The Antitrust & Trade Practice Group assists and represents corporate clients in all areas of commercial, competition and consumer law that affect their businesses in Italy and abroad.

Areas of Expertise

• Preventive audits and advice on matters involving antitrust practices
• Assistance and representation in any kind of proceeding relating to investigations into, or breaches of EU or national competition laws pending before Italian and European competition authorities
• Assessment of competition law issues in mergers, corporate restructuring operations, joint ventures and acquisitions of minority interests.  The Group is regularly involved in pre-merger filings with the competent merger control authorities, both at national and EU level 
• Assessment of the legitimacy of undertakings and commercial behaviours, as well as detection of anti-competitive practices (cartels, abuse of dominant position, restraints) and evaluation of related risks, from a competition law perspective
• Assistance in reviewing and amending vertical agreements and/or networks of vertical agreements (distribution, selective distribution, franchising etc)
• Analysis and assessment of competition issues in the area of public bids
• Advice on advertising matters and promotional programs (lotteries, contests, sales with premiums)
• Counsel on product regulations (labeling, mandatory use of the Italian language, standardisation)
• Advice on specialised areas now covered under the WTO rules, such as Intellectual property, government procurement, import licences, dual use technologies, telecommunications and health and safety standards