Massimiliano Masnada is one of the leading lawyers in Italy in the field of privacy and data protection: given his practical and commercial approach, Massimiliano is appreciated by clients for finding suitable solutions to comply with Italian and European regulations.

Massimiliano's knowledge covers a number of different issues including mobile technology, social media, connected cars, telemedicine, cloud computing, online tracking, and cross-border transfers of data.

Massimiliano has represented many clients before the Italian Data Protection Authority on both contentious and non-contentious matters, and often brings insight to clients on compliance in the privacy area. 

Massimiliano also represents many of the most important Internet Service Providers and e-commerce players in relation to IT litigation, helping them solve a broad range of challenges in the Italian market.

Massimiliano is also involved in the adoption, implementation and updating of organisational and compliance models of international clients doing business in Italy. 

Massimiliano is often invited as a speaker by academic institutions or private organisations at seminars and master on data protection and compliance issues and has written several publications on data protection issues.

The team led by Marco Berliri and Massimiliano Masnada has been awarded the "Best Law Firm of the Year" in IP&TMT at the Legalcommunity IP&TMT Awards 2017 and 2019 and "Best team of the year" in New Media at the Top Legal Industry Awards 2016.