Regularly acting on behalf of large Italian and multinational companies in litigation before the administrative courts, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton‘s multi-practice team assists with regulatory issues including public procurement, public tenders, authorisations and permits within the telecoms and media sectors, as well as in the transport, pharmaceutical and energy industries. A key contact in these areas is Marco Zotta, whose broad practice focuses on litigation before Italian administrative courts, routinely representing telecoms and life sciences clients. Competition law specialist Marco D’Ostuni is also active in regulation issues in the energy, telecoms and media fields.
Testimonials
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- 'The individuals are well-prepared, following up their assigned tasks in a precise and punctual manner. Their strength is to quickly understand the context by proactively confronting with us.'
- 'I particularly appreciated the team's openness to discussion, which brings significant benefits in the results, as they are the result of a syncretic fusion of technical and legal know-how.'
- 'The lawyers have an international working approach, and are mostly very efficient and precise in their communications.'
Key clients
- IREN
- TIM and FiberCop
- Samsung
- TIM
- Santander Consumer Bank S.p.A.
- UnipolSai
- Smurfit Kappa
- Magaldi
- Medigas
- SEN - Servizio Elettrico Nazionale
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche
- SKY
- Compass Banca S.p.A.
- Baxter S.p.A.
- Dexia Crediop S.p.A.
- CONOU
- Axpo
- Poste Italiane
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- Deloitte Consulting
- Deloitte & Touche
- DHL Express Italy S.r.l.
- Vivendi
- A.S. Roma
- Eni
- Enel
- Snam
- Solvay
- Philips
Work highlights
- Represented Iren Mercato in the investigation launched by the AGCM, which had alleged that the company infringed consumer protection regulations and Article 3 of Law Decree No. 115/2022.
- Represented Google in numerous mandates, including before the Council of State against a TAR Lazio’s judgment rejecting the application for annulment of a decision of the Italian Competition Authority (ICA).
- Represented TIM and FiberCop in proceedings brought by Open Fiber before the Lazio Regional Administrative Court for the annulment of AGCM’s decision No. 30002 of 15.2.2022 in Case I850.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Marco D’Ostuni