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Antitrust & Regulation

3D Legal – Dandria Studio Legale stands at the forefront of Italian legal practice in Antitrust & Regulation, delivering exceptional legal services through an integrated approach that combines deep expertise with practical business solutions.

Our hands-on approach focuses on finding workable solutions that protect our clients’ interests while ensuring regulatory compliance. Our team of recognized experts delivers clear, actionable, and cost-effective solutions that address our clients’ most challenging legal issues while supporting their business objectives.

Our Competition Law expertise spans the full spectrum of antitrust matters, including cartel investigations, abuse of dominance cases, merger control, and state aid. We guide clients through proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), the European Commission, national and EU courts, consistently achieving favorable outcomes through strategic defense strategies, commitment procedures, and leniency applications. Our hands-on approach has proven particularly effective in securing case closures and fine reductions. We assist clients during dawn raids and investigations, always striving to offer practical solutions. In State aid matters, we help clients navigate both the procedural and substantive aspects of EU regulations.

We provide comprehensive advice on Consumer Protection, the other key remit of the AGCM. Our expertise covers unfair commercial practices, misleading advertising, and unfair contract terms. Our pragmatic approach often leads to early resolution of investigations through commitments procedures, helping clients avoid fines while implementing sustainable business solutions.

We have earned particular distinction in Private Enforcement of cartel damage claims and other claims stemming from breaches of regulatory duties, representing both claimants and defendants in individual and collective actions (both follow-on and stand-alone).

Our integrated approach extends to Compliance Programs, where we develop customized frameworks that align with each client’s specific operational context and risk profile. These programs incorporate preventive measures, training protocols, monitoring systems, and robust whistleblowing mechanisms – essential tools for early detection and management of potential violations.

We offer specialized advice in Regulated Sectors, including energy, telecommunications, banking and insurance. Our expertise in emerging regulatory areas includes:

  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): We navigate the complex screening mechanisms under both Italian and EU frameworks
  • Digital Law: We offer comprehensive guidance on the latest digital regulations, including the AI Act, Digital Services Act (DSA), and Digital Markets Act (DMA)

We also provide targeted guidance on Unfair Trading Practices in the agricultural and food supply chain to supermarkets, producers and suppliers.

Data Protection represents another key component of our regulatory expertise. We assist clients in developing privacy compliance programs, handling data breaches, and managing relations with the Italian Data Protection Authority.

