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Francesco Piron

Partner · CBA Studio Legale e Tributario

ItalyEnergy, InfrastructureItalian, English

About

Francesco Piron is a Partner at CBA Studio Legale e Tributario advising multi-utilities on ARERA regulatory, administrative and competition matters and providing judicial representation before higher courts in regulatory litigation. He previously served in the Legislative and Legal Department of the Authority for Electricity and Natural Gas (AEEG/ARERA) and rejoined CBA in 2023 after an earlier tenure (2005–2012).

Practice areas

EnergyInfrastructureProject FinanceRegulatoryCompetition / AntitrustPublic / Administrative LawLitigation

Office

Expertise

Electricity & GasWater & WasteUtilitiesARERA (Italian energy regulator) regulationRenewablesOil & Gas

Education

  • Law Degree with honours, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 1994
  • Master’s in European Law, London School of Economics, 1996
  • Second-Level Master's in Competition Economics and Public Utilities Regulation (specialising in Energy and Gas), Università degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata, 2003

Admissions

  • Member of the Milan Bar Association, 2000
  • Member of the Special Register of Counsel for Supreme and Higher Jurisdictions, 2014

Languages

ItalianEnglish