Vito Auricchio is Partner and coordinates the EU, Antitrust and Regulation practice of Legance. He advises Italian and foreign companies on different antitrust and regulatory matters, in cases of mergers, abuses and cartels before the EU Commission and the Italian Competition Authority (ICA), as well as civil litigation. Vito’s activity also focuses on advising clients in compliance, distribution matters as well as consumer protection law.
Vito Auricchio is named in Chambers and Partners (Band 2) where clients have recognized him for being “able to combine a profound knowledge of competition law with a strong economic background, which makes his support particularly valuable when dealing with complex mergers”, “he is very responsive and willing to provide guidance even in difficult or unclear circumstances”, “we don’t have to think twice about recommending him; it is a really good service”, “he is very business-oriented, very available to talk and tries to understand our needs and point of view”, “he is very involved himself in the transaction and this is appreciated by the client” (2024), “very smart, very responsive and very commercial” (2023), “very clear, precise, quick and pleasant to cooperate with“, “very good at merger control work” (2022), “a remarkable expert, very pragmatic in his approach of the business and highly appreciated by clients” (2021). Global Competition Review (Competition Future Leaders 2017) refers to Vito Auricchio as a “reliable and well prepared antitrust expert” who has “a good economic understanding” combined with “excellent client service”. Vito Auricchio is also mentioned as Most Highly Regarded by Who’s Who Legal. In addition, The Legal 500 mentions Vito in the Hall of Fame for EU and Competition Law as follows: “Vito Auricchio is the partner in charge of the practice and offers a really top level standard of services”, “Vito Auricchio is an outstanding professional. He is able to combine a profound knowledge of competition law with a strong economic background, which makes his support particularly valuable when dealing for example with complex mergers” (2024), “Vito Auricchio is to be applauded for his remarkable skills – he is very talented” (2023).
Vito Auricchio is graduated in Economics, maxima cum laude, from Università “Federico II”, Naples. He obtained a LL.M. from the College of Europe (Bruges) in 1997. He also graduated in Law, maxima cum laude, from Seconda Università di Napoli in 2000 and obtained a LL.M. from the University of Chicago in 2005. He was an intern at the European Commission, DG Internal Market (Directorate B), Brussels. Since 2017 he is a member of the Board of Associazione Antitrust Italiana (Italian Antitrust Association).
