Our Italian team claims first prize for Food and Drink at TopLegal Industry Awards 2016

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Giovanni Galimberti

Partner
Italy

As well as being one of the founding partners of our Italian operations, I'm now Managing Partner and head of our Italian Intellectual Property department.

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Massimiliano Mostardini

Partner
Italy

I've practiced law since 1990, having graduated from the University of Milan. I'm the founding partner of Bird & Bird Italy and I'm passionate about protecting the values of our firm.

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Stefano Silvestri

Partner
Italy

I am a corporate and commercial transactions lawyer with particular focus on M&A, acting primarily for technology, industrial/manufacturing, and luxury, retail & consumer businesses.

Our Italian Food & Beverage team has recently been selected, from an impressive shortlist of leading international and Italian firms, as the best"Food and Drink" team of the year by TopLegal. Highlights of the team's hard work include assistance to Ferrero, Barilla, several Consortia for Geographical Indications and Monster. TopLegal is the leading legal publication in Italy and its industry awards are determined by a panel of General Counsel and professionals from major Italian corporations.

Italians claim first prize for food and drink at TopLegal Industry Awards 2016 photo

Partners Giovanni Galimberti, Massimiliano MostardiniArturo Leone and Stefano Silvestri as well as associate Francesca Lotta collected the award at an event which saw hundreds of lawyers packed into the Italian Stock Exchange in Milan for the biggest legal awards ceremony in the calendar.

Our Italian office was also shortlisted for its work in Pharmaceuticals, Luxury & Fashion and TMT; illustrating our reputation across the firm’s key sectors in Italy.

For the full list of TopLegal Industry Awards results, here

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