Paolo Gallarati > ADVANT Nctm > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
ADVANT Nctm Offices
VIA AGNELLO 12
20121 MILAN
Italy
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Paolo Gallarati
Work Department
Corporate & Commercial
Mergers & Acquisitions
Regulatory, Compliance & Data Protection (focus on TMT, Energy and Life Sciences)
Position
Equity Partner. Paolo Gallarati specializes in Corporate & Commercial and Mergers & Acquisitions and has gained significant experience in Italian and international transactions both in the SME and LE segments. He provides ongoing advice to Italian and multinational concerns, with a specific focus on regulatory, compliance and data protection matters in the TMT, Energy and Life Sciences sectors.
In the TMT sector Paolo Gallarati has assisted leading international companies (Sirti, British Telecommunications, Vodafone, Microsoft, Siemens, Atos, Sintecmedia, Docomo). In the Life Sciences sector he has advised Astrazeneca, Acelity, Fresenius, Gilead Sciences, McKesson, Allegheny, Siemens Healthcare. In the energy sector he has advised Johnson Matthey, Siirtec-Nigi, IBF-Tubacex, SunEdison, Saga Italia-Bolloré, Villa & Bonaldi. In addition, he has advised national and multinational clients in domestic and multi-ijurisdiction litigation in commercial matters. Clients include: Atos and Ceva Logistics.
Paolo Gallarati serves as statutory auditor, chairman or member of the compliance committee of various companies, including Extrabanca S.p.A., Fresenius Hemocare S.r.l., Laborest (Uriach) S.p.A., IBF (Tubacex) S.p.A., Saga Italia S.p.A., Mc Bride S.p.A., Bluvacanze S.p.A, Cisalpina Tours S.p.A..
Career
2004-Present Nctm Studio Legale, Equity Partner. 1999-2003 NCTM Studio Legale Associato, Senior Associate. 1996-1999 Ughi e Nunziante, Milan, Associate. 1995-1996 Law Firm Eßer, Aquisgrana (Germany), Visiting Associate.
Languages
Italian, English, German.
Memberships
Member of the Legal Affair Committee of Federchimica.
Qualified advisor of Unioncamere in internalisation and export initiatives.
Admitted to the Milan Bar, 1999.
Education
Law Degree, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, 1996.
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
ADVANT Nctm‘s offering is noted for its broad experience, spanning joint ventures and M&A, to supply agreements and allegations of bid rigging. The team is also well-equipped to assist with a wide variety of data protection issues, particularly in relation to the processing of personal data. Practice co-head Lorena Possagno is a key contact for corporate and commercial matters within the life sciences sector, often advising major pharma companies. Co-head Paolo Gallarati is well-versed in M&A and often handles compliance work.
Italy > Data privacy and data protection
Fielding consumer, telecoms, pharma and medical sector experts, ADVANT Nctm advises on compliance with personal data protection regulations, information notices for personal data processing, data processing agreements and the transfer of data outside the EU. Paolo Gallarati heads the data protection practice group, which includes ‘very efficient lawyer’ Giulio Uras, who advises on personal data protection.
Italy > Compliance
Part of the firm’s corporate and commercial department, ADVANT Nctm ‘s compliance practice comprises specialists in the energy, transportation, infrastructure, life sciences, healthcare, and art and luxury sectors. Recent mandates include international trade sanctions, constructing integrated compliance systems, and establishing whistleblowing management systems. Raffaele Caldarone advises on governance, risk management and ethical issues; Luca Cavagnaro focuses on compliance work; and Paolo Gallarati is experienced in compliance and data protection. Another name to note, Laura Perrone‘s practice covers integrated internal control systems, the administrative liability of entities and whistleblowing schemes. Raffaella Quintana
joined from DLA Piper in 2025.
Lawyer Rankings
- Compliance Italy
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Italy
- Data privacy and data protection Italy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition law
- Genoa: leading firms
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Capital markets: Equity
- Data privacy and data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus: TMT
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Industry focus: Energy
- Investment funds