Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advises a stellar client list, including household names such as Google and TIM, on public concessions, authorisations, permits, and environmental matters. It regularly provides representation before administrative courts. Leveraging his expertise in EU and competition law, practice head Matteo Beretta spearheads the firm’s administrative law work. Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini‘s established public law practice sees him advise clients on both a national and international basis. Fausto Caronna is a go-to for representation in administrative proceedings in courts of all levels, along with Marco Zotta. Marco D’Ostuni left the firm in July 2024.
Testimonials
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‘They have a deep expertise across the market and an excellent know-how on administrative and public law practice.’
‘Mario Siragusa has exceptional expertise, experience and skills - excellent professional - extremely focused on client's requirements.’
‘Marco Zotta has a close and tight team, with an in-depth knowledge of the pharma market legal environment, with a full commitment and availability vis-à-vis the client. The team is ready to cooperate with the in-house team in order to ensure a fast and efficient resolution of the issues presented’
‘Marco Zotta is an invaluable lawyer, for his strong ability to understand and capture any opportunity and to support with practical solutions. It is impressive his knowledge of the legal environment and the pharma market. He is able to draft clear legal opinions and strong judicial complaints, simplifying complex topics by transforming them into incisive advantages.’
‘Perfect mix of skills, ability to bring in the client with his specific skills and draw useful themes, ability to open joint reflection, care and attention to the client.’
‘Each and all firm's team members we work with are very focused on relevant legal matters and maintain deep interactions with the client. Availability, great legal knowledge and reliability of each team member add value to the legal support they provide.’
‘Giuseppe is an absolute master in this area - he knows everything and everyone and delivers guidance calmly and effectively. We could not have succeeded in our transaction without him. His understanding of the Italian system paired with a solution-oriented attitude is unmatched.’
‘Fausto Caronna is our point of reference for administrative and public law, EU and competition law and consumer law. Fausto Caronna has many strong points; you can't do better than Fausto Caronna. He knows the law better than regulators, he knows the markets and the products, and, in our opinion, he is the most persuasive and concrete lawyer in Italy.’
Key clients
- American Express
- ArcelorMittal SA / ArcelorMittal Italy Holding S.r.l.
- Baxter
- Compass Banca S.p.A.
- CONOU
- Dexia Crediop
- ENI
- Microtecnica S.r.l.
- Samsung
- Smurfit Kappa Italia
- Solvay
- TIM S.p.A.
- Unieuro
- UnipolSai
- Unipoltech S.p.A.
Work highlights
- Representing TIM in an application of the state liability for judicial breaches of EU Law, in which the Court of Appeal of Rome ruled against the Italian state, finding it liable to restore damages of approximately €1bn in total to TIM for the violation of EU Law committed by its Council of State in rejecting an appeal by TIM.
- Representing Google in the appeal before the Council of State against a TAR Lazio’s judgment rejecting the application for annulment of the decision of 27 April 2020 by which the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) imposed a fine of €102,084,433.91 on Google for having allegedly refused, without objective justification, to supply ENEL X’s JuicePass service with access to Google’s smartphone projection app.
- Representing long-term client TIM S.p.A in numerous matters and administrative proceedings.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mario Siragusa, Matteo Beretta