Massimiliano Masnada

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

Massimiliano was awarded "Best lawyer of the year in Privacy" at the Legalcommunity IP/TMT Awards 2016 and he is consistently top ranked by Chambers and Legal 500. 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, 2019, 2020 and 2022.