THE INNOVATION LAW FIRM
We offer legal advice, using and creating technology. 42 Law Firm is a company of lawyers, IT specialists and digital transformation experts. It was founded with the aim of assisting clients, through a team of professionals who are able to bridge the gap between law and technology.
Partner – Legal
Marco Tullio Giordano
LAWYER
Lawyer of the Milan Bar. He graduated with a thesis in legal informatics and conducted post-graduate studies in the field of digital identity. He has been collaborating with the Chairs of Legal Informatics and Advanced Legal Informatics in the Faculty of Law at the University of Milan since 2005
Marco Tullio Giordano
Lawyer of the Milan Bar. He graduated with a thesis in legal informatics and conducted post-graduate studies in the field of digital identity. He has been collaborating with the Chairs of Legal Informatics and Advanced Legal Informatics in the Faculty of Law at the University of Milan since 2005.
He works primarily in criminal new technology law, with a particular emphasis on cybercrime, cybersecurity, data protection, web and brand reputation and corporate and individual responsibility online.
He is an ISO/IEC 27001:2014 certified lead auditor of information security management systems and acts as a DPO, Compliance Officer and director of relations with judicial authorities for various Italian and international web companies, mainly Internet Service Providers and Virtual Assets Service Providers.
He has accrued a wealth of expertise in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency law, subjects on which he has authored publications of international standing and coordinated and spoken at academic events and specialist training courses. He assists several Italian and international start-ups in the fintech and crypto-assets sector, with particular regard to privacy and KYC/AML compliance issues.
Enrolled in the Criminal Chamber of Milan, he is a fellow of the Italian Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance. He writes online about law and new technologies.
Lucia Maggi
LAWYER
Lawyer of the Milan Bar, after graduating in Law from the State University of Milan, she obtained a Master’s in Finance from Bocconi University and subsequently specialised in intellectual property law, on which she has focused since 2005.
Lucia Maggi
Lawyer of the Milan Bar, after graduating in Law from the State University of Milan, she obtained a Master’s in Finance from Bocconi University and subsequently specialised in intellectual property law, on which she has focused since 2005. She deals with copyright and related activities of commercial and advertising promotion in the fields of music, theatre, photography, television, publishing, new media, Internet and new communication media, with a particular focus on social networks. Her area of expertise extends to contracts relating to trademarks, patents and the protection of software and know-how.
In addition to her comprehensive expertise in commercial law, she also works in the management of real estate assets and provides consultancy in the field of leases and commonhold law.
Ms Maggi combines her substantial knowledge in the above-mentioned specialist subjects with extensive trial experience, where she has gained a high level of experience in the fields of commercial, copyright, unfair competition, contractual and real estate law.
For several years she has collaborated as a consultant with Prof. Giacomo Magnani in the Interfaculty of Economics and the Management of Cultural Heritage at the Catholic University of Milan, and with Prof Vittoria Fontana in the Faculty of Musicology at the State University of Milan.
Stefano Ricci
LAWYER
Lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Court of Cassation. He graduated with first-class honours from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan in 2000.
Stefano Ricci
Lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Court of Cassation. He graduated with first-class honours from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan in 2000. He obtained a PhD in Legal Philosophy and Sociology from the Bicocca University of Milan, with a thesis on the Global Privacy Standard; since 2013 he has been Adjunct Professor of Legal Informatics at the University of Insubria. He has taught on the Juridical Issues in Information Society unit, as part of the Data Science Course in the Faculty of Systems and Communication at the University of Milan Bicocca, and on Legal Informatics at the Accademia della Guardia di Finanza. He has obtained Certification of Competence as a Data Protection Manager in accordance with the UNI 11697:2017 standard. He works on new technology law and information technology law, with particular reference to issues of privacy and compliance. He is the author of publications on privacy, copyright, new technology law, corporate crime liability and commercial criminal law.
