Enrico Salmini Sturli

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.

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.

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.

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