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Federico  Marini Balestra

Federico Marini Balestra

Work Department

Competition EU Law

Position

Partner

Career

As a partner in the EU & Competition Group in Italy, Federico's practice areas stretch from antitrust and regulatory proceedings, to administrative and commercial litigation, with in-depth expertise in TMT law and regulation.

He lectures on Internet and media law at the Scuola Nazionale dell'Amministrazione in Italy and often writes about antitrust and TMT law for leading legal journals. He has also co-written one of Italy's leading textbooks on e-communications law.

Before joining Bird & Bird in 2016, he was a legal officer at the Italian Communications Authority, as well as a senior associate in the Rome and Brussels offices of another international law firm for 11 years, focusing on antitrust cases, administrative and commercial litigation and on counselling in regulatory proceedings.

Languages

Italian, English, Spanish, basic French

Education

Education University of Cambridge, LL.M, Law; LUISS Guido Carli University, Doctor of Law (JD); LUMSA University, PHD in Regulation Science.

Admissions Italian Bar Association, 2005

Mentions

Italy

Compliance

Italy

Industry focus: TMT

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