Dentons launched its Intellectual Property and Technology practice in Italy with the recruitment of partner Giovanni Francesco Casucci. He joins with a team of five, including senior associates Matteo Casucci, Gianluigi A. Muscas and Serena Tavolaro as well as associate Serena Spadavecchia and trainee Sara Massalongo. The team will be based in Milan.

The team joins from Bardehle Pagenberg, one of the most reputed European IP boutique firm, whose Italian office Casucci set up in 2013.

Casucci advises clients on industrial and intellectual property and is highly reputed for patent trademarks and design litigation. He has successfully handled landmark cases for clients such as Occlutech, Arco Flos, Timberland and more recently Thun in a very significant case before the Italian Supreme Court.

He supports clients in negotiating and managing technology transfer, licensing, and selective distribution agreements. In addition, he has longstanding experience in dealing with China-related IP matters and supports the EU’s China IPR SME Helpdesk to help European businesses protect and enforce their intellectual property rights in China.

He is ranked as a leading individual for Intellectual Property in Italy in all major legal directories, including Chambers & Partners Europe, IAM Patent 1000 and WTR 1000.

Casucci is Director of the Anti-counterfeiting Study Centre in Milan and co-director of the training course for patent and trademark lawyers and advisors at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He is also a qualified Europe Patent Litigator.

Federico Sutti, Italy Managing Partner, commented: “Intellectual property is an important area for our Firm, in particular considering the top tier fashion and technology companies that Dentons assists around the world. Giovanni’s hire will enable us to offer our clients top quality IP advice here in Italy.”

Giovanni Francesco Casucci added: “I am extremely honored and excited to be part of Dentons and look forward to the international challenges ahead. Entering a global Firm with more than 600 IP lawyers will allow us to assist our clients basically everywhere in the world, including China, where we can be more effective in protecting our clients’ interests than any other law firm, given our leading presence in the Chinese market.”

Only 18 months after the launch of the Italian practice, Dentons offers full service assistance to clients with more than 73 professionals divided between the offices of Milan and Rome, covering 13 practice areas.

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