LAWYER PROFILE

Ermelinda Spinelli

Europe 2026

Freshfields

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Foreign Investment

Italy

1 year ranked

Competition/European Law

Italy

6 years ranked

About

Provided by Freshfields

Practice Areas

Ermelinda is a partner and her practice covers various aspects of EU and Italian competition law. She has gained extensive experience on merger reviews both at national and EU level, including several complex cases requiring remedies where she coordinated both the multi-jurisdictional merger control process as well as foreign investment filings and antitrust due diligences. She also has gained significant experience advising on antitrust investigations, both in the context of cartel and abuse of dominance allegations.

Ermelinda holds a PhD in EU law and has worked for several years in our Brussels and London offices during her career.

Career

Joined Freshfields in 2005; partner since 2022.

Professional Memberships

Italian Bar (Milan) 2008.

Personal

Education: J.D., summa cum laude, University of Pavia. Ph.D. in European Law, University Milan- Language: English

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Foreign Investment - Italy

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Ermelinda Spinelli advises large international and Italian clients on merger clearance, significant investments and other related FDI notifications, including cross-border transactions.

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Competition/European Law - Italy

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Ermelinda Spinelli advises clients on merger clearance notifications. She also assists clients with behavioural investigations into possible horizontal agreements and allegations of abuse of economic dependence, as well as representing them in high-profile follow-on damages actions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

She can talk very knowledgeably of what is happening in the Italian market; she knows her stuff.
Competition/European LawChambers European Guide
Ermelinda Spinelli is a super responsive, attentive and dedicated lawyer, who is good on detail and very thorough.
Competition/European LawChambers European Guide
She is good at balancing and prioritising the right arguments, both economic and legal.
Competition/European LawChambers European Guide
She knows the market super well and has good horizon-scanning ability.
Competition/European LawChambers European Guide
Ermelinda Spinelli is very confident, but also easy to talk with. She is very approachable, highly responsive and helpful, very technically skilled and has a good attitude.
Competition/European LawChambers European Guide