Giuditta Caldini, Deputy Office Managing Partner of the Brussels office, represents clients in many of their most significant and complex competition law matters.
Giuditta leverages extensive cross-border antitrust experience to provide creative and pragmatic solutions to leading multinational companies. Her expertise spans across:
Merger control
Antitrust investigations and litigation
Antitrust policy and related regulations, including the Digital Markets Act
Interface of competition law and intellectual property issues, including standard essential patents
Giuditta collaborates across Latham’s robust platform to advise clients in a broad range of industries, with particular experience in the technology, media, healthcare, telecoms, automotive, and consumer goods sectors.
Giuditta frequently speaks on a broad range of topics related to competition law including merger control and antitrust investigations and litigation, including as a guest lecturer for King’s College London. A recognized leader at the firm, she has served on Latham’s global Associates Committee.
Experience
Giuditta’s experience includes representing:
Merger Control
Microsoft in its US$19.7 billion acquisition of Nuance
Microsoft in its US$7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub
Vodafone, Telefónica, and Orange in a joint venture to create a technology platform in Europe
Teleperformance in its Є3 billion acquisition of Majorel
Siemens Healthineers in its US$16.4 billion acquisition of Varian Medical Systems
Mellanox in its US$7 billion sale to NVIDIA
Deutsche Telekom in its acquisition of Tele2’s Dutch telecom operations (EC Phase II)*
TeliaSonera in its proposed joint venture with Telenor in Denmark (EC Phase II)*
Antitrust Investigations and Litigation
Valve in an antitrust investigation concerning its Steam videogame platform before the European Commission and related proceedings before the European Courts
Broadcom in abuse of dominance proceedings concerning its set-top-box and modem business before the European Commission and related court proceedings before the European Courts
Multinational companies in several European Commission’s investigations into the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including standards-essential patents
Multinational companies in several abuse of dominance proceedings before the European Commission
Multinational companies in several proceedings before the European Commission related to alleged anticompetitive agreements with competitors
Multinational companies in antitrust proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority
A major automotive supplier in a referral to the European Court of Justice relating to national proceedings on abuse of dominance and standard essential patents
In the leading competition publication’s annual review of the strongest antitrust practices around the globe, the firm dominated in every category, ranking second across all specialties.
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