Overview
Enrico is an Associate in the Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group based in Brussels.
He advises on all aspects of EU and Italian competition law, including merger control, behavioural antitrust and state aid, as well as on foreign investment screening and foreign subsidies control.
Enrico has experience in public enforcement proceedings before both the European Commission and the Italian Competition Authority, along as in subsequent judicial appeals before EU and Italian Courts. Moreover, he has experience in complex litigation in the context of private enforcement damage actions.
Enrico’s expertise further involves general European Union law, with a particular focus on internal market, consumer protection and private international law, in addition to the procedural law applicable before the EU Court of Justice.
Work highlights
Enrico’s recent experience include:
- Vodafone Group: advising on the merger control, FDI and FSR clearances for the EUR 8 billion sale of its Italian business to Swisscom, including the related judicial proceedings before Italian Courts.
- Two State-owned lenders: advising in the context of an investigation by the European Commission into alleged illegal State aid to a major European freight operator.
- Government of an EU Member State: advising on the grant of individual State aid to a major air transport company in response to Covid-19, and related judicial proceedings before EU Courts.
- Sagitta SGR and Europa Investimenti (part of Arrow Global Group): advising on the FSR notification for their acquisition of Rizzani de Eccher Group.
- Cerberus Capital Management: advising on the FSR notification for its acquisition of Velobank, a leading global bank, including on internal information gathering processes.
- OTPP, PSP and AIMCo: advising on the implications and disclosure obligations under the FSR, including on internal information gathering processes.
- Several clients: advising on FSR notifications, as well as on developing a tailored FSR methodology and setting up internal processes for information gathering.
- Several clients: global, EU and Italian cartel and behavioural investigations.
- Vodafone Group: advising on the antitrust aspects of its EUR 8.8 billion tower infrastructure combination with TIM and the related judicial proceedings before EU Courts.
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