Michele co-heads Freshfields Global Tech, Media and Telecoms sector group and assists clients before EU and UK regulators and courts across all aspects of EU and UK competition law, including merger control and foreign investment, Articles 101/102 and equivalent UK legislation, digital regulation, market/sector investigations and sector specific economic regulation. Michele has particular experience of advising clients on complex M&A and investigations in the digital, telecoms, media, defence and energy sectors. Michele’s tech practice includes advising clients on new digital regulation, including the EU Digital Markets Act, and on the competition law and national security aspects of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and quantum technology. She has extensive experience in advising clients on navigating the UK’s public interest and national security regimes, in managing multiple competition and FDI reviews on multi-jurisdictional transactions, and in advising regulated companies on regulatory investigations and price control appeals.