Paolo Palmigiano

Paolo Palmigiano is the head of our Competition, Trade and Foreign Investment practice in the UK and a member of our European competition law team that operates from our Brussels office. Qualified in England & Wales and in Italy, Paolo has over two decades of experience advising on EU and UK competition law, both in private practice and in house, in regulated sectors such as telecommunications and media, financial services and payment systems, as well as in the tech and life sciences sectors.

Paolo's extensive experience extends to all areas of competition law including cartels, abuse of dominance, investigations, mergers, state aid and follow-on damages claims. He has advised on vertical agreements and information exchanges. He has created and implemented antitrust compliance programmes and handled dawn raids situations as well as possessing deep experience in competition litigation. He has often represented clients in front of the Competition Appeals Tribunal and the European Court of Justice.

Paolo is a non-governmental advisor to the UK competition authority, a member of the Competition Appeals Tribunal’s users’ group and a vice chair of the competition committee at BIAC, the voice of the business community at the OECD. Paolo created and chaired for 15 years an association of in-house competition lawyers with 450 members in 20 jurisdictions.

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CV

Since 2019 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2013 - 2018 General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Sumitomo Electric Industries

2010 - 2013 Head of competition law, Lloyds Banking Group

Career

Since 2019 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2013 - 2018 General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Sumitomo Electric Industries

2010 - 2013 Head of competition law, Lloyds Banking Group

Education

2004 Admitted as a solicitor, England & Wales

1993 Admitted as a lawyer, Italy (“avvocato”)

1992 LLM in European law, College of Europe, Bruges

Publications

Paolo is a frequent speaker to conferences and teaches on competition law topics.

Memberships & Associations

Non-Governmental Advisor, UK Competition and Markets Authority

Vice-chairman of the competition committee, BIAC (Business and Advisory Committee), the voice of the business community, OECD

Business representative, Competition Appeals Tribunal’s users’ group

Founder and chairman for 15 years of the association of in-house competition lawyers (ICLA), with more than 300 members in 25 countries

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Experience

CMA clears Eurofins' acquisition of Cellmark

Eurofins Scientific, a leading international group of laboratories, is given rapid clearance by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on its acquisition of Cellmark, in just 11 working days.

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