Herbert Smith Freehills Partner Laura Orlando has been named one of Italy's top 50 lawyers for a sixth consecutive year by Legalcommunity, a leading Italian legal publisher recognising the excellence of the Italian legal market in the field of intellectual property.

Laura rose six places from 2022, reaching the 33rd spot. The publication highlighted the growth of our Milan office, Laura's role as Joint Global Head of IP, and her reputation in Italy as a key expert on the Unified Patent Court and the unitary patent.

Laura specialises in contentious and non-contentious intellectual property, with a focus on patent and regulatory law in the life sciences sector. She has acted in some of the highest profile multi-jurisdictional patent cases in the sector and has assisted major pharmaceutical companies in connection with patent expiry of top selling drugs. She also advises on a range of regulatory issues including product life cycle management, routes for obtaining marketing authorisations, data exclusivity provisions, supplementary protection certificates, orphan designations, good manufacturing practice compliance certificates, pricing and reimbursement.

Laura's other key achievements include establishing our European Trademark & Design practice in Italy with the hire of European and Italian trademark attorney Annamaria Algieri. She has also helped grow the office's corporate M&A capability, welcoming partner Augusto Santoro and his team earlier this year, and the Banking, Finance and Project Finance practice in Milan with the promotion of Simone Egidi.

Laura (centre) with Legalcommunity's editor-in-chief (right) and Federico Sutti (left) from Dentons.

About Legalcommunity's list of top 50 lawyers

Legalcommunity's annual list showcases senior legal professionals who have made a significant impact on both local and international legal markets in the preceding 12 months. The publication evaluates lawyers based on their professional standing, business development expertise, management skills, relationship-building, openness to innovation, and global perspective.