Marco Blei focuses his practice on industrial and intellectual property, information technology and contracts, with specific focus in the life sciences and high technology sectors.

He also handles disputes in patent and know-how matters, as well as in relation to trademarks, designs, copyrights, unfair competition and misleading advertising.

Marco has significant experience in the drafting and negotiation of agreements for the licensing, exploitation, valorization and acquisition of intellectual property rights, R&D and collaboration agreements as well as IT related contracts, also in the context of extraordinary corporate transactions and technology transactions.

Marco is regularly involved in drafting and negotiating agreements for the manufacturing, supply, distribution and co-marketing of pharmaceutical products and medical devices as well as of clinical trials agreements.

Marco also serves as an adjunct professor at several universities, teaching courses on intellectual property law and pharmaceuticals and medical devices regulation.

• Assisted a leading multinational pharmaceutical company in relation to repackaging and parallel imports of pharmaceutical products*
• Assisted the Italian subsidiary of a multinational pharmaceutical company in a court dispute concerning copyright infringement*
• Assisted a multinational group active in the mechanical sector in relation to multiple court litigations concerning the misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition*
• Assisted a leading Italian fashion house in the management and exploitation of its intellectual property portfolio as well as in licensing deals*
• Assisted an Italian medical device manufacturer in matters relating to international patent enforcement as well as licensing and distribution deals*
• Assisted a leading Italian research institute in relation to the drafting and negotiations of agreement relating to the exploitation of IP and to research and development deals*
• Assisted a publicly owned private equity and venture capital fund in relation to the investment into several startups and early stage companies operating in the life sciences sector*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

• Winner of the Lexology Client Choice 2026 for Life Sciences
• Recognized among the world’s leading professionals in the Lexology Index IP 2026 report for Intellectual Property
• Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® for Health Care Law, Milan, Italy (2025) and recognized among the Best Lawyers in Italy™ 2025 for work in Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice as well as Health Care Law.

Education
University of Milan, MSc Molecular Pathology and Molecular Tumor Board, 2026
University of Milan, MSc Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, magna cum laude, 2025
University of Milan, BSc Biology, 2022
King’s College London, LLM Intellectual Property, 2008
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, JD, 2003

Admissions
Milan

Courts/Agencies
Italian Supreme Court of Cassation

Languages
English
Italian