Giuseppe Vaciago
LAWYER
Lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Court of Cassation, with expertise in corporate criminal law and new technology law. He has worked for a number of leading national and international companies in the IT sector. He is an ISO/IEC 27001:2013-certified Lead Auditor and a UNI11697:2017-certified DPO.
Giuseppe Vaciago
Lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Court of Cassation, with expertise in corporate criminal law and new technology law. He has worked for a number of leading national and international companies in the IT sector. He is an ISO/IEC 27001:2013-certified Lead Auditor and a UNI11697:2017-certified DPO.
He holds a PhD in Digital Forensics from the University of Milan Bicocca and is Adjunct Professor at the University of Insubria. He attended Stanford Law School and Fordham Law School in New York as a Visiting Scholar. He has participated in numerous national and international conferences. He is a fellow of the Nexa Center of Turin and the Cybercrime Institute of Cologne, a founding member of the Tech and Law Center in Milan and a member of the editorial board of the journal Digital Investigation, published by Elsevier.
He is the author of numerous scholarly publications, including “Computer Crimes”, “Digital Evidence”, “Compliance 231” and “Gli Adempimenti del DPO” (“The Obligations of the DPO”).
He is the founder of LT42, a leading company in the field of legal tech, and is vice-president of the Marazzina Onlus Foundation.
Valerio Vertua
LAWYER
A lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Cassation Court, he has worked for a number of years predominantly in tax law, corporate law and IT and new technology law; in the latter area, he has developed particular expertise in IT contracts, e-commerce consultancy and data protection.
Valerio Vertua
A lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Cassation Court, he has worked for a number of years predominantly in tax law, corporate law and IT and new technology law; in the latter area, he has developed particular expertise in IT contracts, e-commerce consultancy and data protection. Mr Vertua is a member of the Tax Justice Commission of the Milan Bar Association.
He completed his professional training at the University of Milan, specialising in Computer Forensics and Digital Investigations; Data Protection and Data Governance; Advanced Strategies for the Application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Legal Tech, Coding for Lawyers, AI and Blockchain Legal Issues; and, finally, Corporate Law.
For many years he has collaborated with the Chair of Legal Informatics and Advanced Legal Informatics in the Faculty of Law at the University of Milan and is an affiliate scholar at the Coordinated Research Centre in Information Society Law (ISLC) at the University of Milan.
Mr Vertua is a member of the board of directors of the DFA (Digital Forensics Alumni – association and is one of the founders of the CSA Italy association, holding the position of Vice President.
Marco Tullio Giordano
LAWYER
Lawyer of the Milan Bar. He graduated with a thesis in legal informatics and conducted post-graduate studies in the field of digital identity. He has been collaborating with the Chairs of Legal Informatics and Advanced Legal Informatics in the Faculty of Law at the University of Milan since 2005.
Marco Tullio Giordano
Lawyer of the Milan Bar. He graduated with a thesis in legal informatics and conducted post-graduate studies in the field of digital identity. He has been collaborating with the Chairs of Legal Informatics and Advanced Legal Informatics in the Faculty of Law at the University of Milan since 2005.
He works primarily in criminal new technology law, with a particular emphasis on cybercrime, cybersecurity, data protection, web and brand reputation and corporate and individual responsibility online.
He is an ISO/IEC 27001:2014 certified lead auditor of information security management systems and acts as a DPO, Compliance Officer and director of relations with judicial authorities for various Italian and international web companies, mainly Internet Service Providers and Virtual Assets Service Providers.
He has accrued a wealth of expertise in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency law, subjects on which he has authored publications of international standing and coordinated and spoken at academic events and specialist training courses. He assists several Italian and international start-ups in the fintech and crypto-assets sector, with particular regard to privacy and KYC/AML compliance issues.
Enrolled in the Criminal Chamber of Milan, he is a fellow of the Italian Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance. He writes online about law and new technologies.
Lucia Maggi
LAWYER
Lawyer of the Milan Bar, after graduating in Law from the State University of Milan, she obtained a Master’s in Finance from Bocconi University and subsequently specialised in intellectual property law, on which she has focused since 2005.
