Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie’s broad practice encompasses cartel investigations, abuse of dominance position as well as abuse of economic dependence proceedings, private antitrust enforcement cases, and unfair commercial practices. A deep roster of clients from the transportation, media, food and beverage, and luxury and fashion industries routinely turns to the competition expertise of the team, which is led by Andrea Cicala, who is noted for his experience assisting clients in investigations by Competition Authorities and appeals before the Italian administrative courts. Newly promoted counsel of the antitrust, competition and trade practice group, Giacinto Zampetti was recently involved in complex cases pertaining to unfair commercial practices in the social media sector as well as abuse of economic dependence in the fashion industry.
Testimonials
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- 'Knowledge, experience, full availability, team and negotiation skills.'
- 'Andrea Cicala is a greatly prepared and skilled lawyer. Top-class in the antitrust field.'
Key clients
- IMG Worldwide LLC and IMG Media Limited
- MyTaxi S.r.l.
- Cassina S.p.A.
- Benetton Group S.r.l. and Benetton S.r.l.
- TikTok Technology Limited, TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited and TikTok Italy S.r.l.
- Octo Telematics S.p.A. and Octo Group S.p.A.
- Daimler AG and Mercedes Benz Financial Services Italia S.p.A.
Work highlights
- Assisted IMG Worldwide LLC and IMG Media Limited before the Civil Court of Milan in damages follow-on action filed by three football teams following a decision by the Italian Competition Authority concerning an alleged anticompetitive horizontal agreement in the context of tenders issued by the Italian Soccer League for the awarding of international broadcasting rights (Italy excluded) for Serie A, Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana.
- Assisted Mytaxi (now Free Now) in two appeals before the Council of State, in relation to very important competition cases related to the taxi markets in Rome. Then successfully assisted the clients before the Court of Cassation, following the appeal submitted by the Rome radio taxis. After the counter-appeal, in April 2022 the Rome Radio-taxi realised the weakness of their appeal and withdrew their appeal.
- Assisted Cassina S.p.A. in the revision and implementation of a selective distribution system within the European Economic Area.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrea Cicala