Vito Auricchio

Practice Areas

Vito Auricchio is partner and coordinates the EU, Antitrust and Regulation practice of Legance. He advises Italian and foreign companies on different antitrust and regulatory matters, in cases of mergers, abuses and cartels before the EU Commission and the Italian Competition Authority (ICA), as well as civil litigation.

Vito’s activity also focuses on advising clients in compliance, distribution matters as well as consumer protection law.

Career

Joined Legance in 2007, became partner in 2013.

Previously he was managing associate in Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners (2001-2007), associate in Berwin Leighton in Bruxelles (1997-2000) and Stagiaire at the European Commission, DG Internal Market (Directorate B) in Bruxelles (1997-1998)

Professional Memberships

Member of the Rome Bar (Italy) since 2004

Member of the Board of Associazione Antitrust Italiana (Italian Antitrust Association) since 2017

Publications

He has authored and co-authored several commentaries and books in leading publications on EU, Antitrust and Regulation law. Among the others:

• “The new consumer rights”, G. Giappichelli Editore, 2014, (co-author);

• “The Essentials of Merger Review”, (chapter on Italy), American Bar Association, May 2013;

• “Commercial distribution agreements in competition law”, Cedam 2013, co-author;

• “Contacts between competitors: developments under Italian competition law”, European Competition Law Review, 2010 n. 4, p. 167‐173;

• “Discount policies in Us and EU antitrust enforcement models: protecting competition, competitors or consumer welfare?”, European Competition Journal, December 2007, p. 373;

• “Consumer welfare, standard of proof and the objectives of competition policy”, European Competition Journal, March 2005, p. 153 (co-author);

• “Services of general economic interest and the application of EC competition law”, World Competition, March 2001;

• “International data protection”, European Counsel, March 1999, p.25 (co-author);

• “Some problems of the execution of public procurements”, Contratto e Impresa/Europa, 1/1999, p.182;

• “The problem of discrimination and anti-competitive behaviour in the execution phase of public contracts”, Public Procurement Law Review 1998, n.5, p.113.