Astolfi e Associati Studio Legale

Astolfi e Associati offers highly-qualified legal assistance to its Italian and foreign clients thanks to the experience it has acquired over the last 60 years. The Firm was founded in 1955 by Antonio Astolfi who right off addressed the attention to international and pharmaceutical law. The Firm enriched the specialization acquired in pharmaceutical and health law in the conviction that this area of practice would become increasingly important over the years. This vision was clever. Today Astolfi e Associati is leading legal advisor of Italian and foreign clients in Life Science field that means pharmaceutical law (drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, food supplements, medical food), pharmacies law, sanitary law (private and public hospitals, sanitary services).

The passion for study and the dissemination of scientific information has always been shared by the lawyers whitin the Firm and conveyed to the publication of the journal "Rassegna di Diritto Farmaceutico e della Salute", a law review focused on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues considered an accurate and reliable source of juridical and scientific information.

The Firm’s specialisation in the field of pharmaceutical law and life sciences co-exist alongside civil, commercial and corporate law, bank and labour law.

Astolfi e Associati has always attached great importance to personalised relationships with its clients, serving as a steadfast point of reference for engagement in discussion and the sharing of issues of common interest. The continuous enrichment of skills, through the publication of articles and research, participation in conferences and seminars, and the in-depth study of innovative topics, also thanks to discussion and debate with demanding and dynamic clients, allow the Firm to offer the assurance of a specific and interdisciplinary approach. Astolfi e Associati provides assistance and out-of-court advice to its Italian and foreign clients, defending them in proceedings before the ordinary, criminal and administrative courts, in arbitration, and before the independent and competent authorities in the various sectors in which it operates, including the advertising supervisory authorities. The Firm’s objective of ensuring the provision of the highest level of assistance possible is also achieved through its participation on the boards of directors of companies and supervisory and control bodies pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001, as well as through relations with national and regional health authorities.

Astolfi e Associati has extensive experience in various areas of law that reflect its history and the expertise it has acquired over the years, but it also plays close attention to development and progress, which offer interesting opportunities in the legal world, such as the application of new technologies to health-related and environmental issues.

Astolfi e Associati relies on a consolidated team of professionals ensuring maximum continuity and availability as well as the integration of multi disciplinary skills including flexible secondment activities.

• Pharmaceutical and health law: Pharmacies (Organisation of private pharmacies, Management of municipal pharmacies), Pharma Industries, Company organisation (i.e. information networks, compliance procedures, etc.), Contracts (i.e. licences, manufacturing, distribution, co-marketing, co-promotion, clinical trials, etc.), Relations with health authorities, Product liability, Promotion and advertising, also through digital and social media, Contracts and tenders (i.e. legal evaluation of calls for tenders, requests for clarifications, management of out-of-court issues and litigation), Regulatory (price and remboursement procedures, interactions with regulatory authorities, market access);
• Criminal law (in relation to industry-specific offences);
• Food law: Food industries, special foods and supplements, manufacturing, marketing, labelling and advertising;
• Healthcare law: Relations with health authorities (i.e. authorisations, accreditations, budgets, etc.), Organisation of hospital services (i.e. contracts with healthcare workers, team contracts, etc.);
• Malpractice: Medical liability;
• Compliance and organisational and control models 231/2001: Compliance models and procedures, Organisation and control models, pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001, Appointments as members of Supervisory Bodies;
• New technology law: Digital health, A.I., Business activities through new and social media, Contracts, Institutional and advertising communications, Liability
• Privacy and personal data protection: Business compliance with personal data protection legislation;
• Civil and commercial law
• Corporate law and business contracts: Non-profit associations and social enterprises, Banking law and financial market law, Industrial and intellectual property law, Unfair competition, Bankruptcy and insolvency law, Real estate law;
• Labour law

Italy Head Office

Milan (Via Larga 8) 20122

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T. +39 02 885561

F. +39 02 88556226