Maria Zarro

maria.zarro@lw.com

+32.2.788.6283

Profile

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

Maria advises clients on all aspects of EU competition law and represents them before the European Commission (EC) and the Italian Antitrust Authority.

Her experience covers several industry sectors, including technology, food, energy, advertising, and telecommunications.

Prior to joining Latham, Maria worked at another law firm in Rome and also served as a trainee at the Italian Competition Authority.

Experience

Maria’s experience includes advising:

Omnicom on its acquisition of The Interpublic Group of Companies
The Carlyle Group on obtaining regulatory deal clearances in 25+ jurisdictions globally for its €7.7 billion acquisition of BASF’s Coatings Business
SLB on the acquisition of ChampionX
Very large online platforms (VLOPs) on infringement proceedings under the DSA
A major technology company on an abuse of dominance proceeding by the European Commission
BC Partners on the sale of Forno D’Asolo
A private equity firm in its acquisition of a major telecommunications company in Italy*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

Brussels Bar - E List
Italy (Avvocato)

Education

LLM in European Legal Studies, College of Europe, 2023
JD, LUISS Guido Carli University, 2020
cum laude

Languages Spoken

English
French
Italian