Europe
Practice Areas
Administrative, Antitrust and Regulatory Law
Experience
She has over 25 years’ experience in Italian and European competition law and consumer protection, at both advisory and litigation stages. Her main areas of practice include Italian and EU merger notifications, antitrust litigation, behavioural investigations on restrictive horizontal and vertical practices, cartels, abuses of dominance, consumer protection investigations and foreign investment control. She regularly represents major Italian and international companies in investigations by the AGCM and the European Commission for cartels, abuses and unfair commercial practices. She also represents clients in antitrust damages actions before ordinary courts and in administrative appeals against AGCM decisions before the Lazio Regional Administrative Court and the Council of State. Silvia has extensive knowledge of specific industries and markets for goods and services and the regulations governing them, such as energy, telecommunications, transport and consumer goods markets. She also conducts antitrust training and compliance activities for companies.
Career
Silvia D’Alberti graduated with a law degree cum laude from the Sapienza University of Rome, and holds an LL.M (1989) from Yale Law School. She was an officer and head of investigations at the Italian Antitrust Authority (“AGCM”) and held the position of co-director of the Energy Directorate of the AGCM for 5 years. Silvia was the partner in charge of the Italian antitrust group of Allen & Overy for 18 years and of Studio Gattai, Minoli, Partners (now Pedersoli Gattai) for 7 years. She joined Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati in July 2024.
Professional Memberships
She is a founding member of the Italian Antitrust Association. In 2017 and 2021, she was named by Global Competition Review as one of the 150 most influential women in antitrust in the world.
Publications
She has authored publications and is a regular speaker at national and international antitrust conferences and seminars.
Languages Spoken
She is fluent in English.
