Elisa Teti

Practice Areas

Significant legal know-how in Competition law providing complete assistance to clients, covering both proceedings before the competent Administrative and Judicial Authorities, as well as customized legal advice. Her assistance is offered to a multitude of different clients, at national and international level. Her expertise in the antitrust field focuses on the following activities: general assistance in antitrust proceedings before the Italian Antitrust Authority and the European Commission (cartel / abuse of dominant position investigations), including appeal proceedings before the competent judicial bodies; consultation and tendering of legal advice on the self-assessment of transactions, practices, agreements, contracts; general assistance on concentrations between undertakings (mergers, acquisition of control and joint ventures); organization of customized antitrust compliance programs and special education training sessions, including mock dawn raids and antitrust auditing for companies and trade associations; assistance in sector inquiries; assistance in private antitrust actions; legal opinions on the interpretation and enforcement of EU antitrust law, also concerning several regulated sectors (inter alia

pharmaceutical, chemical, steel, elevators sector, alarm systems, insurances, distribution, mass-retail and superstore). She also has significant experience in antitrust litigation, in stand-alone and follow-on actions before the three competent Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

She has also wider expertise in the consumer protection field, involving several different economic sectors and concerning unfair commercial practices, misleading advertising, unfair contract terms, abusive clause, e-commerce, geo-blocking, defective damages, product liability, in all the sectors, also regulated (ie cosmetics, IVD, food and moca), providing assistance to different clients, including leading multinationals, well-established national companies as well as trade associations and small-medium enterprises, at European and national level. She acts in litigation and extrajudicial matters.

Career

Partner of the Law Firm Rucellai & Raffaelli, joined in 1999. Frequent lecturer on Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law at national and international conferences and seminars:

􀀀 ANIMA, Webinar "Greenwashing and Greenclaims: rules for correct corporate sustainability communication", February 23, 2024

􀀀 Confindustria Alto Adriatico, training course "Green Marketing vs Greenwashing", Pordenone, February 2, 2024;

􀀀 ANIMA Webinar "Greenwashing. Communicating environmental sustainability: opportunities and risks for companies", January 30, 2024;

􀀀 “Green claims directive: impacts on consumer compliance” in “Green claims. The impacts on the companies of the new proposed directive” webinar Confindustria Rome, January 12, 2024;

􀀀 Italian Antitrust Association Conference “Annual Report of the Antitrust Authority: a discussion”, Milan, December 14, 2023;

􀀀 Webinar “Green claim and greenwashing”, organised by Confindustria Alto Adriatico in cooperation with Formindustria, December 1, 2023;

􀀀 Lecture on Private Enforcement in the antitrust law, as part of the “Training Course in Competition Law”, organised in webinar format by the Milan Bar Association, November 20, 2023;

􀀀 Utilitalia, Training course “Antitrust and unfair commercial practices: discussion with the Antitrust Authority and sector experts”, Rome, October 11, 2023;

􀀀 ANIMA webinar “Price reductions and promotions: what changes, how to behave and what penalties”, July 24, 2023;

􀀀 Italian Antitrust Association – Conference, “Main developments in EU and Italian competition law”; Florence, June 8, 2023;

􀀀 Italian banking association, Seminar, “Unfair commercial practices and greenwashing: the initiative at European Level”, March 14, 2023; 􀀀 Italian Antitrust Association - Conference, “Annual Report of the Competition Authority: a discussion” with IAA Secretary General – December 14, 2022;

􀀀 FME Convention and Conference, speaker with Sen. Carlo Cottarelli, on “Vertical distribution agreements”, Milan, 23 November 2022;

􀀀 Confindustria and Assindustria Veneto Centro Conference on “Vertical distribution agreements, Online sales”, Treviso 26 October 2022; 􀀀 Confindustria Seminar, Greenwashing and advertising”, Rome 6 October 2022;

􀀀 Treviso Antitrust Conference on “Antitrust between EU Law and national Law” - the XV edition June 2022 – Consumer Protection evolution in digital era;

􀀀 Italian Antitrust Association - Conference, “Main developments in EU and Italian competition law”; Rome October 2021.

Professional Memberships

Member of Milan Bar; member of the Board of AAI - Italian Antitrust Association; member of UAE and Antitrust Alliance.

Publications

􀀀 Chapter for Italy, in “Getting the Deal Through – Dominance”, Law Business Research, Ltd, 2023;

􀀀 Contribution to the article “Green claims, sharp weapons against greenwashing”, ItaliaOggi7, 16 October 2023;

􀀀 Lexology – Getting the Deal Through – “Market Intelligence Merger Control 2023”, Italy, Law Business Research, Ltd, 2023;

􀀀 “Global Practice Guides – Merger Control“, chapter for Italy, in Chambers & Partners, 2023;

􀀀 “Sustainability and competition law”, in “LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition”, Springer, 2023;

􀀀 “Ever more protected consumers from the inception of consumer legislation to the digital era: but do undertakings have an adequate protection?” in XV Conference “Antitrust between EU Law and National Law”, Bruylant – Giuffrè, Bruxelles-Milano, 2022;

􀀀 Chapter for Italy in "Global Practice Guides - Merger Control", in Chambers & Partners, 2022;

􀀀 Chapter for Italy in "The Private Competition Enforcement Review" XV Edition, Law Business Research Ltd, 2022;

􀀀 Chapter for Italy, in “Getting the Deal Through – Dominance”, Law Business Research, Ltd, 2022;

􀀀 "Competition Law Analysis of Price and Non-price Discrimination", Italy, LIDC, Springer, 2021;

􀀀 “Antitrust Compliance Program in the first application of the Italian Antitrust Authority” in XV Conference “Antitrust between EU Law and National Law”, Bruylant – Giuffrè, 2021;

􀀀 “Pharmaceutical sector & covid-19: the Italian measures to face the health emergency situation and the cooperation among competitors” in e-Competitions Special Issue: Pharma & Covid-19 an overview of EU and national case law, Concurrences, 2020.