Ferdinando Nicotra

Ferdinando has extensive experience in matters of EU and Italian antitrust and competition law, also thanks to his experience at the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission in Brussels. He especially focusses on M&A transactions, litigation, compensation for antitrust damage, cartels, and vertical agreements and represents Italian and international groups before the Italian Competition Authority, the European Commission, and the national authorities of EU member states. Ferdinando also represents clients before the national administrative courts (Lazio Regional Administrative Court and the Council of State) and before the specialised divisions of the ordinary courts concerning a variety of sectors and markets. He assists Italian and international clients on internal antitrust audits and in drafting and implementing antitrust compliance programmes, antitrust codes and internal guidelines, and in the training of clients’ employees regarding antitrust matters. He also provides extrajudicial assistance and assistance on matters of IT, new technologies, and digital transformation to tech companies (including innovative startups) that operate in IT, AI, Big Data, and New Digital Services. · Simmons & Simmons