Irene joined Portolano Cavallo in 2019, mainly responsible for competition and EU law as well as product, trade and corporate compliance matters.
In the area of competition and European law in general, Irene has accrued around twenty-five years of experience assisting multinational companies active in many industry sectors in negotiation and self-assessment of horizontal and vertical agreements under the relevant EU Block Exemption Regulations, including distribution and agency agreements, procurement and long-term supply, production and specialisation agreements, licensing agreements, joint ventures, etc.
She also deals with merger and acquisition assessments and notifications, assistance with internal audits and investigations (including “dawn-raids”), compliance programs, proceedings before national and EU authorities and courts in cartel and abuse of dominance cases, follow on and stand alone actions. She has overseen numerous proceedings for preliminary rulings before the Court of Justice of the European Union on the subject of fundamental freedoms under the EU Treaty and worked on state aid complaints and structural fund issues.
