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.
