Massimo Orsini

Massimo Orsini is a Partner at Oziel Law, where he advises innovative and creative clients on matters pertaining to corporate, commercial, and intellectual property law. Massimo’s practice focuses on providing a broad range of pragmatic and strategic business, transactional, and intellectual property law services, including with respect to the protection and commercialization of intellectual property assets (such as trademarks, copyright, patents, and trade secrets), the drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements, counsel pertaining to corporate governance, counsel in the areas of corporate transactions and M&A, and dispute resolution. Of relevance to his practice, Massimo carries deep industry experience in the areas of software, gaming, creative design, healthcare technology, and agricultural technology (agtech).

He is also an active writer and speaker on matters concerning his areas of practice and technology more broadly, having recently presented as a guest speaker for the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, and other industry conferences where his expertise has been sought. His commentary has also been sought for popular media publications, including the Globe and Mail.

Massimo obtained his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Laws from McGill University, where he served as an executive editor for the McGill Journal of Law and Health and clerked at the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Prior to his legal education, he completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from Concordia University, double-majoring in philosophy and political science. During his undergraduate studies, he received a scholarship to study at Sciences Po in Paris and obtained a certificate in post-harvest technologies at the University of California, Davis.

Before joining Oziel Law, Massimo practiced at a full-service international firm where he advised multinational and domestic clients on a broad range of intellectual property and technology matters, including data security and privacy, trademarks, copyright, patents, and domain name disputes. He has also advised on inter-jurisdictional M&A matters and has acted on complex IP and commercial litigation, including patent and inventorship disputes and anti-counterfeiting proceedings.