Lucia Maggi
Lawyer of the Milan Bar, after graduating in Law from the State University of Milan, she obtained a Master’s in Finance from Bocconi University and subsequently specialised in intellectual property law, on which she has focused since 2005. She deals with copyright and related activities of commercial and advertising promotion in the fields of music, theatre, photography, television, publishing, new media, Internet and new communication media, with a particular focus on social networks. Her area of expertise extends to contracts relating to trademarks, patents and the protection of software and know-how.
In addition to her comprehensive expertise in commercial law, she also works in the management of real estate assets and provides consultancy in the field of leases and commonhold law.
Ms Maggi combines her substantial knowledge in the above-mentioned specialist subjects with extensive trial experience, where she has gained a high level of experience in the fields of commercial, copyright, unfair competition, contractual and real estate law.
For several years she has collaborated as a consultant with Prof. Giacomo Magnani in the Interfaculty of Economics and the Management of Cultural Heritage at the Catholic University of Milan, and with Prof Vittoria Fontana in the Faculty of Musicology at the State University of Milan.
Stefano Ricci
LAWYER
Lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Court of Cassation. He graduated with first-class honours from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan in 2000.
Stefano Ricci
Lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Court of Cassation. He graduated with first-class honours from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan in 2000. He obtained a PhD in Legal Philosophy and Sociology from the Bicocca University of Milan, with a thesis on the Global Privacy Standard; since 2013 he has been Adjunct Professor of Legal Informatics at the University of Insubria. He has taught on the Juridical Issues in Information Society unit, as part of the Data Science Course in the Faculty of Systems and Communication at the University of Milan Bicocca, and on Legal Informatics at the Accademia della Guardia di Finanza. He has obtained Certification of Competence as a Data Protection Manager in accordance with the UNI 11697:2017 standard. He works on new technology law and information technology law, with particular reference to issues of privacy and compliance. He is the author of publications on privacy, copyright, new technology law, corporate crime liability and commercial criminal law.
Giuseppe Vaciago
LAWYER
Lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Court of Cassation, with expertise in corporate criminal law and new technology law. He has worked for a number of leading national and international companies in the IT sector. He is an ISO/IEC 27001:2013-certified Lead Auditor and a UNI11697:2017-certified DPO.
Giuseppe Vaciago
Lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Court of Cassation, with expertise in corporate criminal law and new technology law. He has worked for a number of leading national and international companies in the IT sector. He is an ISO/IEC 27001:2013-certified Lead Auditor and a UNI11697:2017-certified DPO.
He holds a PhD in Digital Forensics from the University of Milan Bicocca and is Adjunct Professor at the University of Insubria. He attended Stanford Law School and Fordham Law School in New York as a Visiting Scholar. He has participated in numerous national and international conferences. He is a fellow of the Nexa Center of Turin and the Cybercrime Institute of Cologne, a founding member of the Tech and Law Center in Milan and a member of the editorial board of the journal Digital Investigation, published by Elsevier.
He is the author of numerous scholarly publications, including “Computer Crimes”, “Digital Evidence”, “Compliance 231” and “Gli Adempimenti del DPO” (“The Obligations of the DPO”).
He is the founder of LT42, a leading company in the field of legal tech, and is vice-president of the Marazzina Onlus Foundation.
Valerio Vertua
LAWYER
A lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Cassation Court, he has worked for a number of years predominantly in tax law, corporate law and IT and new technology law; in the latter area, he has developed particular expertise in IT contracts, e-commerce consultancy and data protection.
Valerio Vertua
A lawyer with the right to represent clients before the Supreme Cassation Court, he has worked for a number of years predominantly in tax law, corporate law and IT and new technology law; in the latter area, he has developed particular expertise in IT contracts, e-commerce consultancy and data protection. Mr Vertua is a member of the Tax Justice Commission of the Milan Bar Association.
He completed his professional training at the University of Milan, specialising in Computer Forensics and Digital Investigations; Data Protection and Data Governance; Advanced Strategies for the Application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Legal Tech, Coding for Lawyers, AI and Blockchain Legal Issues; and, finally, Corporate Law.
