Sabrina Borocci
Biography
Overview
Sabrina Borocci is an EU-qualified lawyer with over 25 years of experience in Competition Law and, more widely, European Law, both in the transactional space (merger control) and in the litigation and investigation space.
Sabrina focuses on cartel and abuse of dominance investigations and litigations in various industries and merger control filings. She defines herself as a litigator, but she advises also clients on compliance with the competition rules in a wide range of commercial agreements, including distribution and agency agreements, long-term supply agreements, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. Moreover, Sabrina provides assistance in internal antitrust audits and public enforcers' investigations (including dawn raids) and requests for information.
Sabrina's practice also encompasses regulatory matters with a specific focus on compliance with European law across member states with specific focus on life science and telecommunication, where connection with IP rights (patents) is of essence, as well as assistance with regulators and public authorities.
Sabrina is ranked amongst the leading lawyers in EU and Competition Law by all major directories. According to Chambers & Partners, sources say that "Sabrina is my go-to for all things in competition in Italy."
Sabrina is adjunct professor at Bocconi University and founder of Concorrenze think-tank.
Venice/Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris
London
Italy
Experience
Antitrust and Litigation
Volkswagen's alleged violation of art. 101 of the TFEU
Sabrina advised Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Financial Services in connection with two cases of alleged violation of art. 101 of the TFEU.*
Vodafone's alleged violation of art. 101 of the TFEU
Sabrina advised Vodafone UK in connection with a case of alleged violation of art. 101 of the TFEU.*
Unilever's preliminary ruling proceedings
Sabrina advised Unilever in connection with preliminary ruling proceedings before the European Court of Justice.*
Amazon's preliminary ruling proceeding
Sabrina advised Amazon in connection with a preliminary ruling proceeding before the European Court of Justice.*
Airbnb's preliminary ruling proceedings
Sabrina advised Airbnb before the Italian administrative courts and in connection with preliminary ruling proceedings before the European Court of Justice.*
GE Healthcare and GE Corp's abuse of dominance case
Sabrina advised GE Healthcare and GE Corp in connection with an abuse of dominance case for alleged violation of art. 101 of the TFEU in the market for the provision of maintenance services for diagnostic imaging equipment before the Italian Competition Authority. The case involved issues concerning the relation between IP protection stemming from patent and competition law.*
GE Healthcare's alleged violation of art. 102 of the TFEU
Sabrina advised GE Healthcare in connection with a case for alleged violation of art. 102 of the TFEU in the market for radio pharma. Other parties involved included Novartis and Curium. The case involved issues concerning the relation between R&D and market sharing.*
Corepla's alleged violation of art. 102 of the TFEU
Sabrina advised Corepla - National Consortium for the Collection and Recycling of Plastic Packaging, in connection with a case of alleged violation of art. 102 of the TFEU.*
Pfitzer's alleged violation of art. 102 of the TFUE
Sabrina advised Pfitzer in connection with an abuse of dominance case for alleged violation of art. 102 of the TFUE in the market of pharmaceutical products in relation to patent exploitation issues.*
Merger Control
EU merger control aspects of BNP Paribas acquisition of BCC Vita S.p.A.
Sabrina advised BNP Paribas in connection with the EU merger control in the acquisition of BCC Vita S.p.A.*
EU merger control aspects of IBM Corp. acquisition of Red Hat Inc.
Sabrina advised IBM Corp. in connection with the EU merger control in its US$34 billion acquisition of Red Hat Inc., an enterprise software provider that builds technologies on open source platforms such as Linux and Kubernetes.*
EU merger control aspects of GE's acquisition of Alstom's power business
Sabrina advised Alstom in connection with GE's €12.4 billion acquisition of Alstom's power business on the EU merger control and foreign investment clearances obtained in over 30 jurisdictions.*
EU merger control aspects of SABMiller's Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
Sabrina advised SABMiller in connection with the EU merger control aspects of its acquisition of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV for US$104 billion.*
* Sabrina worked on these matters prior to joining White & Case.
Competition/European Law
Leading lawyer (Band 3): Chambers & Partners Europe 2024
Leading Partner: The Legal 500 2024
