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The Firm provides assistance and consultancy in a broad range of legal sector, from company laws and IP and industrial laws, related to innovative process. Massimo Simbula provides continuos legal assistance on a flat fee basis to innovative startup, digital incubators, ventures capital specialized in the digital business.
Please find herebelow more details of the services rendered.
The Law Firm provides legal assistance related Energy and renewable including intersection between distribution system, new technologies and P2P energy sharing. The Law Firm offers in particular the following services:
Production, distribution, commercialization and sales of energy both wholesail and retail.
Draft of Smart Contract scheme and fine tuning of IT architecture on legal side aimed to automatize recharging system and providers of energy solutions.
Cryptographic Tokens on Blockchain connected to the production, distribution, sales and use of electric energy
Treatment of personal and non personal data related the use of electric energy
Blockchain solution for mapping the use of electric energy and the provenience of the renewable source
Contracts for mining of cryptocurrencies and management of electric energy plants..
Draft of terms of use for purchasing recharge of electric energy
Assistance to Energy Service Company
The Law Firm is intensively active, since 2013, in legal support related cryptocurrencies, blockchain, smart contract.
The Firm support companies and individuals in a wide range of activities including:
creation, production and commercialization of cryptographic tokens based on Blockchain.
Utility Token, Security Token, Payment Token, Hybrid Token, NFT, and other forms of use and commercialization of cryptoactivties.
Privacy in cryptoactivities field
Consumer laws and cryptoactivities
Banking and financial laws and regulatory laws related cryptoactivities
Representation in authorization process at the relevant Italian and European authorities in order to obtain relevant authorization to operate.
Terms of Service and contracts related commercialization and production in cryptoactivities
Exchange of cryptocurrencies and related regulatory issues
Representation for registration of companies at the competent register of exchange of cryptocurrencies (including OAM in Italy)
AML and KYC for Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP)
Draft of terms and condition for smart contracts in coordination with developers and IT managers.
Definition of potential oracles and trigger elements of smart contracts
FinTech solutions connected to smart contract
OTC derivatives and other financial products and securities managed through smart contracts
Blockchain solution for private companies and public administration related to regulatory and administrative process (RegTech).
Digital signature based on blockchain
Privacy by design solution for blockchain architecture
Legal support related Decentralized Finance, including staking and escrow solution.
Banking and Finance, Consumer Laws, production, commercialization, sale of IT solutions tied to Decentralized Finance
Chief Legal Officer and assistance in international issues related Decentralized Finance and Decentralized Autonomous Organization.
Feasibility plan related legal aspects and management of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO).
Legal aspects Electronic Votes in association, companies and other private and public institutions
Legal assistance in creation, production and commercialization of Non Fungible Tokens (NFT)
Tax, finance and regulatory issues related NFT
Sports ed NFT
Consumer laws and NFT
Data Protection and NFT
General terms of sale of NFT
B2B agreement for NFT and management of agreements and general terms related third parties platforms (opensea.io and others)
Copyright, Trademarks, and intellectual property rights in general related production, commercialization and sale of NFT
Compliance to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
GAP Analysis
Data Protection Officer for private companies and public institutions
Consultancy related privacy and draft of all the relevant documents and contracts concerning treatment of personal.
Records of processing activities
Data Protection Impact assessment
Representation in front of the relevant National Data Protection Authorities
Litigation concerning violation of laws on personal data both at Data Protection Authorities and in Court
- Representation and consultancy related registration as exchange of cryptocurrencies at the Italian register OAM and request of license at UIF OAM for notice of suspect operations SOS/SARA
- Draft and implementation of AML procedures;
- draft of models for AML notice to the relevant authorities;
- continuative assistance for management of monitoring and notice according to AML provisions.
- Continuative assistance in favor of companies operating in the Cybersecurity field
- Due Diligence and merger and acquisition for companies operating in the Cybersecurity field
- Contracts and commercial laws related cybersecurity activities
- IP, privacy, confidentiality, criminal and civil laws specifically related to cybersecurity activities
- Assistance for tracing cryptocurrencies and legal related issues, in partnership with CHAINALYSIS.INC
- Fraudulent access to a Data Base and steal of softwares and data
- Software and telecommunication damages;
- Data leaks;
- Malicoius Software (Malware) and Illegal Botnets attacks;
- Hacker and computer security;
- Open source fair use;
- Defamation and libel
- Cyberbullying
- Sexual Cyber-predators
- Sexting
- Flaming
- Happy Slapping
- Impersonation
- Dissing
- exclusion
- text polls
- on line wars
The Firm is the legal consultant of the Internet Watch Organization for Cybercrime in Italy, created by the Ministry of Justice – Juvenile crimes department.
- Set-up of Companies and creation of special categories of shares and quotas
- Startup
- Joint ventures
- Consotium
- Association
- Trust and foundation
- Shareholders agreements
- Share-Purchase agreements
- Share Capital Increase
- Stock Option plan
- Legal issues related liabilities of Directors and insurance policies of the company
- Merger and Acquisition
- Finance and Investment
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds
- Spin-Off, Universities and Research Centers
- Sale of assets
- Financial obbligations
- Fund raising, start-up, early stage investment, business incubator, LBO, MBO, MBI, BIMBO.
- Trademark registration
- Patents
- Experties and evaluation of trademarks
- License and transfer of intellectual property rights
- Sofwtare protection
- Protection and management of copyrights with particular reference to new technologies (such as Metaverse, NFT, Blockchain, Criptoactivities, e-commerce)
- Legal issues related protection and optimization of brands with particular reference to the digital environment (including social networks, marketplaces, metaverse, etc.)
- Availability and priority research for trademarks and intellectual property rights
- Consultancy and representation related Consumer Italian and EU laws
- Representation at the Courts and at the competent authorities related consumer laws
- Management and consultancy for legal issues related contest
- Gaming and reward through new technologies.
- purchase and sale of property
- procurement contracts for the development of real estate
- assistance in the contractual and regulatory aspects of restructuring a national television broadcaster’s transmission network
- management, administration and development contracts for real estate assets and rental business in the hospitality and retail sectors
- contractual and regulatory assistance for fashion industry multinationals in the acquisition and opening of boutiques and showrooms
- commercial leases
- advice on guarantees connected to real property, such as mortgages, and on conveyance fees for property-related transactions