Chiara D'Onofrio specialises in litigation and non-contentious activity relating to intellectual property matters, including trade secrets, trademarks, copyright, and unfair competition.
She has gained substantial experience in litigation concerning the protection of trade secrets, providing companies with legal advice on know-how protection and risk management related to the safeguarding of corporate information assets.
She has extensive expertise in drawing up legal opinions, complex trademarks, copyright and patent assignment and licensing agreements, distribution agreements, and agreements for the development of new technologies. She has also prepared numerous agreements for the assignment and transfer to companies and employers of rights and ownership of inventions and creations by employees and contractors.
She provides assistance in due diligence processes in significant commercial and M&A transactions, where she reviewed and assessed critical issues related to intellectual property matters.
She advises Italian and international clients across various sectors, including life sciences, media and new technologies.
Before joining DLA Piper in 2021, Chiara worked with leading Italian and international law firms.
