Fabio Silva
Attorney at Law
New York
CA, NY, DC
About
He has broad and in-depth knowledge in all areas affecting a consumer-driven company with domestic and foreign operations. As an experienced in-house attorney, he has a practical approach to problem-solving and risk mitigation. He splits his time between New York City and Los Angeles and represents clients on both coasts.
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Client Reviews
"My company chose to engage a blogger to market our goods. Fabio prepared the agreement and advised us on how to stay compliant with FTC guidelines regarding the use of paid influencers. He also prepared for us a social media policy, so that we could train our marketing department."
"Fabio advised me on how to properly select a trademark and he explained the registration process of the US Patent & Trademark Office. He was very good at managing my expectations, answered all my questions, and he prepared and filed my application."
Work History
FRSilva Law
Attorney
Feb 2016 - Present
Solo practice, representing clients engaged in the sale of consumer goods and services. Primarily transactional work (e.g. contracts, licensing, regulatory, corporate and intellectual property).
Giorgio Armani Corporation
General Counsel
Oct 2014 - Jul 2015
General counsel for the Armani group entities in North America. Responsible for the handling and resolution of all legal matters affecting the North American group entities, including commercial real estate, regulatory compliance, risk management, intellectual property and commercial contracts. Reported directly to the Chief Operating Officer.
Fab.com, Inc.
General Counsel & SVP
Sep 2012 - Sep 2014
General counsel for international retail ecommerce company with operations in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Poland, India and Finland. Responsible for the handling all legal matters, including commercial real estate, regulatory compliance, intellectual property and commercial contracts. Reported directly to the CEO.
Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
Adjunct Professor
Sep 2011 - Aug 2014
Taught seminar course on in-house legal practice. Course included substantive law and practical instruction on building and managing an in-house legal department, including (a) approaches to resolving legal matters through alternative and low-cost methods, (b) external resource management, (c) internal resource management and (z) budget management.
Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
Adjunct Professor
Sep 2011 - Aug 2014
Taught seminar course on in-house legal practice. Course included substantive law and practical instruction on building and managing an in-house legal department, including (a) approaches to resolving legal matters through alternative and low-cost methods, (b) external resource management, (c) internal resource management and (z) budget management.
Tory Burch LLC
Associate Counsel
Sep 2011 - Mar 2012
Advised apparel and accessories designer, manufacturer, retailer and wholesaler on wide variety of legal matters, including real estate, intellectual property, corporate governance, employment, compliance, commercial contracts, ecommerce and international law matters.
Burberry Limited
General Counsel & VP
Sep 2003 - Jul 2011
Lead attorney for Burberry’s retail and wholesale entities in the Americas, primarily responsible for the handling of all legal matters, including real estate, corporate, intellectual property, brand enforcement, contracts, labor, employment, consumer privacy, tax, litigation and regulatory compliance. Reported to the Chief Operations Officer in the Americas and the General Counsel in the UK.
Arnold & Porter
Associate
Jan 1999 - May 2002
Prepared commercial agreements (e.g., copyright licenses, consulting services, web design, web content, transition services, confidentiality, competitive intelligence gathering, network security services, domain name transfers, asset transfers, assignment, outsourcing, and software development). Conducted IP due diligence investigations and counseled on IP matters.