Trevisan & Cuonzo

Managing Partner: Gabriel Cuonzo

Number of partners: 11

Number of lawyers: 40

Languages: English, French, German, Italian

FIRM OVERVIEW:

Trevisan & Cuonzo, established in 1993, is one of the leading independent Italian law firms working with some of the most technologically advanced and innovative businesses and industry leaders around the globe. The firm delivers client focused, industry specific, commercially aligned legal expertise covering a wide range of industrial sectors including electronics, life sciences, chemical, automotive, food, telecommunications, media and entertainment, information technology and sports. The firm has established a commanding reputation both domestically and internationally for its success and in-depth business and industry knowledge in intellectual property, commercial and product liability matters. The firm has a network of offices in Milan, Rome, Parma and Bari.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:

Intellectual Property

Life Sciences

Litigation & Arbitration

Competition/Antitrust

Corporate & Commercial

Product Liability

TMT

Intellectual Property:

Intellectual Property and innovation have always been at the heart of Trevisan & Cuonzo.

The primary focus of the IP team is high profile litigation with an international dimension. The group has earned a commanding reputation for its sustained success in IP litigation, winning landmark cases since the firm opened in 1993. The intellectual property team delivers strategic and commercial advice on the procurement and exploitation of IP rights as well as high quality advocacy in the enforcement and defence of IP rights before the Italian and European courts.

Life Sciences:

Trevisan & Cuonzo has been closely connected to the Life Sciences industry throughout the life of the firm. Alongside the classic disputes based on molecule patents, the firm is now involved in cutting edge litigation on second medical use claims and biotechnological and genetic inventions. From both a transactional and litigation perspective the firm has been involved in major developments and evolutionary changes in the Life Sciences sector through its work with globally important clients. On the transactional side, we advise our clients across the full range of commercial activity, from joint venture research and development collaboration agreements, clinical trials and clinical research agreements, to high profile partnering deals. We handle capital formation guidance for start-ups and spin-off companies, and out and in licensing agreements for technology transfer, distribution, manufacture and supply agreements.

Litigation & Arbitration:

Our litigation department has gained an international reputation for effective dispute resolution. With a globally minded approach to complex cross border litigation the firm is well suited to high calibre disputes. Its fierce and proactive contentious team are known for their precise execution of litigation matters. The firm’s lawyers also have solid experience acting as mediators in IP and commercial disputes.

Competition/Antitrust:

The firm’s competition lawyers have extensive expertise in all competition matters including cartel investigations, abuses of dominant position, unfair commercial practices and damages actions before the Courts. The firm’s particular focus lies in technology intense industrial sectors, where the team has received international recognition for handling multiple leading cases that have shaped the interface between competition law and IP in Italy. The experience of the antitrust team in navigating issues related to competition law and FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) patent licensing is second to none in Italy.

Corporate & Commercial:

Trevisan & Cuonzo’s corporate and commercial practice consists of experienced multi-disciplinary professionals committed to assisting clients in achieving their business and financial objectives. It delivers innovative, comprehensive and specialised legal advice in all aspects of domestic and international business. The firm’s corporate and commercial lawyers offer a wide spectrum of services, including contract drafting and negotiation, due diligence reviews, company formations, litigation services and expert advice on complex cross-border transactions. Clients benefit from the team’s collective expertise and experience drawn from complementary practice areas.

Product Liability:

Trevisan & Cuonzo delivers in-depth legal advice and representation in all areas relating to product liability. It has won significant high-profile product liability cases before the Italian courts and has solid expertise in consumer law and safety legislation. The firm is particularly active both in automotive and household domestic product liability.

TMT:

From complex IT transactions to assistance with new technology start-ups, the team — with its IP know-how — is in an optimal position to guide clients through a complex legal framework to ensure freedom to operate for the most technologically advanced businesses. The firm regularly assist some of the world’s leading mobile device businesses in a variety of high profile contentious matters, from ISP liability, to ICT and IP related antitrust issues. The firm provides all-round legal assistance to global and domestic clients in the sectors of broadcasting, music, print & digital publishing and multimedia technologies, assisting with pre-publication rights clearance, drafting of commercial contracts and any IP related disputes. The team has acquired a substantial experience in TV-format cases, disputes regarding personality rights, defamation, plagiarism and unfair competition in the media field.

OFFICES:

Milan (Head Office)

Palazzo Beccaria Via Brera, 6

20121 - Milan, Italy

Tel: +39 02 8646 3313

Email: [email protected]

Parma

Viale Mentana 148

43121 - Parma, Italy

Tel: +39 0521 508079

Email: [email protected]

Rome

Via Emilio de' Cavalieri, 7

00198 - Rome, Italy

Tel: +39 02 8646 3313

Email: [email protected]

Bari

Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 52

70122 - Bari, Italy

Tel: +39 080 87 64 216

Email: [email protected]