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Filippo Amato
Of Counsel

Contact

Brussels
(T) +32.2.645.15.53
(F) +32.2.645.14.45

Education

  • Columbia University (LL.M. 2001); College of Europe (LL.M. in EC Law 1998); University Institute of European Studies (Postgraduate course in International Trade Law 1996); University of Turin (J.D. with honors 1995)

Bar Admissions

  • Italy

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to Advocate General Antonio Tizzano, European Court of Justice, Luxembourg (2003)

Government Service

  • Served with the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium in the following positions: member of the Legal Service (2004-2008) and official of the Directorate General for Competition (2001-2002; 2004)

Filippo Amato has extensive EU and Italian competition law, EU internal market law, public enforcement, and litigation experience in various industries, including chemicals, automotive, media, agriculture, sports, and services.

Before joining Jones Day, Filippo served for seven years as an official of the Institutions of the EU. While at the European Commission, Filippo worked for more than two years at the Directorate General for Competition, where he dealt with a number of merger and antitrust cases, and for three years at the Commission's Legal Service, where he advised the Commission on cartel and merger cases and was involved in several court proceedings before the EU General Court and the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg. Between 2002 and 2003, he was seconded to the EU Court of Justice (at the cabinet of former Advocate General Antonio Tizzano) and during this time was involved with various issues pertaining to the interpretation of EU law.

Filippo regularly delivers speeches and publishes articles on EU competition law.


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English, French, Italian, Spanish
Filippo Amato