Marcello Prota
Associate
marcello.prota@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Antitrust & International Competition
- Antitrust Mergers & Acquisitions
- Antitrust Policy & Regulation
- Antitrust Litigation
- EU/UK Competition
- Regulatory
- Oil & Gas
- Telecom, Media & Technology
- Aviation, Space & Defense
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Biography
- Advises clients on all aspects of European Union (EU) competition law.
- Advises on merger control, antitrust issues and regulation in the context of mergers and acquisitions, including cross-border transactions, joint ventures and strategic alliances.
- Advises multinationals in cross-border merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI) investigations.
Marcello is an associate in the antitrust & competition practice of the London office.
Marcello advises clients on all aspects of EU competition law and represents them before the European Commission and the Luxembourg and Italian Competition Authorities.
His experience covers several industry sectors including social media, technology and oil & gas.
Prior to joining Akin, Marcello worked for other leading international law firms as an associate in the EU competition law and investment funds departments in Brussels and Luxembourg.
Representative Work
- Advised Carlyle on its acquisition of Dainese SpA.
- Advised BC Partners on its acquisition of the Havea group.
- Advised Carlyle on its acquisition of Officine Maccaferri SpA.
- Advised a multinational beverage company in an abuse of dominance investigation before the European Commission.
- Advised Archroma on its acquisition of a division of Huntsman International.
EducationLL.M., College of Europe, 2018
D.L., Bocconi University School of Law, 2017
Law Certificate, University of Maastricht, 2015
B.A., Bocconi University, 2017
LL.M., College of Europe, 2018
D.L., Bocconi University School of Law, 2017
Law Certificate, University of Maastricht, 2015
B.A., Bocconi University, 2017
Bar AdmissionsAdmitted as Avvocato in Milan
Avocat à la Cour, Luxembourg
Admitted as Avvocato in Milan
Avocat à la Cour, Luxembourg
