Francesca Bego Ghina

Francesca has extensive experience in representing national and international clients in court proceedings and in negotiations, with reference to trademarks, designs, patents, trade secrets and copyright as well as unfair competition and advertising law, including drafting commercial contracts, assignment, co-branding and sponsorship agreements, coexistence and licensing agreements.

With a concrete and dynamic approach, Francesca puts herself at her clients’ disposal trying to anticipate their needs, to ensure they receive the best protection and valorization of the creative and innovative elements in their IPRs. She keeps an eye on both the evolving role of intellectual property as a business asset for companies and the digital revolution, without forgetting the importance of a growing awareness to environmental and social sustainability.

Combining an industrial property law background with her passion for commercial law, Francesca offers a strategic vision of intellectual property rights to serve the needs of international investment funds in connection with M&A transactions or industrial groups in structured finance transactions, as well as innovative start-ups and SMEs and related incubators.

Francesca also regularly advises IRCSS, research and experimentation institutes and foundations on participation in research projects, calls and funding, as well as on the management of intellectual property rights arising from partnership agreements and technology transfer activities.

Professional Experience

Francesca has been a Partner of the firm since January 2018 and works mainly from the Turin office, where she has been professionally trained since 2000. She has also gained experience from various secondments with foreign law firms over the years.

Education and Teaching

Francesca graduated in Law, cum laude, from the University of Turin in 2000, with a thesis in corporate law, which was awarded recognition as the best thesis of the year by the University of Turin, for which she received the Optime Award by the Industrial Union of Turin and a scholarship provided by the Italian Managers Association.

Francesca obtained a master’s degree from the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich, Germany, in Industrial Property with a thesis on 'Cross Border Trade in IP & Internet Law'.

Professional Affiliations

Francesca has been a member of the Turin Bar Association since 2005.

She is a member of LES Italy, the Italian arm of the Licensing Executives Society.

Publications and Recognition

Francesca participates as a speaker in seminars, webinars and conferences in the field of industrial property law. She is the author of numerous comments on court decisions published in the Italian law journal 'Giurisprudenza Italiana', as well as the newsletters of the AIPPI and LES associations.

She also contributed to the treatise ‘The Law for Merchandising and character licensing: merchandising law and practice' published by Thomson, New York, 2005.

Francesca was recognized as a Young Emerging Lawyer in the IP/IT sector by Capital – Class Editori in 2019 and received the MF – Milano Finanza Award for IP/IT in 2020.

Passions and Interests

Francesca is passionate about travelling, exhibitions, museums and anything else she can share with her children and husband, opening up new horizons by confronting different cultures, cuisines, music, stories and traditions.