Established in 2006, in Milan, and led by Massimiliano Di Martino, MDM Studio Legale provides a wide range of legal services to its Italian, US, UK and German based clients in their cross-borders transactions and day-to-day operations. The firm also advices in all areas of law arising in such matters, including International Law, Corporate, Intellectual Property, Competition, and potential litigation.

The firm has provided a growing Italian and international client base with a full range of legal services spanning regulatory, corporate, private equity, real estate, dispute resolution, and intellectual property, in our core sectors.

The firm handled numerous Mergers and Acquisitions and investments in Italy by foreign acquirers. In addition, we represent our domestic clients in their international expansion, including mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing, development agreements and toll manufacturing agreement with foreign counterparties.

To do so, for over 20 years we have worked on behalf of our domestic clients with market leading law firms in New York, San Francisco, London, and Hong Kong, among others.

Since 2003 Massimiliano provides legal and regulatory advice to insurance and reinsurance companies and their underwriters from the London and international markets in respect of a broad range of Insurance businesses (including without limitation Jewellers’ Block Policy, Fine Art, Cash in Transit, Marine, Cargo, Property) and is specialised on the resolution of large and difficult claims.

The firm regularly advises clients on the commercial use of their Intellectual Property through licensing, franchising, merchandising and other applications, as well as guide them through the IP aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions. Advising on related issues such as regulatory concerns, privacy, data protection, distribution agreements and branding and patenting strategies also forms a core part of the firm’s practice.

Since 2014 Massimiliano cooperate with the Italian firm Ecovis STLex Studio Legale Tributario and since 2020 is Of Counsel of the firm. We have completed several deals with members of Ecovis International from around the world as a single united team in several jurisdictions including the United States, Japan, and Germany.