European Commission - DG Internal Market and Services (Brussels)

Eleonora Ocello

European Commission - DG Internal Market and Services (Brussels)
Member of Cabinet of Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton

Eleonora Ocello is a Member of Cabinet of Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton at the European Commission, based in Brussels. She has over 12 years of combined experience at the EU Commission and the EU Parliament. She holds a PhD in EU competition law from the University of Udine and a Masters Degree from the University of Milan.

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Nominee, 2019 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Mergers

Nominee, 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, Mergers

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Salvatore De Vita, Eleonora Ocello The EU Commission clears acquisition of a music recognition services provider by a Big Tech company upon examining the consequences of data accumulation on competition (Apple / Shazam)

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Article originally published in DG Competition’s DG Competition’s Competition merger brief, as Competition merger brief 1/2019 (click here), under the title "Apple/Shazam: A remix of your favourite tunes of data issues in merger control". Please note that all articles published in the CPN are (...)

Eleonora Ocello, Pierantonio D’Elia, Salvatore De Vita The EU Commission conditionally approves the acquisition of de facto sole control over an Italian incumbent telecommunications company, subject to remedies (Telecom Italia / Vivendi)

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Vivendi/Telecom Italia - jurisdictional and substantive assessment of minority shareholdings* In a nutshell: The Vivendi/Telecom Italia case raised interesting issues related to minority shareholdings. In relation to jurisdiction, the transaction consisted of the acquisition of (de facto) (...)

Cristina Sjödin, Eleonora Ocello The EU Commission clears the acquisition of a leading global professional social networking platform by a leading global software company, subject to 5-year remedies that include monitoring and prevention of tying (Microsoft / LinkedIn)

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Microsoft/LinkedIn: Big data and conglomerate effects in tech markets* In a nutshell: The Microsoft/LinkedIn case is an important development in the Commission’s assessment of mergers involving data-related issues in tech industries. It provides further guidance on the framework for the (...)

Anatoly Subocs, Cristina Sjödin, Eleonora Ocello The EU Commission unconditionally approves the acquisition of a real time messaging services provider by a social networking company (Facebook / WhatsApp)

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"What’s Up with Merger Control in the Digital Sector? Lessons from the Facebook/WhatsApp EU merger case"* The Facebook/WhatsApp decision provides an insight into how the Commission tackles novel issues in the application of merger control rules to the digital sector, in particular to free (...)

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