Our history

Giulia is a dual qualified lawyer (England and Wales and Italy) and in-house senior legal counsel at River Island.

Giulia supports the brand’s e-commerce channels and works closely with the information technology department in designing and onboarding new technical solutions.

Giulia has substantial experience in drafting and advising on international commercial (media, endorsement, sponsorship agreements) and cloud computing contracts (software development and software licence agreements) in the online fashion and online gaming sectors.

Prior to joining River Island, Giulia worked in the commercial legal department of the worldwide largest online gaming group (The Stars Group, NASDAQ: TSG) and was sole in-house counsel for Conde’ Nast Commerce - part of Conde’ Nast International - which launched the marketplace luxury fashion website Style.com.

Dr Eleonora Rosati is Full Professor of Intellectual Property Law and the Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University and an Of Counsel at Bird & Bird. She is also a Guest Professor at CEIPI - Université de Strasbourg, a Research Associate at EDHEC Business School and an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge, as well as an Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press).

Eleonora is the author of several peer-reviewed journal articles and books in the field of intellectual property, including - most recently - Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union (Oxford University Press:2019). She is also a long-standing contributor to award-winning specialist intellectual property blog The IPKat.

Eleonora has been included in Managing Intellectual Property ‘The 50 Most Influential People in IP’ list (2018) and in World Intellectual Property Review's list of 'Influential Women in IP' (2020).