Oxera announces the appointment of Dr Giulio Federico as a Partner in Brussels.

• Giulio specialises in competition economics, including mergers and antitrust.
• Giulio has significant experience in the areas of energy and climate economics.

Oxera, announces today that Giulio Federico has joined its growing team of senior competition experts in Brussels.

Prior to joining Oxera, Giulio was Deputy Director and Head of Unit in the Recovery and Resilience Task Force at the European Commission. Before that, he was for several years Head of Unit in the Chief Economist Team at DG Competition, where he led the economic analysis on numerous merger investigations and on several antitrust matters. He will be part of the leadership team in Brussels alongside Oxera Partners, Stéphane Dewulf, Sir Philip Lowe and Nicole Robins.

In addition to his local leadership role, Giulio will be joining Oxera’s Board, where he will contribute his insights and strategic vision to Oxera’s international expansion.

Dr Gunnar Niels, Oxera Managing Partner, said ‘Giulio joins our senior team in Brussels during a time of significant growth and brings with him his expertise, not only in mergers and antitrust but also in areas such as state aid, climate change and the energy transition.’ He goes on to say ‘Giulio is a great fit to Oxera’s approach to providing economic advice with quality and integrity. His expertise in complex competition, regulation, and policy matters will be invaluable in working with our clients and law firms.’

Stéphane Dewulf, Oxera Partner, said ‘Giulio’s arrival is a huge milestone in our expansion in Brussels’ and he is ‘looking forward to working closely with Giulio, after several years of successful and rewarding collaboration in DG Competition’.

Giulio, commenting on his appointment, said he is ‘looking forward to joining Oxera’s expanding team in Brussels and throughout Europe, working with them to provide rigorous and sound economic advice in competition matters’. He also comments that ‘energy and climate economics are of special interest to me and I’m excited to be contributing to Oxera’s focus in this important field’.