Lucia Ferrante

Profile

Lucia Ferrante is a partner in the Brussels office of Corvane Ryle LLP and a member of the firm's Antitrust & Competition Practice. She represents clients before the European Commission and national competition authorities in merger control, abuse of dominance and cartel matters.

Lucia is experienced in complex multi-jurisdictional merger filings and in the questions that arise when digital platforms, retailers and suppliers interact. She advises on the design of remedies, the sequencing of filings and the handling of authorities that have call-in powers over deals below the usual thresholds.

She works in close coordination with Priya Raghunathan in London and the firm's US antitrust lawyers on transactions that require clearance on both sides of the Atlantic.

Lucia's work falls within the firm's Antitrust & Competition Practice and is particularly relevant to clients in Retail & Consumer Products, Technology and Healthcare & Life Sciences. Lucia is based in the firm's Brussels office.

Experience

Lucia's representative matters include the following, many of which are confidential and described in general terms.

• Advised Halvern Retail Group on the merger control strategy for its acquisition of Brightmoor Foods across the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
• Represented Kestrel Systems in a European Commission review of a semiconductor design collaboration, obtaining clearance without remedies.
• Advised Arvelo Health on the competition aspects of its acquisition of a telehealth platform, including a Phase I clearance in several member states.
• Represented a global consumer goods company in a Phase II investigation and negotiated a divestiture remedy accepted by the Commission.
• Advised a private equity sponsor on the filing strategy for a pan-European add-on acquisition notified in nine jurisdictions.
• Defended a European retailer against allegations of resale price restrictions in a national competition authority investigation.
• Advised a digital marketplace on the antitrust risks of self-preferencing and the design of its ranking and seller-terms policies.
• Counseled a pharmaceutical distributor on information exchange and joint purchasing arrangements under EU competition rules.
• Advised Tidewater Logistics on foreign subsidy and merger control clearances for a cross-border acquisition.
• Represented a supplier in a complaint to the Commission concerning exclusivity provisions in a retail media agreement.
• Advised a joint venture between an automaker and a battery producer on its competition law compliance framework.
• Conducted a competition compliance review and training program for a European fashion group.

Insights

Lucia's recent insights include the following.

• Retail Media Networks and Antitrust: Self-Preferencing Questions for Marketplaces, with Priya Raghunathan.
• The New HSR Form One Year On: What Deal Teams Have Learned, with Miriam Okafor-Lindqvist.
• Below-Threshold Deals: Call-In Powers in EU and UK Merger Control, with Priya Raghunathan.

Qualifications

Bar admissions

• Brussels Bar (French-speaking section)
• Paris Bar
• State Bar of New York

Education

• LLM, College of Europe, Bruges
• Master en droit, Universite Libre de Bruxelles