Withers Studio Legale

Intellectual property, technology and privacy

Partner

Jacopo leads the Italian intellectual property, technology & privacy team in our Milan and Padua offices.

He has over 20 years-experience in intellectual property, tech, privacy and data protection. He assists leading Italian and international companies and private clients, across different sectors, such as life science and pharma, fashion & luxury, automotive, food and beverage, sports, electronics and software, entertainment and multimedia, insurance, financial, and arts.

On the intellectual property side, he advises on filing, exploitation and enforcement of different IP rights, such as worldwide brand protection, licensing and exploitation of image rights. On tech matters, he assists clients with the development of innovative platforms, e-commerce projects, software licensing, outsourcing and technology joint ventures. In the field of privacy & data protection, he advises on GDPR compliance programs, data breach issues, and international transfer of data (e.g. setting up global CRM programs, binding corporate rules, transfer impact assessments) and training. He works on data protection impact assessments for complex data processing with specific risks (IoT, profiling, CCTV, biometrics, geo location) and balancing test. He also assists in authority’s inspections, internal investigations and court proceedings.

In addition, he is specialised in the startup field, advising domestic and international startup companies in the digital tech area, focusing on their IP protection and privacy compliance.

He is the author of many articles and chapter on IP and privacy matters and frequently participates as a speaker in conferences and seminars in the tech and privacy fields and collaborates on projects such as B Heroes and startupbootcamp (fashiontech).

Italian and English

Milan Bar Member of Federprivacy and Asso DPO (data protection of�cer association), IAPP

University of Florence, law degree, 2002; master in business law, 2003; master in intellectual property, 2006 University of Parma, PhD in commercial law, intellectual property and competition, 2012

Jacopo is passionate about photography and enjoys outdoor activities such as skiing and sailing.