Bird & Bird’s team works closely with the firm’s antitrust, commercial and corporate law experts to advise clients on the full spectrum of TMT activities, ranging from regulatory and commercial advice to data protection and dispute resolution. Massimiliano Mostardini represents clients in non-contentious regulatory matters related to IT, maintenance, outsourcing, disruptive technologies and pre-clearance advertising. TMT law and regulations expert Federico Marini-Balestra and corporate and commercial transactions specialist Stefano Silvestri are also recommended. Giovanni Galimberti and Simone Cadeddu are other names to note.

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Testimonials

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  • 'The team is very organised, fast, prepared, and available at any time to solve problems that are often urgent. We particularly appreciated the precision and thoroughness in carrying out the work requested, and the clarity of the answers given.'
  • 'We have a very good relationship with Bird&Bird's professionals, which is based on trust and esteem. We never had issues with them, always managed to make our needs understood, including in relation to the response times which have often required the team to provide us with support in a very short time.'
  • 'People make the difference, and I particularly appreciated the helpfulness and attention of the B&B staff. '
  • 'I particularly appreciated the helpfulness and respect for deadlines from Jacopo Nardelli'.

Key clients

  • Aircall
  • Banca Mediolanum
  • Blooming Experience
  • BSO
  • Capgemini
  • Champion Products Europe
  • Cisco
  • CM.com
  • Dailymotion
  • DAZN
  • Doctolib
  • DuckDuck
  • Equinix
  • Globastar
  • GTT
  • Ledworks
  • NEC Italia
  • NTT
  • Pirelli and Pirelli Foundation
  • Ring Central
  • Satispay
  • Sisvel
  • Telecom Italia
  • Twilio
  • Zendesk

Work highlights

  • Assisted Capgemini in the negotiation of a complex international agreement with Stellantis for the provision of software development services related to AI for driver assistance systems (ADAS).
  • Assisted Telecom Italia in the appeal against a €116m fine imposed by the AGCM regarding an alleged exclusionary strategy committed by Telecom in the market for ultra-wideband access services.
  • Assisted Satispay, an Italian fintech scale-up which recently reached Unicorn status, in the acquisition of Onyon, an Italian start-up.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

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

Other key lawyers

Stefano Silvestri