NYS Attorney General

Mario worked on the following cases on behalf of the New York State Attorney General:

• FTC, NYS et al v. Vyera Pharmaceuticals 
• DoJ, NYS et al v.  American Airlines and JetBlue
• FTC, NYS et al v. Facebook

European Commission

At the European Commission, Mario was a team member of

Unit B.3  of Directorate General for Communications, Networks, Content and Technology.

Private Practice

Mario assisted in the multiple high-stakes transactions in several industries, including:

• SAB Miller/AB InBev
• The London Stock Exchange/Deutsche Börse
• Cinven/Kurt Geiger
• The Binding Site/Thermo Fisher Scientific
• VMware/Broadcom

Pro Bono

Mario assists non-profit educational organizations and individuals in the arts with copyright and trademark matters. For his pro bono services, he received the 2023 Empire State Counsel Award from the New York State Bar Association.

Academic Background

• University of Perugia, JD summa cum laude
• University of Perugia, Ph.D.
• Queen Mary University of London, LLM
• New York University School of Law, LLM
• Cornell University, Artificial Intelligence Certificate

 
Mario has authored a book on the interplay between antitrust and takeover regulation in protecting investors in the market for corporate control, published at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, and the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute.

As a member of several committees of the American Bar Association, Mario regularly contributes to the American Bar Association's publications on antitrust topics.