Luca Donatella* is an associate in the Brussels office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice.

Luca represents clients on all aspects of EU and UK competition law and represents them before the European Commission and the UK CMA with a particular focus on merger control, abuse of dominance, and anticompetitive agreements. He also advises clients on EU regulatory matters.

His experience covers several industry sectors including technology, sports, environment, and energy.

Prior to joining Latham, Luca worked for another international law firm in Brussels and a major Irish law firm in Dublin.

*On secondment to the London office of Latham & Watkins LLP

Luca’s experience includes advising/representing:

  • A large online platform on a proceeding under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
  • Several major technology companies in abuse of dominance proceedings by the European Commission
  • Microsoft on the European Commission’s antitrust investigation related to Teams
  • One of the airlines involved in the air cargo investigations before the ECJ
  • Lufthansa in its defense against the European Commission’s interim measure proceedings
  • A very large online platform in relation to unannounced inspections by the European Commission under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
  • GRAIL in pursuing claims before the EU Courts for litigation costs related to successful challenges and damages for the European Commission’s unlawful assertion of jurisdiction over the Illumina/GRAIL transaction
  • European Leagues and LALIGA in an abuse of dominance complaint against FIFA’s unilateral setting of the International Match Calendar before the EC
  • CVC in the regulatory aspects of its acquisition of IFF’s food ingredients business
  • Omnicom on obtaining regulatory deal clearance for its acquisition of IPG
  • Bunge on obtaining merger control clearances for its merger with rival Viterra, valued at US$34 billion
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific on obtaining global merger control and FDI clearances for: 
    • Its acquisition of Solventum, a leader in purification and filtration products, including filters and membranes used in bioprocessing workflows
    • Its divestiture of its clinical diagnostics and microbiology businesses to Astorg
  • CVC for its acquisition of a minority stake in Hempel, a Denmark-based supplier of coatings and paints
  • ALAT on its acquisition of TK Elevator, an elevator manufacturer

Bar Qualification

  • Brussels Bar - E List
  • Certificate of Attestation from Law Society of Ireland
  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • LLM in European Law, College of Europe
  • BA in Corporate Law, University of Galway

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • French