Portrait of Simona Castellini

Simona Castellini Managing Consultant

Simona is a member of Oxera’s Competition team. She has advised clients in cases involving mergers, horizontal and vertical agreements, abuse of dominance (including in the context of private litigation), regulatory appeals, and market investigations by the European Commission, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Italian competition authority (ICA) and other competition and regulatory authorities in Europe. She has worked on these issues across a broad range of sectors including digital, retail, financial services, and energy.

Simona speaks English, Italian, and French.

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6689

Simona's specialisms include:

Selected
professional experience

  • Advice to Tamoil in the context of the ICA investigation into an alleged exchange of information in the biofuel market in Italy (2025)

  • Ongoing advice to Google in the context of a damages claim in the UK (2024–)

  • Advice to Sammontana and Investindustrial in the context of the acquisition of Forno d’Asolo, cleared by the ICA with commitments (2024)

  • Advice to SNAM in the context of the acquisition of joint control in the Adriatic LNG terminal, cleared unconditionally by the European Commission (2024)

  • Advice to Teleperformance in the context of the acquisition of Majorel, cleared unconditionally by the European Commission (2023)

  • Advice to an Italian telecoms provider in the context of an acquisition in front of the European Commission (2023)

Qualifications

  • MSc Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

  • BA International Economics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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Depiction of Most-favoured-nation clauses: how to assess their competitive effects?

Most-favoured-nation clauses: how to assess their competitive effects?

Most-favoured-nation clauses (MFNs) remain a hot topic in competition policy. The direction of travel has generally been one-way, with the UK and European vertical block exemption regimes designating wide MFNs…

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