.p.A.

Work highlights

  • Assisted Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe in relation to a dispute concerning the production and sale of a number of products reproducing the distinctive image and shape of Sony’s “DualShock” game controller.
  • Provided legal assistance to British Telecommunications in assessing the compliance with Italian data protection legislation of an anti-fraud solution called “Smartnumbers Protect”.
  • Provided legal assistance to Vimeo in relation to complex IP litigation against RTI regarding the alleged copyright infringement related to the presence on Vimeo’s platform of Mediaset’s copyrighted contents uploaded by end users.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Vittorio Noseda

Other key lawyers

Lorenzo Attolico