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Pietro Merlino

Partner · Legance - Avvocati Associati

ItalyCompetition / Antitrust, EU LawItalian, English, French, Portuguese

About

Partner in the EU, Antitrust and Regulation department at Legance - Avvocati Associati, focusing on EU and Italian competition law across a wide range of sectors. Advises and represents clients on merger control, abuse of dominance, cartel and restrictive practices investigations, civil antitrust litigation, licensing and distribution, and appears before the EU courts, the European Commission DG Competition and the Italian Competition Authority.

Practice areas

Competition / AntitrustEU LawRegulationLitigation

Office

Expertise

Pharmaceuticals / Life SciencesEnergyTransportTechnology & Digital EconomyBankingInsuranceConsumer GoodsAntitrust and Intellectual Property (interplay between competition law and IPRs)

Education

  • LL.B. (Law), Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II” (1996), summa cum laude
  • LL.M. in Advanced European Legal Studies, College of Europe, Bruges (1998)
  • LL.M., University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor (1999)
  • Ph.D. in EU Competition Law, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II” (2004)

Admissions

  • Member of the Naples Bar (Italy)
  • Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court and Highest Jurisdiction (Italy)

Languages

ItalianEnglishFrenchPortuguese