Giuditta Caldini, Deputy Office Managing Partner of the Brussels office, represents clients in many of their most significant and complex competition law matters.

Ms. Caldini leverages extensive cross-border antitrust experience to provide creative and pragmatic solutions to leading multinational companies. Her expertise spans across:

  • Merger control
  • Antitrust investigations and litigation
  • Antitrust policy and related regulations, including the Digital Markets Act
  • Interface of competition law and intellectual property issues, including standard essential patents

Ms. Caldini collaborates across Latham’s robust platform to advise clients in a broad range of industries, with particular experience in the technology, media, healthcare, telecoms, automotive, and consumer goods sectors.

Ms. Caldini frequently speaks on a broad range of topics related to competition law including merger control and antitrust investigations and litigation, including as a guest lecturer for King’s College London. A recognized leader at the firm, she has served on Latham’s global Associates Committee.

Ms. Caldini’s experience includes representing:

Merger Control

  • Microsoft in its US$19.7 billion acquisition of Nuance
  • Microsoft in its US$7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub
  • Vodafone, Telefónica, and Orange in a joint venture to create a technology platform in Europe
  • Teleperformance in its Є3 billion acquisition of Majorel
  • Siemens Healthineers in its US$16.4 billion acquisition of Varian Medical Systems
  • Mellanox in its US$7 billion sale to NVIDIA
  • Deutsche Telekom in its acquisition of Tele2’s Dutch telecom operations (EC Phase II)*
  • TeliaSonera in its proposed joint venture with Telenor in Denmark (EC Phase II)*

Antitrust Investigations and Litigation

  • Valve in an antitrust investigation concerning its Steam videogame platform before the European Commission and related proceedings before the European Courts
  • Broadcom in abuse of dominance proceedings concerning its set-top-box and modem business before the European Commission and related court proceedings before the European Courts
  • Multinational companies in several European Commission’s investigations into the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including standards-essential patents 
  • Multinational companies in several abuse of dominance proceedings before the European Commission 
  • Multinational companies in several proceedings before the European Commission related to alleged anticompetitive agreements with competitors 
  • Multinational companies in antitrust proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority 
  • A major automotive supplier in a referral to the European Court of Justice relating to national proceedings on abuse of dominance and standard essential patents

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • Brussels Bar - A List
  • England and Wales (Solicitor)
  • New York

Education

  • LLM, College of Europe, Bruges, 2013
  • LLB, King's College London, 2012

Languages Spoken

  • Italian
  • English
  • French