Annamaria is a senior competition lawyer with considerable experience representing clients in international merger control, FDI, cartel investigations and litigation matters in a wide range of industries, with a focus on the energy, financial sponsors, healthcare, telecommunications and FMG sectors. She has acted before a wide range of regulators in and outside Europe, and conducted proceedings in English, French and Italian. She co-heads the firmwide Global Healthcare Sector, spearheading client initiatives and more widely the direction of travel of the Firm. Praised for her “outstanding communication and client-handling abilities”, Annamaria was ranked among the “40 under 40” top antitrust practitioners worldwide (Global Competition Review) and as one of the top female M&A lawyers in EMEA. In 2017, she was seconded for three months to a major client as acting general counsel for competition, providing strategic advice, and leading a team of competition lawyers in a wide range of business-critical matters.