Linklaters Studio Legale Associato

Antitrust and Foreign Investment group

As head of the firm’s Italian Competition/Antitrust practice, Lucio has extensive knowledge of all aspects of EU and Italian competition law and offers clients strategically focussed, commercial and practical advice in their business-critical corporate behavioural and merger control cases.

Lucio regularly represents clients before the Italian Competition Authority and the Italian administrative and civil courts. He also frequently acts before the European Commission as well as the General Court and the Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

He is highly experienced in various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, insurance, consumer, aerospace and defence, oil.

Lucio also regularly advises and represents clients in foreign investment filings before the Italian Presidency of Council of Ministers.

May 2015 to date: Partner and Head of the Italian Antitrust practice, Linklaters

January 2012 - April 2015: Counsel and Head of the Italian Antitrust practice, Linklaters

September 2001 - November 2011: Senior Associate, International Antitrust Group, Allen & Overy

Italian, English

Admitted to the Italian Bar association

2000 – 2001: M.Jur., European and comparative law, University of Oxford

1997 – 1999: Post-Graduate degree, EC Law and Economics, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”

1992 – 1997: J.D. from Università di Roma “La Sapienza”

Lucio writes regularly on antitrust issues in industry publications and newspapers. His articles include:

“Implementation of EU anti-trust damages directive”, Marketing Intelligence, Law Business Research, January 2017

“Cartels in Italy”, Marketing Intelligence, Law Business Research, June 2016, co-authored with Matteo Farneti, Alice Galbusera and Giorgio Valoti

“The Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions from an Italian Perspective”, Global Litigation Competition Review, April 2016, co-authored with Alice Galbusera

Lucio also regularly speaks at Italian Antitrust Association conferences.