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Alessandro Cogoni

Associate

Brussels +32 2 549 5280

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    Alessandro Cogoni is an associate in Covington’s competition team. He advises international companies from a wide variety of industries on all aspects of EU competition law, including State aid, foreign subsidies, multi-jurisdictional merger control filings and antitrust investigations.

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  • Representative Matters
    • Represented three airlines before the General Court and the Court of Justice in defending the lawfulness of the European Commission’s decision authorizing a State aid scheme in support of the airline sector in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    • Represented a company active in the shipbuilding sector before the General Court and the Court of Justice for the annulment of a European Commission’s decision finding a State aid scheme incompatible with the internal market.
    • Assisted a ferry company in a formal investigation launched by the European Commission against a Member State for alleged incompatible State aid granted to the client in the form of public service compensation.
    • Assisted a client in complaining before the European Commission against a Member State for State aid granted to competitors for early closure of lignite-fired power plants.
    • Assisted a multinational insurance group in the merger control filings before the European Commission and other competition authorities concerning its acquisition of joint control over some insurance companies.
    • Assisted a multinational group in the merger control filings before the European Commission and other competition authorities concerning the reorganization of its financial joint-ventures in the automotive sector.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • King's College London, 2019
        • Postgraduate Diploma in Economics for Competition Law
    • Institute for European Studies – VUB, LL.M., 2017
        • International and European Law
    • University of Pavia, 2016
        • Master’s degree in law
    Bar Admissions
    • Brussels
    • Milan, Italy
    Languages
    • English
    • French
    • Italian

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