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The team has a strong expertise in mergers (at EU and national level) handling notification processes before the EU Commission and the Italian Competition Authority (ICA).
The team has extensive experience in the field of investigations before the ICA in relation to cartels and abuse of dominance.
In the area of unfair commercial practices and advertising, the team supports clients in civil disputes and disputes before the Italian Advertising Self-Regulation Institute, as well as the review of advertising, claims and in relation to consumer protection. The expertise also includes counselling on distribution agreements and antitrust compliance programmes.
In collaboration with other departments, the group assists clients in stand-alone and follow-on civil litigation.
The advice covers a variety of industries including regulatory matters in the energy, transport and telecommunications sectors.
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Legance is active in a number of behavioural matters, representing clients in investigations into possible cartels or abuses of dominance. The team is also strong in merger clearance mandates, including advising clients on contested clearances. It has further experience in competition compliance matters involving vertical restraints and distribution agreements.
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Legance assisted Esso Italiana with merger control proceedings before the ICA in relation to its acquisition by Italiana Petroli.
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It is an excellent firm, capable of handling complex and sophisticated matters.
I appreciate the team for being-business oriented and aware of the commercial realities.
The team at Legance has a very good mix of senior and junior associates.
Legance is a firm of great standing, providing 360-degree assistance.
It remains one of the more approachable firms – easy to contact and able to find solutions to complex problems.
It is an excellent firm, capable of handling complex and sophisticated matters.
I appreciate the team for being-business oriented and aware of the commercial realities.
The team at Legance has a very good mix of senior and junior associates.
Legance is a firm of great standing, providing 360-degree assistance.
It remains one of the more approachable firms – easy to contact and able to find solutions to complex problems.
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Pietro Merlino has a broad practice covering merger clearance filings, investigations into potentially anti-competitive agreements and appeals against fines. He has notable experience advising private equity clients.
He has great curiosity, which is an amazing advantage in most things, even things that are not necessarily within your area of expertise.
Pietro Merlino is an excellent lawyer, highly qualified in all areas of competition law.
Pietro Merlino has a great ability to quickly get into topics and market dynamics and ensure a high level of sophistication in the analysis of complex matters.
Pietro Merlino has a marked customer-centric approach.
He is an immense antitrust expert.
Vito Auricchio was excellent. We relied on him to navigate the process of working with the ICA, as he had lot of useful insight into how the process would unfold.
Vito Auricchio has very good business acumen and is always able to understand business dynamics.
Vito Auricchio has the ability to combine knowledge of the business and technical knowledge of the subject matter with a commercial eye on the larger picture.
He is an excellent antitrust lawyer.