Francesca Ferrero > Trevisan & Cuonzo > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Trevisan & Cuonzo
VIA BRERA 6
20121 MILANO
Italy

Work Department

Commercial Team

Position

Partner

Career

Francesca is the head of the Commercial Department. She specialises in civil law with particular emphasis on commercial and corporate law, with a focus on issues related to business and intellectual property.
Francesca regularly represents domestic and international clients from varied spheres of industry, including biotechnology, oil and gas, glass, software, insurance, food, fashion and life sciences.
She has an extensive experience in dealing with corporate and commercial agreements and transactions, management and valorisation of IP rights, including technology transfer and know-how assignments, trade secrets protection and co-research development agreement, as well as in dispute resolution.
She joined the firm in 2005 after having gained experience with other corporate and commercial law firms. Before heading up Trevisan & Cuonzo’s Corporate and Commercial Law Group, Francesca Ferrero worked in London for an Italian law firm.

Languages

Italian, English and French

Memberships

IBA

Education

University of Turin (J.D. 1996 – magna cum laude)

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Industry focus: Retail

Trevisan & Cuonzo advises a wide range of clients, from multinational corporations and retailers to NPOs and private clients. The firm provides a broad range of advice, including M&A, dispute resolution and unfair competition. Within the practice, Daniela Ampollini assists clients by advising on contentious and non-contentious IP law. Lia Puntieri compliments this with her expertise in trademark law for retailers in cosmetics, fashion and electronics. Francesca Ferrero advises clients on internet sales, franchising, distribution, loyalty programmes and licensing.

Italy > Industry focus: Luxury goods

Trevisan & Cuonzo assists clients in contentious and non-contentious activities across the luxury goods sectors, with a particular specialty in IP protection matters. It is well acquainted with counterfeiting cases as well as trademark and design litigation. Daniela Ampollini, advises on all aspects of IP law for domestic and international clients, while Francesca Ferrero focuses on judicial and extrajudicial matters relating to IP rights.