Enrico Salmini Sturli

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Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group

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“I advise on all areas of European and Italian competition law, including multi-jurisdictional merger control, foreign investment screening and behavioural antitrust. I provide clients with strategic and tailored advice, with a particular focus on State aid and foreign subsidies control.”

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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Beyond the Office

Enrico has been an Associate in the Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group based in Brussels since 2022. Before joining Linklaters, Enrico practiced law in the competition department of an Italian top-tier law firm and trained both at the European Commission’s DG COMP and in the competition practice of a major international law firm, as well as in a highly reputed boutique specialised in EU law.

Besides being a practitioner, Enrico retains a strong academic interest in a number of European Union law areas. He is an Academic Fellow of EU and International Trade Law at the University of Aosta Valley, having previously held a similar position at the University of Ferrara. He has published several contributions in peer-reviewed law journals, mainly dealing with the intertwine between fundamental rights and competition proceedings.

Education and Qualifications

Enrico is an Italian-qualified Attorney, member of both the Rome Bar and the Brussels French-speaking Bar (E-List). He graduated in law from the University of Ferrara, having undergone study and research periods at the European University Institute in Florence and KU Leuven in Belgium. Enrico holds a Master’s in EU competition law awarded by King’s College London.

Enrico speaks English, Italian, French and Spanish.

Thought Leadership

Enrico's published works include:

E. SALMINI STURLI and T. HENRY, “Extension of EU Legal Professional Privilege: Case C-694/20 Orde van Vlaamse Balies” in Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2023
E. SALMINI STURLI, “Volotea, Germanwings and easyJet v Commission: the General Court provides some clarification on the Airport of Sardinia State Aid Case”, in Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2021
E. SALMINI STURLI, “The Ne Bis in Idem Principle as a Limit to the Resumption of Competition Proceedings: An Analysis of the Rebar Cartel Saga”, in European Papers, 2019

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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.

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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