Mr Roberto Valenti > DLA Piper > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Acting for both multinationals and Italian clients, DLA Piper‘s life sciences team routinely advises on multi-practice, multi-jurisdictional mandates. The full-service offering ranges from corporate, regulatory, IP, commercial and privacy matters to public procurement and PPP, litigation, white-collar crime, compliance, employment, real estate and finance. The team is led by Roberto Valenti, a partner in the Milan office’s IP and technology department and President of the the American Chamber of Commerce’s Life Sciences Working Group since 2010; Rome-based Marco de Morpurgo is a pharmaceutical and medical device regulatory law expert.

DLA Piper has a widely recognised IP group, which is particularly known for its focus on patent litigation and innovation protection. Practice head Gualtiero Dragotti provides senior expertise in these areas. Roberto Valenti manages soft-IP and commercial issues with an emphasis on clients in the life sciences sector, who also receive related regulatory advice. ‘Highly valued’ associate Elena Varese concentrates on consumer goods, food, and retail. Trademark management, filing and prosecution complete the offering. Laura Gastaldi is also highlighted.