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About Samuel Scandola

Samuel is an associate in our Rome antitrust, competition and trade group.

His practice covers a wide range of EU/Italian competition law and regulatory areas, including antitrust investigations, merger control proceedings, DMA, EU antitrust and regulatory litigation, and foreign investment regulation. 

Prior to joining Freshfields, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Trento and as a Blue-Book trainee at the European Commission's DG Competition. He also worked as a legal consultant for an international organisation and for an Italian law firm specialising in corporate and insolvency law.

Qualifications

Education

  • University of Trento, Italy, Ph.D. in EU competition law (summa cum laude)
  • University of Passau, Germany, LL.M. in German law (summa cum laude)
  • University of Trento, Italy, J.D. (summa cum laude)

Professional Qualifications

  • Admitted to the Italian Bar (Avvocato)

Languages

  • Italian
  • English
  • German
  • French