Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Antitrust/Competition

Partner

Giorgio Motta is the head of Skadden’s Brussels office. He has more than 25 years of experience in EU and international merger control and antitrust enforcement.

Mr. Motta advises clients on antitrust aspects of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He has been involved in some of the most high-profile and complex merger control cases in numerous transactions requiring international antitrust merger control approvals, both in Europe and on a worldwide basis, for companies in the energy, telecommunications, financial services, pharmaceutical, consumer goods and many other industries.

Mr. Motta also counsels clients on EU state aid and foreign subsidies matters, as well as EU and international competition law issues relating to vertical restraints and dominance. He has represented clients in Article 101 investigations in relation to cartels, trade association membership, strategic alliances, distribution arrangements and other vertical agreements, both before the European Commission and the European Courts.

Brussels (EU - list) Catania, Italy

LL.M., Maastricht University, 1997 J.D., Faculty of Law, University of Catania, 1997