Expertise

European Union law and Competition law, with particular focus on:

mergers
joint ventures
cartels
abuse of dominant position
state aids
distribution agreements
energy, including renewables
public procurement, concessions
anti-dumping law
freedom of establishment and free circulation of capital, goods and services

Representation of clients before courts and authorities (including the Italian competition authority and the European Commission)

Foreign languages: English, French, German

Background

Member of the Family Companies Focus Team
Member of the Innovation and Digital Transformation Focus Team
Made partner in 2002 and Of counsel in 2016

Internship at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (1992-1993)
Worked for a leading law firm in New York (1995-1996)

Ranking and Awards

Listed in the Chambers & Partners legal directory as a major expert in European Union law and competition law.

Qualifications

Member of the Belgian Bar
Member of the Italian Bar (Avvocato stabilito)
Member of the New York Bar

LLM from the New York University School of Law
Law degree from Cattolica University of Milan

Knowledge Sharing

The revised Milan Chamber of Arbitration Rules: Leading the way in arbitral procedure

On 1 March 2019, the Milan Chamber of Arbitration issued its revised Rules on Arbitration, which apply to all proceedings commenced after that date. The CAM Rules seek to incorporate the innovations that have emerged in the last decade, raising the CAM’s profile in the competitive arbitrat …

Insights

BonelliErede brings together its digital innovation expertise to create a dedicated focus team

Innovation, fintech, insurtech and start-ups are the four pillars of BonelliErede’s new Digital Innovation Focus Team. Professionals from various depts – who have years of experience in helping highly innovative companies and driving forward innovation, financial and insurance services’ d …

Three new awards for BonelliErede at the Legalcommunity Corporate M&A Awards 2017

BonelliErede received three new awards at the 2017 edition of the Legalcommunity Corporate M&A Awards held on 6 July. Following its recent success at the TopLegal Industry Awards, the firm was crowned “Pharma Corporate M&A Firm of the Year” thanks to the achievements of the Healthca …