Split between Milan and Rome, the team at Bird & Bird advises its clients on IP, corporate, competition and compliance matters. The team is well-versed in AI, cloud services, cybersecurity, mobile payments and issues surrounding the Internet of Things. Leading from Milan, Massimiliano Mostardini and Giovanni Galimberti focus on IP law advice. The Rome-based practice heads are EU and competition specialist Federico Marini Balestra and regulatory expert Simone Caddedu. Stefano Silvestri provides corporate support from Milan.

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Key clients

  • Aircall
  • BSO
  • Capgemini
  • Cisco
  • CM.com
  • Dailymotion
  • Doctolib
  • DuckDuck
  • Equinix
  • Globalstar
  • GTT
  • NEC Italia
  • NTT
  • Ring Central
  • Satispay
  • Sisvel
  • Telecom Italia
  • Twilio
  • Yousign
  • Zendesk

Work highlights

  • Assisted YouSign in relation to the launch of trust services in Italy.
  • Assisting Skip Group in the sale of 100 per cent of its capital to Exte, a Spain-based company controlled by the investment fund Magnum Capital.
  • Regularly assisting Telecom Italia in its regulatory issues.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Massimiliano Mostardini, Giovanni Galimberti, Federico Marini Balestra, Simone Cadeddu

Other key lawyers

Stefano Silvestri