Massimiliano Russo is counsel in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato, based in its
Massimiliano has published several articles and regularly speaks at industry conferences.
Representative Experience
- Advising Italian and international pharmaceutical companies on regulatory requirements for pharmaceutical product approvals and medical device registration
- Advising pharmaceutical companies on product distribution legal strategies including negotiation and drafting of distributor agreements, in/out-licensing and co-marketing agreements
- Advising pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers on the regulation of advertising and promotion of pharmaceutical products and medical devices as well as co-promotion arrangements
- Coordinating data protection audits and advising on patient’s consent, transfer of patient’s sensitive data abroad and the use of customer’s data for marketing purposes
- Advising pharmaceutical clients on IT and e-commerce, including website development and hosting, business and consumer contracting over the Internet, domain name protection, outsourcing and other services agreements in the healthcare sector
- Advising leading food products manufacturers on regulatory requirements, advertising, labelling, consumer protection, including assistance before supervisory and self-industry authorities
- Advising several local and international telecoms operators on implementation of data protection policies and data security measures, including website audits for compliance with privacy legislation
- Advising several major consumer brand owners on data protection policies for website customer registrations
- Advising multinational entertainment groups on requirements relating to collection of personal data and drafting appropriate consent forms in key jurisdictions, initially in Europe and subsequently more broadly
- Advising major consumer electronics manufacturers on the processing of customer data, including website data collection in key European jurisdictions
- Advising telecom operators on direct marketing and compliance with data protection laws
- Coordinating data protection concept audits, with specific reference to data security requirements, on telecom operators’ database and directories
- Advising local and international clients on privacy notices and statements, transfer of data from the EU to the
- Advising leading IT equipment manufacturers on the interpretation and application of the data protection directives and the “safe harbour” principles. Monitoring and reporting on developments in EU/US relations in the field of data protection
- Advising a leading US courier services provider on the interpretation and application of the EU data protection directives in relation to the setting up of worldwide electronic tracking service. Review of compatibility of proposed services with data protection directives and co-ordination of multijurisdictional review of local data protection legislation
- Advising major multi-national telecom operators, network service providers, internet service and internet backbone providers on the development of global privacy compliance programs, including advising on sector-specific issues relating to network monitoring and billing, on-line collection of data, intra-group global transfers, and related direct marketing initiatives
- Advising a variety of multi-national leading industry operators on the full range of data protection compliance issues, including advising on implementation of global customer and HR databases, and related consent and transfer issues, and development of customer and employee consents, privacy policies and internal guidelines
Education
- University of Rome (magna cum laude), 1993
Languages Spoken
- English
- Italian
