Mr Federico Marini Balestra > Bird & Bird > Rome, Italy > Lawyer Profile
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Mr 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
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: TMT
(Next Generation Partners)Italy > Compliance
Advising on the entire spectrum of compliance work, Bird & Bird‘s Italy practice houses experts in regulatory compliance, corporate 231 matters, data protection, cybersecurity and product compliance. The team’s expertise also covers advertising pre-clearance, consumer protection and antitrust. Key figures include financial regulation specialist Raimondo Maggiore; Stefano Febbi, a regulatory compliance adviser; and Simone Caddedu, who focuses on EU and Italian administrative regulation. In addition, the department features Rossella Sansone, who is experienced in asset management and financial services, and Federico Marini Balestra, a former legal officer at the Italian Communications Authority.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Capital markets: Debt
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- Industry focus: Retail
- Intellectual property
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- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Compliance
- Investment funds
- Administrative and public law
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Industry focus: TMT
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- EU and competition law
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Private equity