Satta Romano & Associati

Filippo Satta, Founding Partner of the Firm, started the legal profession in 1970.
Within a short period of time, he became one of the most prominent Italian lawyers for Public Law, contributing to design the legal grounds of the role of the State into the economy.

He is an expert in technology and digital development, particularly in relation to public administration. His work on energy and environmental issues has evolved alongside areas that have always been central to his practice, such as telecommunications, infrastructure, and public sector contracts.
In these fields, he provides legal advice and litigation assistance, including before European courts. He has also served in arbitration proceedings as President, Co-arbitrator, and Counsel for the parties.

Also at an international level, he is among the leading Italian lawyers. He is a Supreme Court lawyer, registered at the Rome Bar Association.

He is Professor emeritus of Public Law. He taught in prestigious Italian universities, eventually in the University La Sapienza di Roma. He has held various offices also at the public level, as president or commissioner.

Italian, English

He is author of many scientific publications, among others: - “Concorrenza e potere di regolazione” in "Scritti per il ventennale dell’Autorità garante della concorrenza" (2010) - "La fine dell’IRI", in "Storia dell’IRI", supervised by R. Artoni, vol. IV, Editori Laterza (2013) - "Semplificare, semplificazione", published in the "l Rapporto 2015 di Italiadecide", Il Mulino (2015) - "Public Procurement 2015" e "Public Procurement 2016" Italian Section, Getting the Deal Through, supervised by Hans-Joachim Prieß of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, published in Law Business Research Ltd (together with Anna Romano, 2015 and 2016).

He is Editor-in-chief of the online magazine "ApertaContrada" created together with the economist Pierluigi Ciocca.