For many years he has collaborated with the Chair of Legal Informatics and Advanced Legal Informatics in the Faculty of Law at the University of Milan and is an affiliate scholar at the Coordinated Research Centre in Information Society Law (ISLC) at the University of Milan.
Mr Vertua is a member of the board of directors of the DFA Digital Forensics Alumni – association and is one of the founders of the CSA Italy association, holding the position of Vice President.
Partner Tech
Carlo Carmagnola
TECH PARTNER
Carlo Carmagnola
Passionate about computer science from a young age, he began his entrepreneurial career in 2005 at Fulcri as CTO, dealing with applications and web projects. With a degree in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan, he co-directs Fulcri, consolidating its position as one of the most innovative companies in the Italian pharmaceutical sector, launching products and applications relating to the digital world, marketing and regulatory compliance.
With Fulcri, he embarked on a new project in 2012, focusing on the launch and development of Efidelity, a loyalty and micro-marketing tech platform, specialising in the pharmaceutical sector, which became a market leader in just a few years. In 2016, he managed Fulcri’s entry into the Spanish market and, since 2018, he has held the position of CEO.
Matteo Flora
TECH PARTNER
Matteo Flora
A Visiting Professor in “Corporate Reputation and Storytelling” at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Pavia. In 2008, he founded and co-directed The Fool, a leading reputation and customer insight company, and in 2018, he co-founded LT42, a leading company in the world of legal tech. He helps leaders, corporations and organisations to maximise their market position through data-driven strategies and to enhance and protect their reputation.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the British organisation Right of Reply (ROR), the Sole Director of the Samadhi Technological Holding and an Angel Investor and Mentor for various incubators including LUISS Enlabs. In 2012, he was selected by the United States Congress under the Obama administration as one of the “Future Leaders” for the international IVLP programme.
He is co-founder of the Hermes-Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights and President of PermessoNegato, the association that protects the victims of Revenge Porn; a former director of the Privacy and Security Observatory of the IT Association; consultant for the European Council on Online Anti-propaganda together with UNAR; and has acted as a consultant in some of the most important cases in European Authority Law (including Mediaset/Google, ThePirateBay, RojaDirecta, Yahoo) and in the protection of reputation, quantifying and analysing reputational and economic damage using innovative methodologies that have become the de-facto standard over the years.
International Keynote Panelist; repeat TEDx Speaker; IED Lecturer in Brand Reputation as part of the University of Milan’s Master’s in CyberSecurity and Cybercrime; former lecturer on the Sole24ore Master’s programme, at the Bocconi Business School and on the Master’s in Economics and Financial Intelligence at the University of Tor Vergata.
As a communicator, he hosts a Podcast for Forbes on Digital Reputation and a popular, light-hearted vlog, “Hello Internet!”, which has had millions of views.
He still doesn’t know how to play the piano; he is still a vegan for ethical reasons, a Buddhist by conviction and a NERD.
Tech Partner
Carlo Carmagnola
TECH PARTNER
Carlo Carmagnola
Passionate about computer science from a young age, he began his entrepreneurial career in 2005 at Fulcri as CTO, dealing with applications and web projects. With a degree in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan, he co-directs Fulcri, consolidating its position as one of the most innovative companies in the Italian pharmaceutical sector, launching products and applications relating to the digital world, marketing and regulatory compliance.
With Fulcri, he embarked on a new project in 2012, focusing on the launch and development of Efidelity, a loyalty and micro-marketing tech platform, specialising in the pharmaceutical sector, which became a market leader in just a few years. In 2016, he managed Fulcri’s entry into the Spanish market and, since 2018, he has held the position of CEO.
