Band 5
Provided by Francesco Mazzocchi
Antitrust and Competition
Francesco Mazzocchi is an expert in Competition Law and EU Law.
He assists undertakings involved in proceedings before the European Commission and Italian Competition Authority relating to cartel, abuse of dominance and agreements restricting competition, including vertical restrictions.
He has gained a significant experience in State aid, assisting public and private undertakings before the European Commission and the EU Courts.
He regularly assists companies in merger control matters, especially in multi-jurisdictional filings, covering antitrust and foreign investments control.
His expertise spans antitrust litigation, including actions for damages (private enforcement) and appeals of decisions by the Italian competition authority before the administrative courts.
Francesco regularly deals with cases relating to unfair commercial practices and consumer protection, both before the AGCM and the Italian courts.
Admitted to the Bar of Milan, 2008
Antitrust Litigation 2023 – Italy
L.Toffoletti, F. Mazzocchi
Chambers and Partners, settembre 2023
Italy Merger Control
L. Toffoletti, F. Mazzocchi
in: Lexixnexis.com, luglio 2023
Montessori v. Commission: A New Frontier for Competitors of Beneficiaries to Bring Action against a Commission Decision on Aid Schemes
F. Mazzocchi, E. Gambaro
in: Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Oxford Academic, febbraio 2019
Rights and Remedies of Credit Institutions and Investors in the Banking Union (Supervision and Resolution)
F. Mazzocchi, L. Santa Maria
in: Diritto del Commercio Internazionale, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, dicembre 2018
State Aid Litigation before the EU Courts: the case of Aid Schemes
F. Mazzocchi, E. Gambaro
in: Italian Antitrust Review (Rivista dell’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato), 8 marzo 2017
Private parties and State aid procedures: A critical analysis of the changes brought by Regulation 734/2013
F. Mazzocchi, E. Gambaro
in: Common Market Law Review, 2016(53), 2, pp. 385–417, marzo 2016
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Provided by Chambers
Francesco Mazzocchi is a notable lawyer assisting with both contentious and non-contentious competition matters. He is able to advise on behavioural investigations into possible bid rigging and abuse of dominance, as well as on merger control filings.
Provided by Chambers
He always managed everything with great clarity, simplifying the complex situation in an optimal way with high commercial awareness.
Francesco Mazzocchi is target- and client-oriented, with a broad vision.
Francesco Mazzocchi is our go-to person for competition law questions. He is always on point with his advice and gives it in a practical and usable way.
He was very fair, even towards contractual counterparties.
Francesco Mazzocchi has a deep knowledge of processes and is also business-oriented, so he can make pragmatic choices.
He always managed everything with great clarity, simplifying the complex situation in an optimal way with high commercial awareness.
Francesco Mazzocchi is target- and client-oriented, with a broad vision.
Francesco Mazzocchi is our go-to person for competition law questions. He is always on point with his advice and gives it in a practical and usable way.
He was very fair, even towards contractual counterparties.
Francesco Mazzocchi has a deep knowledge of processes and is also business-oriented, so he can make pragmatic choices.
