Tech Transactions

Our Technology Transactions group is able to provide multidisciplinary and integrated consulting based on a deep knowledge of high technology industrial and commercial sectors and remains constantly updated on the latest and most complex legal issues.

Our clients range from start-ups to national and multinational industry leaders, predominantly with a digital or technological component.

Our experience in Technology Transactions has developed mainly in the following areas:

• Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning and Deep Learning) and Robotics;
• Blockchain, Smart Contracts, IoT (Internet of things), Big Data, and Cloud Computing;
• FinTech and InsurTech;
• Information Technology and SaaS (software as a service);
• Cybersecurity;
• Life Sciences, HealthTech, and AgriTech; and
• Industry 4.0 and high-profile research and development projects.

By way of example, below is a partial list of some of our activities in Tech Transactions areas:

• Drafting and negotiation of research and development agreements in high technology sectors, such as precision mechanics, electronics, chemistry, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and RegTech and for the automation/digitization of logistics services;
• Structuring, implementation, and execution of outsourcing and system integration projects, as well as those relating to the use and management of connected devices;
• Preparation and implementation of cybersecurity projects and of policies on the processing and protection of personal data;
• Start-up and Italian localization of businesses in the “-Tech” area in the financial, insurance, life science, and industrial sectors with regard to both B2B and B2C relations;
• Drafting and negotiation of agreements relating to the development of Artificial Intelligence technologies and analysis of the legal implications stemming from their use; and
• Structuring, negotiation, and execution of extraordinary transactions (M&A and restructuring) in high technology sectors.