BirdWatch - Eighteenth Edition
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Partner
Italy
I am a corporate and commercial transactions lawyer with particular focus on M&A, acting primarily for technology, industrial/manufacturing, and luxury, retail & consumer businesses.
Partner
UK
I help clients navigate trade mark, copyright and other IP questions when they are resolving disputes, pursuing transactions or designing compliant business processes.
Welcome to edition 18 of BirdWatch - our regular newsletter to keep US businesses informed on the latest developments in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Now that the EU and the UK negotiating teams have agreed the terms of a detailed post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement, our focus is on the implications for businesses arising from the UK's status as a “third country” outside the EU. We take a focused look at the data protection implications and the impact on cross-border disputes now that the transition period has ended.
Our updates include privacy guidance for global employers managing COVID-19 vaccination and information programs, opportunities and challenges in public procurement for life sciences and healthcare companies, predictions for the technology sector in 2021, guidance for MNCs navigating network connection and VPN in China, and an outlook on digital regulation in Europe with the long-anticipated response to the Online Harms White Paper in the UK and Digital Services Act package in the EU.
