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Fuelled by increased consumer demand for cutting edge products and low-cost services, your business is faced with the constant battle to offer ‘more for less’. Innovation is key, but you need to overcome significant regulatory and commercial hurdles, whether you operate in Italy or abroad. For the past two decades, our team of over 100 specialist partners have been exposed to every risk and challenge you may face in the TMC sector and have provided reliable advice, assisting national and international clients in reaching their business targets and respecting budgets.

We understand the industries in which you work and are able to develop innovative solutions for you.

The team’s experience has matured also as the result of the years of in-house counselling in major telecom industries and team members comprise of experts in regulatory, corporate, tax, finance, antitrust and litigation, in order to provide a global assistance to clients. We can assist start-ups, joint-venture projects and e-commerce projects and more generally in advising on policy developments in this area for both Italian and international companies.

Technological convergence coupled with the rapid spread of new technologies has opened up a wealth of opportunities in your industry and you must move swiftly to capitalize on them. To stay ahead of the competition, you need to spot and pre-empt legal difficulties before they arise. Our Italian multi-disciplinary team can help guide you towards the most commercially successful outcome.

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12/03/2024
After EU Commission's first decision on Carbon Contracts for Difference,...
The European Commission approved the first Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) scheme under the new Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy 2022 (CEEAG).Fol­low­ing the...
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With EU Cyber Resilience Act, EU gets tough on IoT supply chain cybersecurity
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15/11/2023
European Parliament adopts Data Act
On 9 November 2023, the European Parliament adopted the harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (the Data Act), which complements the Data Governance Act of November 2020 by laying down rules...
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Stoute v News Group Newspapers [2023] EWCA Civ 523: No reasonable expectation...
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