Ms Claudia Ricciardi > Bird & Bird > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Ms Claudia Ricciardi

+39 0230356000 claudia.ricciardi@twobirds.com View profile

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Career

She is a partner at Bird & Bird, where her work is centred on intellectual property. Her main focus is on non-contentious activity and on negotiation, draft and review of IP-related contracts in the life sciences and retail & consumer sectors.

In the life sciences & healthcare sector, she assists Italian and international companies (including major pharma and biotech company and start-up) and research institutes on the drafting and negotiation of patent/know how licence agreements and patent/know how assignment agreements, collaborative research agreements, sponsored research agreements and regulations of co-ownership of IP rights, as well as material transfer agreements and non-disclosure agreements.

In the era of open-innovation she has developed a considerable synergy with the corporate department of the firm in providing multi-disciplinary support to VC funds with respect to such deals which are focused on IP assets. As she provides assistance to a broad range of players involved in the innovation ecosystem, the clients identified the deep knowledge of the market and of the needs of the different stakeholders as an added value.
She also advises clients with reference to the management of the relationship with employees who are authors of certain inventions.

On the retail & consumer side, she has a considerable expertise in franchising agreements and management of the relationships of the clients with their franchisees. She also deals with the draft and negotiation of trade mark licence, trade mark assignment and co-existence agreements, as well as of sponsorship agreements. Additionally, she assists clients dealing with issues involving compliance with Consumer Protection Law.

Claudia  contributed to the opening of the Italian office in 2003.

Languages

Italian, English

Education

Education
Università degli Studi di Milano, Law Degree

Admissions
Italian Bar Association, 2001