Antitrust and Corporate Law

These two areas, both fundamental to business activity, have seen BSV Law Firm involved in a number of significant and successful disputes. The firm frequently acts, including alongside other leading law firms that have handled proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority, for large and medium-sized companies in appeals against antitrust decisions and, above all, in the resulting follow-on damages claims before the specialised court divisions. In this context, the firm has built strong working relationships with leading economists and financial experts specialising in antitrust damages. Its experience in the procedural management of class actions in other fields also enables it to address this particular form of follow-on litigation, which has so far remained relatively rare but is likely to become more common.

The firm has also closely followed the legislative and case-law developments, at both domestic and EU level, concerning the changing relationships between collecting societies in increasing competition with one another and with authors, producers and users. This privileged vantage point has enabled the firm to develop in-depth expertise in copyright law, particularly in relation to musical and cinematographic works and the disputes arising from them. From there, the firm’s practice has expanded into other areas of industrial law, including the protection of trademarks and patents, interim and merits proceedings, and unfair competition, always within its core area of focus: litigation.