Competition & Antitrust

Enrico is an internationally recognised expert in Italian and European competition law. A former official of the Italian Antitrust Authority, he advised Italian and foreign clients on a number of matters resulting in leading precedents.

He is the Head of the Italian Competition, Antitrust & Trade team, the Italian member of the International Council of Osborne Clarke, and the Head of the Osborne Clarke office in Rome. His legal experience covers the entire spectrum of antitrust activities, from merger control to cartel investigations and proceedings for abuse of dominance.

Enrico represents companies, active in several economic sectors, before the European Commission and the Italian Antitrust Authority in the context of investigation proceedings for cartels, other restrictive practices and abuse of dominance, as well as in relation to the lodging of complaints and merger control filings. He assists clients in the appeals of the decisions of the EU Commission before the EU Courts (General Court and Court of Justice) and of those of the national Authority before the Italian administrative Courts. He also represents clients in civil law proceedings relating to antitrust infringements (actions for damages and nullity of contracts or contract clauses).

Enrico has significant expertise in designing and implementing specific compliance programmes, performing competition law audits and conducting training activities.

He also developed extensive experience in the field of unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising. He has been consistently ranked by Chambers & Partners Europe, regularly speaks at leading industry conferences and is a frequent contributor to publications on antitrust matters. He received a Master’s Degree (LLM) from the University College of London.

Enrico is admitted to appear before the Italian Supreme Courts.