Matteo Beretta
Partner
Chambers Europe (Competition/European Law – Italy)
“[A] person with analytical skills and an understanding of the business, who always presents the client with all possible solutions.”
Chambers Europe (Competition/European Law – Italy)
“[A] ‘very experienced lawyer,’ with one client highlighting his ‘advocacy, strategic thinking and day-to-day support.’”
The Legal 500 EMEA (EU and Competition Law)
“Very determined and fully committed to the client’s case. He has a high level of dedication and excellent business acumen.”
Who’s Who Legal (Italy – Competition)
“An excellent antitrust lawyer who provides first-rate technical advice to clients.”
Matteo Beretta’s practice primarily focuses on EU and Italian antitrust law, a practice area in which he advises numerous major international companies in regard to merger control procedures, and cartel and abuse of dominant position matters.
Matteo joined the firm in 1997, became counsel in 2004, and a partner in 2014. He worked in the Washington office and Brussels office before transferring to the Rome office in 2001. He divides his time between the Milan and Rome offices.
Publications
More Sustainability and Innovation and Fewer Antitrust Constraints – The EU Competition Mandate, La Repubblica, October 2024
Legal 500 Merger Control Comparative Guide, 9th Edition, October 2024 (co-authored with Alice Setari)
Il diritto della concorrenza in Italia, G. Giappichelli Editore, 2024 (co-authored by Marco D’Ostuni)
“Competition, the Italian Competition Authority’s New Superpowers,” Il Sole 24 Ore – Econopoly, May 13, 2024
The Dominance and Monopolies Review – 11th Edition
“Italian Competition Law Reform,” Cleary Gottlieb Alert Memorandum, August 17, 2022 (co-authored by Alice Setari, Riccardo Tremolada, Mario Siragusa, Marco D’Ostuni, Giulio Cesare Rizza, Gianluca Faella, Saverio Valentino, Fausto Caronna and Marco Zotta)
The Dominance and Monopolies Review – 10th Edition
“Ddl Concorrenza, l’autorità Garante avrà più poteri ma non c’è chiarezza di indirizzo,” Milano Finanza, June 29, 2022 (co-authored by Riccardo Tremolada)
Le misure stringenti proposte da Bruxelles mettono a rischio il mercato dell’idrogeno,” Milano Finanza, April 12, 2022 (co-authored by Luciana Bellia and Alessandro Comino)
“ECN+ Directive Transposed Into Italian Law,” Cleary Gottlieb Alert Memorandum, 2021 (co-authored by Alice Setari, Riccardo Tremolada, Mario Siragusa and Marco D’Ostuni)
Il diritto della concorrenza in Italia, G. Giappichelli Editore, 2021 (co-authored by Marco D’Ostuni)
“Italy,” The Dominance and Monopolies Review – Ninth Edition, 2021
Italy chapter in The Dominance and Monopolies Review, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Editions, Law Business Research, 2014-2020 (co-authored by Gianluca Faella)
Il Sistema del controllo delle concentrazioni in Italia, G. Giappichelli Editore, July 2017 (co-authored by Marco D’Ostuni)
Italy chapter in Merger Control, Global Legal Insight, 2011, 2013 (Mario Siragusa co-author)
Italy chapter in Merger Control Worldwide, Cambridge University Press, 1st and 2ndeditions 2012 (Mario Siragusa co-author)
Italy chapter in Competition Laws Outside the United States, ABA, 2012 (Mario Siragusa, Matteo Bay co-authors)
“I programmi di clemenza: opportunità e rischi per le imprese”, in Mercati e banche nella crisi: regole di concorrenza e aiuto di stato, 2012 (Luigi Nascimbene co-author)
“Competition and Cartel Leniency” in Practical Law Multi-jurisdictional guide 2012; Pratical Law Company, 2012 (Marco D’Ostuni, Patrick Marco Ferrari co-author)
“La presunzione di responsabilità delle società madri per le infrazioni alle regole di concorrenza delle proprie controllate”, in Contratto e impresa/Europa, CEDAM, 2010 (Patrick Marco Ferrari co-author)
“I legami personali nel controllo delle concentrazioni”, in Concentrazioni bancarie e tutela della concorrenza, CEDAM, 2007 (Gianluca Faella co-author)
“Economia e diritto antitrust”, Carocci, 2006 (Mario Siragusa, Luigi Prosperetti, Matteo Merini co-authors)
“Divieto di concentrazione e accordi di IT outsourcing”, in Il Diritto industriale, 2004 (Giulio Cesare Rizza co-author)
“La dottrina delle essential facilities nel diritto comunitario ed italiano della concorrenza”, in Contratto e impresa/Europa, CEDAM, 1999 (Mario Siragusa co-author)
“Compensation for Damages for Violation of E.C. Law by Public Authorities: the Italian Legal System” (L’indemnisation du dommage consécutif à la violation du droit communautaire par les autorités publiques: le système juridique - Italie), in La responsabilité des Etats membres dans l’ordre juridique communautaire et au niveau national, edited by Prof. G. Vandersanden, Bruylant, 1997
Events
June 2022
What Perspectives for Competition Law in Italy?
May 2022
TopLegal Academy’s M&A Conference 2022
October 2019
PETRONAS 2019 Compliance Conference
January 2018
Controllo delle concentrazioni europeo e nazionale: fino a che punto complementari?, Auditorium of Italian Competition Authority