LUISS Guido Carli

Department Member, Economics

Other Affiliations: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics
Ghent University, Centre for Advanced Studies in Law & Economics
University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics

Competition Economist at the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission (DG COMP)

About

Danilo Samà
LUISS “Guido Carli” University of Rome
Ph.D. Candidate & Researcher in Law & Economics
(Antitrust - Competition - Regulation)

(Italy, 1984). Ph.D. (Philosophiæ Doctor) Candidate in Law & Economics (2013), XXV cicle, LUISS “Guido Carli”, University of Rome, Italy. Master (M2) (Doctoral Track) Candidate in Economics of Markets and Organizations (EMO) at the Toulouse School of Economics, France (2013). LL.M. in Competition Law & Economics (2011), European Master in Law & Economics (EMLE), attending the Erasmus Rotterdam University, The Netherlands, the Ghent University, Belgium, and the University of Hamburg, Germany: dissertation in Competition Law & Economics under the supervision of Prof. Thomas Eger about the antitrust treatment of discount and rebates (3rd best thesis). For the master, he awarded the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship granted by the European Commission, being for merit first ranked over 800 students worldwide. M.Sc. Master of Science Degree cum summa laude in Law & Economics at LUISS (2009), with a dissertation in Economics Analysis of Competition Law under the supervision of Prof. Roberto Pardolesi about the relationship between competition and regulation in the telecommunication markets: to prepare the thesis, he spent a research period at the Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark (2008). B.Sc. Bachelor of Science Degree cum summa laude in Economics at LUISS (2006), with a dissertation in Industrial Organization under the supervision of Sen. Prof. Carlo Scognamiglio about the liberalization and privatization of the energy markets, focusing on the antitrust judgement against ENI for abuse of dominant position which led the Italian Competition Authority to impose the highest fine ever levied in Italy. In 2009-2010 he worked as competition economist at the international law firm Pavia & Ansaldo in the antitrust department directed by Mr. Stefano Grassani, working on cases before the European Commission and the Italian Competition Authority concerning abuses of dominant position, cartel investigations, mergers and acquisitions. In 2011-2012 he worked as competition economist trainee at the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) of the European Commission for the Unit 03 - State Aid Case Support directed by Mr. Koen Van de Casteele, supporting the Deputy Director General for State Aids Mr. Gert-Jan Koopman. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Competition Policy News (www.competition-policy-news.com), web-site which reports all the latest news worldwide concerning competition policy which are released by authorities, economists, lawyers and universities. His main fields of academic interest and professional occupation concern antitrust, competition and regulation, which he has experienced in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands.

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