Mr Marco Consonni > Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati Offices
VIA PRIVATA FRATELLI GABBA
20121 MILAN
Italy
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Mr Marco Consonni
Work Department
Intellectual Property - Media - Technology
Position
Senior Partner
Career
He worked for Frere Cholmeley Bishoff and, from 1995 to 1998, for Andersen Legal, becoming a partner of the firm in 1996. He was co-founder of the Milan branch of the firm Galgano and head of the TMT practice up to 2007 when the firm merged with Dewey & LeBoeuf where he was responsible for the Italian IP/IT practice. In 2011 He and his group joined Orsingher Avvocati Associati sharing the project of a firm focussed on the TMT industries. For many years he has been active in the intellectual property, technology and media sectors, advising his clients – which include major international players – in a broad range of IT and IP related transactional matters such as licensing agreements, distributorship, content agreements and clearance, Internet and e-commerce strategy, JV arrangements and corporate transactions, investments and start-up, commercial contracts in general. His work is also related to commercial litigations especially for technology and communication companies.
Languages
English; French; Spanish
Memberships
He is advisor of Ovidian Group LLP, a technology advisory boutique firm base in Berkeley, California.
Professional Memberships: ItechLaw Association – Co-Chairman of the eCommerce group; IBA.
He was admitted to practice in 1992 and, since 2015, he has rights of appearance before the Italian Supreme Court.
Education
Graduated with a law degree at the University of Milan in 1988.
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: TMT
A broad roster of clients from the media, telecoms, advertising and entertainment sectors routinely engages Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati in complex commercial and other transactional issues, regulatory work, and litigation concerning data protection and e-commerce, among other matters. Information technology specialist Domenico Colella
leads the team, which includes Marco Consonni, noted for handling licensing agreements, distributorship, content agreements and clearance, and Fabrizio Sanna, who is praised by clients in the TMT sector for his ‘extraordinary expertise’.
Italy > Intellectual property
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati’s team routinely represents clients in the media, telecoms, automotive and luxury goods sectors, providing contractual advice and IT solutions, and handling complex patent, trademark and copyright litigation and arbitration pertaining to infringements and anti-counterfeiting measures. The team includes Matteo Orsingher, whose practice spans intellectual and industrial property, information technology, unfair competition and advertising; and data protection and e-commerce specialist Fabrizio Sanna. Marco Consonni is known for his focus on licensing agreements, distributorship, content agreements and clearance; litigation and transactional support expert Ludovico Anselmi is also highly recommended.