Industry focus: TMT

CMS

Client Satisfaction

Providing a comprehensive service in TMT, CMS supports a broad range of clients, including streaming platforms, automotive producers, e-commerce platforms and electronics manufacturers. The firm is experienced in domestic and international matters concerning cybersecurity, regulatory compliance and M&A transactions. The team is led by Italo de Feo, an expert in matters concerning AI, and Paolo Scarduelli, who advises private equity clients on M&A and corporate finance matters. Matia Campo assists broadcasters in media litigation and IT service agreements.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘The CMS legal office in Rome has an exceptional ability to analyse, advise and consult on themes related to current or innovative affairs. The interaction with partners and lawyers is always a dynamic process with particularly insightful contributions, including presentations in webinars and congresses.’
‘Andrea Afferni's capacity to analyse and proactively propose strategies and solutions have been of great importance for an industrial sector's organisation that has to operate with individual members and advance the service industry's demands to local and national institutions.’
‘The CMS team showed high technical competence and exceptional interpersonal skills that made the professional collaboration very effective and enjoyable.’
‘The people in the CMS team immediately grasp clients' needs and manage to find the adapted legal solutions, allowing clients to quickly achieve the professional goal we had set for ourselves.’
‘Matia Campo is always very knowledgeable and abreast of legislative and case law updates concerning TMT practice and especially IT cloud, technology data transfer and GDPR.’

Key clients

Telepass
Intesa Sanpaolo
Brembo
Open Fiber
Generali
Coinbase
AIG
Avanade
Ebay
Xiaomi
Accenture
Sky
Rai Cinema
UEFA
HP
Paramount
Corriere dello Sport
BPPB
Geosmartcampus
AMCO
Aipark
Socialbeat

Work highlights

Acting for global insurer AIG as "First Response Administrators" for insureds under AIG's CyberEdge policy, an insurance policy covering cyber security incidents.
Providing comprehensive legal advice to Telepass, an Italian company specialising in electronic toll collection and mobility services.
Advised the Italian bank Banca Popolare Puglia e Basilicata (BPPB) on the legal issues involved with the migration of its technological platform to a new service centre managed by the Italian Consortium CSE.

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