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    OFFICE
    Milan Office

    Via della Moscova 18, 20121
    Tel: +39 02778875210
    Fax: +39 0276018478
    EMAIL: alessia.placchi@lcalex.it

    LANGUAGES
    Italian English Chinese French
    PROFESSIONAL ORDER

    Italy (Milan Bar)

    Senior Associate

    Alessia
    Placchi

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    Information

    OFFICE
    Milan Office

    Via della Moscova 18, 20121
    Tel: +39 02778875210
    Fax: +39 0276018478
    EMAIL: alessia.placchi@lcalex.it

    LANGUAGES
    Italian English Chinese French
    PROFESSIONAL ORDER

    Italy (Milan Bar)

    Alessia mainly deals with out-of-court assistance with reference to business contracts, IT law and personal data protection. With reference to these areas, she assists national and international clients in the negotiation and drafting of contracts and in the implementation of privacy compliance documentation. She has also acquired experience, mainly, in out-of-court assistance in intellectual and industrial property matters.

    Professional experience

    Alessia joined the Law Firm in 2018, gradually majoring in IP, IT and privacy Law (Intellectual Property, Information Technology & privacy) and assisting important clients operating in the digital and innovation sector. In 2019, she gained the IAPP certification as Certified International Privacy Professional in Europe (CIPP/E).
    Previously, she had collaborated with the commercial law department of a well-known Milan-based boutique firm, mainly dealing with licensing contracts, technology transfer, publishing contracts, general terms and conditions and international agreements. In this context, she also collaborated with the Academic Foundation Ludes and Ludes Lugano Campus, dealing with the drafting of some international agreements and, was involved in the management and coordination of various international projects (particularly regarding China and the United Arab Emirates).
    Before graduating, Alessia had done an internship at the Beijing office of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in China (CICC) and then collaborated with the Sino-European project “IP Key – Intellectual Property. A Key to Sustainable Development” in the drafting of a paper for the European Commission on the protection of Geographical Indications in China.

    Associations, seminars, media and other activities

    Through the dissertation “Geographical Indications in International Trade Law – the European, US and Chinese Perspectives and the Biodiversity and Agricultural Concerns”, was awarded, in 2015, with the ‘Alfredo Canessa’ prize for best graduation thesis in Intellectual Property, Anti-Counterfeiting and Made in Italy.
    In 2012, she attended the seventh edition of the Summer Law Institute in China, organized at the Peking University (Beijing) with focus on international trade law and intellectual property protection in China.
    In 2011, she participated to the National Model United Nations (NMUN) in New York, USA.
    Recently, besides the professional career, Alessia has contributed to setting up the non-profit organization named “Tutelawry” (providing legal, commercial and insurance support to Italian small and medium enterprises) for which was appointed Secretary General since 2018; and she pursued her passion for writing by dedicating her spare time to journalistic activity through collaborations with various online newspapers such as Italia da Gustare, Dove – Corriere Viaggi and Milano 24ore News.

    Education

    Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) certificate (2019)
    Law Degree, magna cum laude, University of Milan (2015)
    Attendance of the master courses in international law and research activities at the University of Xiamen, China (2015)

    Information

    OFFICE

    Milan Office

    Via della Moscova 18, 20121
    Tel: +39 02778875210
    Fax: +39 0276018478
    EMAIL: alessia.placchi@lcalex.it

    LANGUAGES
    Italian English Chinese French
    PROFESSIONAL ORDER

    Italy (Milan Bar)

    Areas of activity

    Alessia mainly deals with out-of-court assistance with reference to business contracts, IT law and personal data protection. With reference to these areas, she assists national and international clients in the negotiation and drafting of contracts and in the implementation of privacy compliance documentation. She has also acquired experience, mainly, in out-of-court assistance in intellectual and industrial property matters.

    Professional experience

    Alessia joined the Law Firm in 2018, gradually majoring in IP, IT and privacy Law (Intellectual Property, Information Technology & privacy) and assisting important clients operating in the digital and innovation sector. In 2019, she gained the IAPP certification as Certified International Privacy Professional in Europe (CIPP/E).
    Previously, she had collaborated with the commercial law department of a well-known Milan-based boutique firm, mainly dealing with licensing contracts, technology transfer, publishing contracts, general terms and conditions and international agreements. In this context, she also collaborated with the Academic Foundation Ludes and Ludes Lugano Campus, dealing with the drafting of some international agreements and, was involved in the management and coordination of various international projects (particularly regarding China and the United Arab Emirates).
    Before graduating, Alessia had done an internship at the Beijing office of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in China (CICC) and then collaborated with the Sino-European project “IP Key – Intellectual Property. A Key to Sustainable Development” in the drafting of a paper for the European Commission on the protection of Geographical Indications in China.

    Associations, seminars, media and other activities

    Through the dissertation “Geographical Indications in International Trade Law – the European, US and Chinese Perspectives and the Biodiversity and Agricultural Concerns”, was awarded, in 2015, with the ‘Alfredo Canessa’ prize for best graduation thesis in Intellectual Property, Anti-Counterfeiting and Made in Italy.
    In 2012, she attended the seventh edition of the Summer Law Institute in China, organized at the Peking University (Beijing) with focus on international trade law and intellectual property protection in China.
    In 2011, she participated to the National Model United Nations (NMUN) in New York, USA.
    Recently, besides the professional career, Alessia has contributed to setting up the non-profit organization named “Tutelawry” (providing legal, commercial and insurance support to Italian small and medium enterprises) for which was appointed Secretary General since 2018; and she pursued her passion for writing by dedicating her spare time to journalistic activity through collaborations with various online newspapers such as Italia da Gustare, Dove – Corriere Viaggi and Milano 24ore News.

    Education

    Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) certificate (2019)
    Law Degree, magna cum laude, University of Milan (2015)
    Attendance of the master courses in international law and research activities at the University of Xiamen, China (2015)

    IT & Data Protection
    Intellectual property

    IT & Data Protection

    At LCA, we take great pride in the specific expertise we’ve gained in the management of privacy issues, ensuring full compliance with European (GDPR) and Italian legislation and with the directives issued by the Italian Data Protection Authority. We have years of experience in monitoring innovations in big data and cybersecurity.
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    Intellectual property

    At LCA, we have long-standing expertise in the provision of contentious and non-contentious assistance on copyright and misleading and comparative advertising, trademarks and domain names, designs and models, patents, know-how, unfair competition
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    Food

    Food

    At LCA, we also boast comprehensive and extensive expertise in the Food & Wine sector. Focusing particularly on agri-food law, we have the know-how to provide a range of players with dedicated, specialised legal advice, including: small and medium-sized companies, multinationals, start-ups, agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology companies, breeders, suppliers and distributors, companies operating in the hospitality sector and companies dedicated to food disposal. Our success is a combined result of our profound and diverse knowledge of Italian, European and international industry regulations and long-standing, varied experience in M&A and extraordinary transactions in the agri-food sector.
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    China desk

    China desk

    Thanks to our extensive international practice, at LCA, we’ve become experts in the Chinese market and have developed a unique knowledge of the dynamics that characterise commercial and financial exchanges, investments, extraordinary transactions and negotiations between Italy and China.
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