Alessandro Ferrari is a Partner in the
Intellectual Property & Technology
department and heads the Technology Sector
in Italy. He is based in the Milan office.
Alessandro Ferrari mainly focuses on
technologies, advising clients on
transactional, advisory and IT litigation
matters.
As for transactional work, his
capabilities include drafting and
negotiating complex, strategic and cross
border business process outsourcing
agreements and other commercial, IT and IP
contracts across multiple industries and
geographies (e.g., systems integration,
ERP and CRM implementations, joint venture
operations, offshoring, digital
transformation and cloud transformation
projects, infrastructural outsourcing
agreements, SaaS and other as a service
agreements, software and hardware
licenses, professional services
agreements, reseller arrangements,
technology transfer and license
agreements, clinical trial agreements,
agency and distribution agreements -
including selective distribution -
franchising, procurement and manufacturing
agreements, logistics services agreements,
bandwidth capacity agreements, network
service distribution agreements, satellite
capacity agreements, content and film
production agreements, influencers
agreements, patent, know-how, trademark
and copyright licenses, etc.). His
expertise includes advising on all aspects
of the sourcing / procurement process,
including developing the deal structure,
negotiating, and assisting clients in the
implementation and integration strategies,
governance, and performance management
regimes.
He is also highly knowledgeable in the
financial and insurance sector regulations
relating to outsourcing and cloud-sourcing
(e.g., EBA and EIOPA Guidelines, DORA
Regulation) and has handled a variety of
remediation projects. Furthermore,
Alessandro assists IT solution providers
participating in public tenders. In
addition, he advises on the IT aspects in
IT and technology-related litigations
(e.g., interpretation of service level
agreements, etc.).
As for advisory work, Alessandro regularly
advises clients on technology-related
matters, such as Artificial Intelligence
and automation, Cyber-Security, e-commerce
/ consumer law, data protection, media
(including from a regulatory standpoint
and liaising with the authorities, AGCOM
and MISE), product liability, open source,
Internet of Things, Fintech / Insurtech
regulations, health-tech, e-Signatures and
e-Payments, Blockchain, e-Sports and
e-Cigs.
