Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie advises blue-chip clients navigating the TMT landscape across the automotive, e-commerce, media, fashion, and broadcasting industries. Team head Francesca Gaudino advises on telecoms service frameworks, business-process digitalisation, cyber matters, and AI and privacy compliance. At the same time, Lorenzo De Martinis handles regulatory and copyright issues in media and music, including disputes with antitrust and consumer authorities over new digital features. Luigi Dell’Aquila focuses on data protection and compliance with the EU AI and Data Acts, overseeing consumer-facing digital initiatives and addressing complex e-commerce challenges. Raffaele Giarda is also recommended.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Very strong focus on the client's needs.’
- ‘The team is led by Francesca Gaudino, who has been one of the most accomplished and recognised privacy and technology law professionals since the early days, able to offer a comprehensive perspective on how tech law applies to all industries, and what the solutions are that work in the real world for each problem, across the marketplace.'
- 'The team has a vertical structure, able to offer services from all levels of seniority to maximise efficiency. It keeps its knowledge proactively and closely up to date on the latest trends in privacy and technology law. The practice benefits from being part of a huge and historically well-established international firm. It can coordinate the delivery of multi-jurisdictional projects that include highly consistent local contributions, thus making their legal product easy to process.’
Key clients
- Sky Italia
- Iridium
- LGE
- RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.
- A+E Television Networks
Work highlights
Assisted Sky Italia on a wide spectrum of legal matters, such as IP, media, advertising, etc. and in some crucial litigation involving various copyright issues.
Assisted RAI in its contractual relationships with collecting societies.
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Practice head
Francesca Gaudino
Other key lawyers
Lorenzo De Martinis; Luigi Dell'Aquila; Raffaele Giarda