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    OFFICE
    Milan Office

    Via della Moscova 18, 20121
    TEL: +39 027788751
    FAX: +39 0276018478

    EMAIL: adele.sodano@lcalex.it

    LANGUAGES
    Italian English French
    PROFESSIONAL ORDER

    Italy (Naples Bar)

    Admitted to practice before the highest court of Italy (Albo Cassazionisti)

    PERSONAL ASSISTANT

    Laura Tanzariello
    laura.tanzariello@lcalex.it

    Partner

    Adele
    Sodano

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    Information

    OFFICE
    Milan Office

    Via della Moscova 18, 20121
    TEL: +39 027788751
    FAX: +39 0276018478

    EMAIL: adele.sodano@lcalex.it

    LANGUAGES
    Italian English French
    PROFESSIONAL ORDER

    Italy (Naples Bar)

    Admitted to practice before the highest court of Italy (Albo Cassazionisti)

    PERSONAL ASSISTANT

    Laura Tanzariello
    laura.tanzariello@lcalex.it

    Adele has extensive experience in Italian and European competition law, particularly in the areas of abuse of dominant position, cartels, mergers, distribution agreements, online sales, cooperation agreements and joint ventures. She regularly represents Italian and foreign companies before the Italian Competition Authority and the European Commission. She assists clients in antitrust litigation before national, administrative and civil courts (in particular in the context of antitrust damages actions) and European Union Courts. She also a strong expertise in the design and implementation of tailor-made antitrust compliance programmes for companies active in a wide range of industries. Adele assists companies active in the telecommunications and postal services sectors before the Communications Regulator (AGCom) and has also dealt with issues related to other areas of EU law, such as free movement of goods and services, procurement, and liberalized sectors.

    Her experience covers a variety of industries, including telecommunications, banking and insurance services, postal services, financial and mobility services, luxury goods, food, air transport and airport services, chemicals, publishing, catering (including motorway and airport services) and large-scale retail.

    Professional experience

    Adele joined the Firm in September 2023.

    Previously, she worked with leading Italian law firms (namely, Pappalardo e Associati, then Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, at the Brussels and Rome offices from 1997 to 2007 – with a break, for the Master’s degree, between 1998 and 1999 – and Chiomenti Studio Legale from 2008 to 2014 at the Brussels office).

    In 2015, she founded, together with Monica Dal Prà, Flora Santaniello and Gabriella Scionti, ECR Legal, a firm specializing in EU law, competition law and market regulation.

    Associations, seminars, media and other activities

    Adele lectured Competition Law at SEU – Servizio Europa Umbria, as part of the post-graduate course in “Community Law, Economics and Policies” and participated as an external lecturer in the 2nd Level Master’s Degree “Appalti e Contratti Pubblici (M.A.C.)”, held by Poliedra (Politecnico di Milano).

    She is co-author of the chapter on abuses of dominant position of the manual “Disciplina della Concorrenza nella UE” edited by Aldo Frignani – Stefania Bariatti, in Trattato di Diritto Commerciale e Diritto Pubblico dell’Economia, edited by Francesco Galgano, Cedam, 2012.

    Education

    LLM Master of Laws – University of Michigan Law School (1999)

    Post-graduate course in “Community Law, Economics and Policies” at SEU – Servizio Europa Umbria in Perugia (1996) and “International Trade Law” at the International Labour Organization in Turin (1995)

    Degree in Law at the University of Naples ‘Federico II’ (1994)

    Acknowledgments

    Highly recommended for Competition Litigation

    Information

    OFFICE

    Milan Office

    Via della Moscova 18, 20121
    TEL: +39 027788751
    FAX: +39 0276018478

    EMAIL: adele.sodano@lcalex.it

    LANGUAGES
    Italian English French
    PROFESSIONAL ORDER

    Italy (Naples Bar)

    Admitted to practice before the highest court of Italy (Albo Cassazionisti)

    PERSONAL ASSISTANT

    Laura Tanzariello
    laura.tanzariello@lcalex.it

    Areas of activity

    Adele has extensive experience in Italian and European competition law, particularly in the areas of abuse of dominant position, cartels, mergers, distribution agreements, online sales, cooperation agreements and joint ventures. She regularly represents Italian and foreign companies before the Italian Competition Authority and the European Commission. She assists clients in antitrust litigation before national, administrative and civil courts (in particular in the context of antitrust damages actions) and European Union Courts. She also a strong expertise in the design and implementation of tailor-made antitrust compliance programmes for companies active in a wide range of industries. Adele assists companies active in the telecommunications and postal services sectors before the Communications Regulator (AGCom) and has also dealt with issues related to other areas of EU law, such as free movement of goods and services, procurement, and liberalized sectors.

    Her experience covers a variety of industries, including telecommunications, banking and insurance services, postal services, financial and mobility services, luxury goods, food, air transport and airport services, chemicals, publishing, catering (including motorway and airport services) and large-scale retail.

    Professional experience

    Adele joined the Firm in September 2023.

    Previously, she worked with leading Italian law firms (namely, Pappalardo e Associati, then Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, at the Brussels and Rome offices from 1997 to 2007 – with a break, for the Master’s degree, between 1998 and 1999 – and Chiomenti Studio Legale from 2008 to 2014 at the Brussels office).

    In 2015, she founded, together with Monica Dal Prà, Flora Santaniello and Gabriella Scionti, ECR Legal, a firm specializing in EU law, competition law and market regulation.

    Associations, seminars, media and other activities

    Adele lectured Competition Law at SEU – Servizio Europa Umbria, as part of the post-graduate course in “Community Law, Economics and Policies” and participated as an external lecturer in the 2nd Level Master’s Degree “Appalti e Contratti Pubblici (M.A.C.)”, held by Poliedra (Politecnico di Milano).

    She is co-author of the chapter on abuses of dominant position of the manual “Disciplina della Concorrenza nella UE” edited by Aldo Frignani – Stefania Bariatti, in Trattato di Diritto Commerciale e Diritto Pubblico dell’Economia, edited by Francesco Galgano, Cedam, 2012.

    Education

    LLM Master of Laws – University of Michigan Law School (1999)

    Post-graduate course in “Community Law, Economics and Policies” at SEU – Servizio Europa Umbria in Perugia (1996) and “International Trade Law” at the International Labour Organization in Turin (1995)

    Degree in Law at the University of Naples ‘Federico II’ (1994)

    Acknowledgments

    Acknowledgments

    Highly recommended for Competition Litigation

    Antitrust and Competition

    Antitrust and Competition

    The firm has a dedicated team of professionals with more than 20 years' experience in national and EU competition law, through which it provides high-level advice to its Italian and foreign clients on a wide range of antitrust issues, including agreements, abuses of dominant position, merger control, as well as private enforcement actions.
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