Massimiliano Pappalardo

Massimiliano has more than twenty years of experience in the fields of Intellectual Property, Data Protection and Information Technology.

In his areas of expertise, Massimiliano assists domestic and foreign companies and industrial groups in adapting business processes to national and EU regulations as well as in protecting and enhancing data and intangible assets, including in contractual relations with business partners.

He has represented several clients in proceedings before the Italian Data Protection Authority and before judicial authorities.

Massimiliano has significant experience – also in cross-border projects – ranging from e-commerce to data economy, from connected devices to telemedicine, from retail to fashion.

After graduating in law from the Università Statale of Milan in 1995, Massimiliano attended the Master in Legal Informatics and Law of New Technologies at CIRSFID (University of Bologna) and has been a lecturer at the University of Insubria for the Information and Computer Law course.

Massimiliano was admitted to the Bar in 1999. He is qualified to practice before the Supreme Court of Cassation and the High Courts since 2018 and, since 2014, has acquired the CIPP/E certification, Certified International Privacy Professional – EU.