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According to the 2023 edition of Legal500 EMEA,  our team has ‘great understanding of the industry‘, and are able to ‘get straight to the problem and provide clear solutions through concise communication.‘ Gennaro d’Andria is regarded as a ‘top-notch competition lawyer, who is very quick to understand the needs of clients, and extremely pleasant in his approach and relationship with clients. He does exactly what he says and keeps pricing transparent.‘
We assisted the successful remedy
We assisted the successful remedy taker in the approval by the EU Commission of the upfront remedy proposed in the merger M.10721 CELANESE | DUPONT (MOBILITY & MATERIALS BUSINESS).
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment: Our briefing on Italian regulations and their implications.
We successfully assisted Vueling
We successfully assisted Vueling in the investigation launched by the Italian Antitrust Authority (Agcm) into COVID-related cancellations and ticket refunds. The Agcm accepted the commitments submitted by Vueling and closed the investigation without fines.
Consumer protection and COVID-19
Consumer protection and COVID-19: we defend four companies, including two airlines, involved in the investigations launched by the Italian Competition Authority alleging the exploitation of the pandemic for commercial purposes.
Gennaro d’Andria is regarded
Gennaro d’Andria is regarded as “irreplaceable” in 2020 Top Legal’s antitrust & regulatory guide.
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Gennaro d’Andria is recommended by Who’s Who Legal in the category Italy – Competition
GCR Live 11th Annual Competition Litigation 2019
GCR Live 11th Annual Competition Litigation 2019: Gennaro d’Andria is a panelist on private enforcement of competition law.
Chambers Antitrust
Chambers Antitrust Litigation 2019 Guide – Italy: we author the Italian chapter on antitrust damage claims.
Gennaro d’Andria
Gennaro d’Andria speaks at the CDR Winter Competition Litigation Symposium, London, 28 February 2019.
Our newsletter on blockchain
Our newsletter on blockchain provides an overview of current and potential applications, regulatory frameworks and agency investigations.
Our firm
Our firm is a member of Associazione Antitrust Italiana.
Drones: Rules in the Making
Drones: Rules in the Making – Our briefing provides an overview of developments in EU and national legislation.
We provided comprehensive data
We provided comprehensive data protection advice to Walletsaver, one of the most dynamic Italian start-ups in the telecoms sector.
Practcal Law publishes
Practcal Law publishes our article on class actions in Italy.
We successfully represent
We successfully represent airlines’ interests in administrative courts against the increase of air passenger duties at Italian airports.
Antitrust compliance
Antitrust compliance programmes as a mitigating factor, the first decision of the Italian Authority: we successfully applied for a fine reduction on behalf of a client.
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Sector update: the main provisions introduced by the recent Italian legislation on tobacco products (in English).
we sponsor
Also this year we sponsor the Top Legal Corporate Counsel Awards in Milan.
February 2017
February 2017: Once again Gennaro d’Andria is a Client Choice Award Winner, thanks to excellent references from our clients.
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Snowchains: we assisted Sixt Italy, one of the car rentals involved in the Italian Competition Authority investigations that ended with the acceptance of commitments aimed at increasing price transparency and consumers awareness.
AGCM
We assisted Sicuritalia, a leading provider of surveillance services, in the unfair terms investigation of the Italian Competition Authority. The final decision has acknowledged that the new consumer contracts are fully compliant with the Italian Consumer Code.
Handbook
We author the Italian section of the 2014 Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies, a publication of Global Competition Review.
ACL Briefing
ACL Briefing: Our first briefing provides an overview of the current Italian Competition Authority investigation into the features of “Littlest Pet Shop”, an app-based game for mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones.
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We assist one of the companies involved in the cartel investigation into the concrete market.
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We assisted an airline in the Italian investigation into travel insurance. The authority eventually acknowledged the compliance of our client’s revised website with consumer regulations. (FT – Italian watchdog fines Ryanair and easyJet)
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Our law firm is instructed in the Italian antitrust investigation on broadcasting post-production tenders.
Toplegal Awards
Top Legal Awards: Gennaro d’Andria is shortlisted for the category EU & Competition Law 2013.
Top Legal Corporate Counsel Award
Top Legal Corporate Counsel Awards, first edition (2013): Gennaro d’Andria gives the award for antitrust to the in-house team of Wind Telecomunicazioni.
Business International
Business International: Our firm is the official sponsor of the Antitrust Compliance conference, to be held in Milan on 29 May 2013.
Chambers Europe and Legal500
Also this year we are praised by Chambers Europe and Legal500. Gennaro d’Andria is ranked as a leading individual in Competition/European Law: “He’s very open to the client and always ready to provide innovative and cost-effective solutions”.
Client Choice Awards
Client Choice Awards“Gennaro deserves our gratitude, trust and respect for his outstanding legal counselling, the quality and promptness of his legal advice, hands-on knowledge of the dynamics of our business and value for money of his deliverables.”
The Lawyer magazine
The Lawyer magazine mentions us as the firm that assisted in the Italian competition case that removed Alitalia’s monopoly on the busy Milan Linate to Rome Fiumicino route. The Lawyer – “Plane speaking”
Milestone antitrust investigation
We were involved in the milestone antitrust investigation against Alitalia monopoly on the Rome Fiumicino – Milan Linate route (“This is a historic decision and is a victory for Italian consumers”).
Global Competition Review
Global Competition Review: we author the Italian section of GCR Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies 2013 and 2014. 
Italian Competition Authority
We assisted two airlines in reaching a settlement with the Italian Competition Authority regarding the implementation of credit card fees (TTG Italia – Entro dicembre le commissioni con carta di credito nel prezzo del biglietto)
Competition Authority decision
Court partially grants our appeal against the Italian Competition Authority decision that imposed fines for EUR 81 million on 16 suppliers of cosmetic products (Il Sole 24 Ore – Vanno rideterminate le multe al cartello cosmetici).