ITALY Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Matteo Beretta, Alice Setari, Natalia Latronico and Riccardo Molè Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has more than 1,200 lawyers located in major financial centres around the world and is recognised as a leading in - ternational law firm. Cleary’s Italian offices in Rome and Milan boast nearly 90 lawyers who provide cli - ents with integrated Italian, pan-European and global legal services, offering a wide range of transactional, regulatory and litigation advice. The firm’s Italian anti - trust practice was formally established in 1990 along - side the Italian Competition Authority. Since then,
Cleary Gottlieb has been at the forefront of all major antitrust matters involving Italian clients. It advises and represents clients before the European Commis - sion and the IAA across the full spectrum of com - petition law, including merger control, cartels, abuse of dominance and state aid. Its comprehensive ser - vice extends to appeals before administrative courts at national level (TAR Lazio and Consiglio di Stato) and EU level (Court of Justice of the EU), as well as follow-on damages claims before civil courts.
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Matteo Beretta primarily focuses on EU and Italian antitrust law, a practice area in which he advises numerous major
Natalia Latronico focuses on EU and Italian competition law. Her experi - ence includes complex abuse of dominance cases, cartel investiga - tions, merger proceedings and litigation before EU and Italian Courts,
international companies in regard to merger control procedures, and cartel and abuse of dominant position matters. Matteo has been a partner of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton since 2014. He worked in the Washington office and Brussels office before transfer - ring to the Rome office in 2001, and then to Milan where he is currently based. He is the co-author of several publications on antitrust matters, including “Il diritto della concorrenza in Italia” (Giappichelli, 2021).
as well as a wide range of issues related to distribu - tion agreements and compliance. She also holds a PhD in EU competition law. Natalia joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s Milan office in 2014. In 2024 and 2025, she was seconded to the Brussels office. Prior to joining the firm, Natalia worked as an intern in the legal cabinet of the Italian Advocate- General at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Alice Setari focuses on EU and Italian competition law. She advises clients on the framework of merger control procedures and in investigations concerning agreements and abuses of dominant position. She also has
Riccardo Molè focuses on EU and Italian competition law. He advises clients active across a range of sectors on a broad spectrum of antitrust matters, including complex merger control proceedings, cartel
extensive experience in the broader field of Euro - pean Union law (a subject in which she holds a PhD) and represents clients both in national litigation before administrative courts and in litigation before the courts of the European Union. She also pub - lishes on antitrust matters and lectures at confer - ences. Alice joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in 2009, became a senior attorney in 2022, and became a partner in 2026. From 2009 to 2013, she was resident in the Brussels office.
investigations, other restrictive practices and abuse of dominance cases, as well as appeals before the EU Courts and the Italian Administrative Courts. He regularly represents clients in civil court proceedings in connection with antitrust damages claims. Ricca - rdo joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s Milan office as a stagiaire in 2016 and was seconded to the Brussels office in 2025.
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