Cesare Rizza

Practice Areas

Cesare Rizza’s practice focuses on Italian and European Union competition law, including State aid law.

He appears frequently before the EU courts of law and Italian civil and administrative courts, as well as before the European Commission and the Italian Competition Authority (ICA). Cesare regularly lectures at conferences and is widely published in legal journals.

Career

Joined the firm 1992; Counsel 2005. Legal secretary to Advocate-General, later Judge, A. M. La Pergola, EU Court of Justice (1997-2001); State aid law advisor, European Policy Department, Office of the Italian Prime Minister (2007).

Cesare is currently the Chair of the Permanent Delegation to the Court of Justice and the General Court of the European Union and the EFTA Court, and a former Chair of the Competition Committee, of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE).

Professional Memberships

Siracusa Bar; admitted to practice before the highest court of Italy; Chair, Competition Committee, CCBE.

Publications

"More Sustainability and Innovation and Fewer Antitrust Constraints – The EU Competition Mandate" published by La Repubblica, October 2024;

“Chip, come rafforzare la sicurezza degli approvvigionamenti,” published by Milano Finanza, April 24, 2024;

“The Decarbonization of Aviation Starts in Europe: New Rules on Sustainable Fuels,” published by Il Sole24Ore, October 23, 2023.

“Article 2: Burden of Proof - Commentary” (co-author), Regulation 1/2003 and EU Antitrust Enforcement: A Systematic Guide, (Dekeyser et al. eds.), Alphen aan den Rijn, 2023, pp. 47-83.

“The State Aid Granted by the Region of Sardinia to Low-Cost Airlines Is Legitimate,” Il Sole24Ore, December 7, 2022.