Matteo Flora
TECH PARTNER
Matteo Flora
A Visiting Professor in “Corporate Reputation and Storytelling” at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Pavia. In 2008, he founded and co-directed The Fool, a leading reputation and customer insight company, and in 2018, he co-founded LT42, a leading company in the world of legal tech. He helps leaders, corporations and organisations to maximise their market position through data-driven strategies and to enhance and protect their reputation.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the British organisation Right of Reply (ROR), the Sole Director of the Samadhi Technological Holding and an Angel Investor and Mentor for various incubators including LUISS Enlabs. In 2012, he was selected by the United States Congress under the Obama administration as one of the “Future Leaders” for the international IVLP programme.
He is co-founder of the Hermes-Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights and President of PermessoNegato, the association that protects the victims of Revenge Porn; a former director of the Privacy and Security Observatory of the IT Association; consultant for the European Council on Online Anti-propaganda together with UNAR; and has acted as a consultant in some of the most important cases in European Authority Law (including Mediaset/Google, ThePirateBay, RojaDirecta, Yahoo) and in the protection of reputation, quantifying and analysing reputational and economic damage using innovative methodologies that have become the de-facto standard over the years.
International Keynote Panelist; repeat TEDx Speaker; IED Lecturer in Brand Reputation as part of the University of Milan’s Master’s in CyberSecurity and Cybercrime; former lecturer on the Sole24ore Master’s programme, at the Bocconi Business School and on the Master’s in Economics and Financial Intelligence at the University of Tor Vergata.
As a communicator, he hosts a Podcast for Forbes on Digital Reputation and a popular, light-hearted vlog, “Hello Internet!”, which has had millions of views.
He still doesn’t know how to play the piano; he is still a vegan for ethical reasons, a Buddhist by conviction and a NERD.
Professionisti
Nicole Monte
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Nicole Monte
Lawyer specialising in new technology law. She deals mainly with privacy, cybersecurity and cybercrime.
After graduating from Bocconi in 2011, she became a lawyer in 2014 and between then and 2018 she gained substantial experience in the field of white-collar crime, handling several important investigations as well as numerous cases of cybercrime against various national and international companies.
In recent years, she has specialised in privacy consulting and Legal Tech projects, combining her experience as a traditional privacy lawyer with a Legal Design approach. She gives lectures and seminars on various Legal Tech topics and collaborates with several legal news and research journals.
In 2019, she was a research fellow at the Polytechnic University of Turin, collaborating with Prof A. Mantelero on a research project on European cybersecurity legislation. In the same year, she was also a visiting fellow at the University of Toronto.
She is one of the founders of the “Permesso Negato” organisation, the first Italian organisation directed at combatting revenge porn, and she collaborates with “Comunità Nuova” on various digital education projects.
Antonio Perrini
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Antonio Perrini
Lawyer specialised in the field of data protection and new technology law; he performs the role of Data Protection Officer (DPO) for various companies. He graduated in Law from the University of Milan Bicocca in 2013 with a thesis on Legal Informatics, focused on the technical-legal issues of the electronic document. In 2017, he passed the State Exam for the practice of the profession of lawyer at the Milan Court of Appeals. His university and professional career has always been characterised by a keen interest and curiosity regarding new technology law, data protection, cybersecurity and ethical hacking. He regularly advises Italian and international clients on personal data protection, GDPR compliance schemes and issues relating to cybersecurity. He collaborates closely with a team of full-stack developers in the management of the legal aspects relating to Legal Tech and document automation projects. He formerly worked as a sports instructor in various organisations, with a particular focus on mini-basketball.
Isabella Oldani
ASSOCIATE
Isabella Oldani
Lawyer at the Milan Bar, specialising in personal data protection and new technology law. She graduated from the University of Trento in 2016, gaining various training experiences abroad. In July 2020, she also obtained a PhD from the School of International Studies at the University of Trento, with a dissertation on data transfer outside the European Union. In 2018, she collaborated on the research activities of the “Cloud Legal Project” as a visiting researcher at Queen Mary University of London. She assists national and international clients in privacy compliance and in various matters, from the development and implementation of new technologies to the design of corporate data governance strategies. She is the author of several publications on personal data protection in national and international journals and websites and has been a speaker at various international conferences. She also coordinates the research activities of the “Legal and Privacy in the Cloud” group of the Italian Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance.
