More than 20-year experience as Trademark Attorney and Legal Consultant in IP matters in International Law Firms, specialized in the protection of Intellectual-Property rights. As Trademark and Legal Consultant, I am responsible for the management of trademark, copyright, designs and domain name portfolios in Italy, the EU and worldwide, for both Italian and International companies. In particular, I manage all the principle and typical activities of brand protection, dealing with a wide range of trademark and brand matters, including marketing, technical and legal consultancy for the protection of trademarks and brands, creation of new brands, conducting and analyzing availability searches, supervising of filing of new trademark applications, defense and prosecution of trademark applications up to their registrations, oppositions and litigious matters, revocations and invalidity actions; negotiating, drafting and conclusion of commercial contracts, license contracts, coexistence contracts and franchising contracts; supervising renewals and regularization of ownership details following mergers and assignments; supervising and coordination of the work of five paralegals; counterfeit and passing off actions abroad.My competence in managing brands and trademark rights would be of immediate value for any company having a significant trademark portfolio and needing internal trademark specialists also capable of interacting with possible external IP Firms. Specialist also in Trademark Infringment, Counterfeit and Passing off matters, Copyright and Domain names.I always try my best to mix strategic and creative predisposition with a wide expertise from a legal, marketing, financial, economic, commercial and managerial perspective with the goal to build up my professionalism at different levels and in several areas.