Mario Todino is partner at Jones Day, based in Brussels. Before now, he was partner at Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners (Brussels). He is an expert of mergers, cartels, state aids and Internal Market. Has acquired an extensive and qualified experience of more than 15 years in the field of EC and national antitrust Law, by working for the Italian Competition Authority (Legal Service and Cabinet of the President), the EC Court of Justice, the Directorates for Internal Market and for Competition of the European Commission. Since joining the firm in 2007, he has built a strong EC and antitrust practice, assisting on a regular basis some of the major Italian and International groups. After graduating in Law from the University of Naples in 1990, he obtained an LL.M. in "European Law Studies" from the College of Europe of Bruges (Belgium). He is Co-Author of "La disciplina della concorrenza in Italia (Competition Law in Italy)", edited by "Il Mulino" (2nd ed. 2010) and he published several articles and essays. He is admitted to the Italian Bar and speaks Italian, English and French.
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In Short The Development: The Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") annulled a General Court ("GC") ruling that had adopted a high standard of proof for the European Commission ("EC") to block transactions in concentrated markets in which neither the parties to the deal nor other (...)
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In Short The Situation: On 27 March 2023, the European Commission ("Commission") published a Communication amending its 2008 Guidance on enforcement priorities concerning exclusionary abuses ("amended 2008 Guidance Paper"), and launched a consultation process for the adoption of Guidelines (...)
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The European Competition Network ("ECN") issued a policy statement indicating that member agencies will not intervene in legitimate, cooperative efforts to address disruptions caused by the conflict in Ukraine and related sanctions. The ECN is a working group of competition authorities in (...)
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In Short The Situation: The European Commission ("Commission") has adopted revised guidance setting out the criteria to assess Important Projects of Common European Interest ("IPCEI") under EU State aid rules ("Communication"). The Background: IPCEIs are cross-border projects that overcome (...)
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In Short The Background: The European Commission ("Commission") recently unveiled long-awaited draft revisions to its Vertical Block Exemption Regulation ("VBER") and Vertical Guidelines. The VBER includes safe harbors that exempt some agreements in the vertical supply chain from antitrust (...)
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In Short The Situation: The European Commission has launched its largest ever stimulus package to support recovery of EU economies from the COVID-19 pandemic’s unprecedented economic and social disruption. Each EU Member State must submit a recovery plan and funding requests for Commission (...)
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The Italian State Council to tip the scale in favor of a deeper judicial review of antitrust misconduct. In the Italian public enforcement matter La Roche-Novartis v. Antitrust Authority, the State Council (the administrative court of second instance, which has exclusive jurisdiction on (...)
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In Short The Situation: The EU General Court annulled the European Commission’s ("Commission") decision that Fondo Interbancario’s support payment to financially distressed Banca Tercas breached EU State aid rules. Fondo Interbancario is a mandatory deposit guarantee scheme in Italy. (...)
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In Short The Situation: The EU General Court annulled the European Commission’s ("Commission") decision that Fondo Interbancario’s support payment to financially distressed Banca Tercas breached EU State aid rules. Fondo Interbancario is a mandatory deposit guarantee scheme in Italy. (...)
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"Johnson & Johnson/Guidant: potential competition and unilateral effects in innovative markets"* 1. Introduction Following an in-depth investigation, on 25 August 2005 the European Commission authorised under the Merger Regulation the planned $ 24 billion (around € 18 billion) (...)
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"First experiences with the new merger regulation : Piaggio/Aprilia"* Introduction On 22.11.2004, the Commission authorised under the Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Aprilia S.p.A. by Piaggio & C. S.p.A. subject to a condition intended to safeguard competition in the (...)
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"An amended merger implementing regulation for a new merger regime"* A. Introduction The adoption of a new Merger Regulation by the Council on 20 January 2004, has made it necessary for the Commission to review the implementing measures which it had put in place under the old merger (...)