Marco Castelletta
TRAINEE
Marco Castelletta
Graduated in Law in January 2020 from the University of Milan, with a thesis entitled “Copyright, Music and the Internet”.
During the following months, he began working in the practice of Lucia Maggi, with whom he shares a commitment to research in the fields of copyright and intellectual property, as well as a passion for art and entertainment.
His educational background is the common thread that characterises his personal growth and professional training.
Born in the province of Novara at the turn of the 1990s, he cultivated a passion for music from an early age, both researching and listening to music and playing and studying musical instruments, experiencing first-hand the ever-increasing digitisation and evolution in the access of content.
Having moved to Milan to pursue his studies in Law, he became particularly interested in aspects of civil law relating to industrial and intellectual property, know-how and, most of all, the protection of artistic works.
Francesca Romana Pesce
TRAINEE
Francesca Romana Pesce
Graduated in Law in 2020 from the University of Milan with a thesis on gender disparity perpetuated by artificial intelligence. Enrolled in the Register of Practitioners of the Milan Bar Association. She is fluent in English and French. Her fields of interest are reputation management, legal-tech and data protection.
During her studies, she was a member of staff for the first and third editions of the “Law and Bilateral Trade: North America – Europe” Summer School, which saw a collaboration between the State University of Milan and the University of Montréal. In 2018, she was the team representative for her university, participating in the Moot Court Competition organised by the European Academy of Religion.
Andrea Cavalloni
OF COUNSEL
Andrea Cavalloni
A lawyer who has been working closely with issues of new technology law since 2004, he initially specialised in copyright, principally in the recording field and, subsequently, in the protection of software.
In recent years, he has gained significant experience in the protection of corporate know-how from disloyal or competing employees, leading him to specialise in issues of unfair competition and in industrial law more generally.
Mr. Cavalloni also extends his expertise into the field of commercial contracts, with a particular emphasis on online contracts and the world of e-commerce.
Furthermore, Mr. Cavalloni is an expert in judicial litigation in the areas of competence detailed above, allowing him to align his knowledge with even the most exacting procedural aspects of civil law.
Since 2012, he has been dealing with online reputational risk management for his clients, drawing on an in-depth knowledge of the world of the web and associated technology.
He previously collaborated with Prof Andrea Rossetti, as an expert on this subject for the Chair of Legal Informatics at the State University of Milan.
Gianmaria Le Metre
OF COUNSEL
Gianmaria Le Metre
Lawyer operating in the civil law field, with a particular focus on intellectual property, new technology law and data protection.
He has been providing out-of-court and contractual consultancy services of varying complexity in these areas for several years, for SMEs, multinationals and private individuals. Alongside his consultancy work, he provides training (including corporate) and information services for various publishing houses and newspapers.
He completed an Advanced Training Masterclass in Legal-Economics in the fields of privacy, digital communication & marketing (AFGE, Milan) and holds a Master’s in Intellectual Property Law from the Just Legal Services training organisation.
Andrea Michinelli
OF COUNSEL
Andrea Michinelli
Lawyer specialising in civil law, with a particular focus on intellectual property law (industrial and copyright law), new technology law (particularly ICT and e-commerce), consumer law and commercial contracts.
His area of expertise includes the field of data protection, for which he has gained the recognition of Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) with the US association IAPP, as well as having obtained the designations of Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIP/M) from the same organisation. He is a CEPAS-Bureau Veritas-certified DPO in compliance with the UNI 11697:2017 scheme and a qualified ITHUM Auditor/Lead Auditor ISO/IEC 27001 SG Information Security with the extension ISO/IEC 27701 SG Protection of Personal Data.
Mr Michinelli combines his substantial knowledge of the above-mentioned specialist subjects with extensive professional experience in the consulting field, assisting companies of diverse status and complexity (including SMEs and multinationals). He provides information (publications and articles for various publishers and newspapers) and training (including corporate) in the same subjects.
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