Massimo Moretto

Tel. +32 2 7434075
E-mail: massimo.moretto@moretto.eu

Profile

Lawyer at the Venice and Brussels Bars, Massimo Moretto has been dealing with European Union law, competition law and international trade law since 1990. He has extensive experience in competition matters (cartels, mergers, abuse of dominant position, State aid, distribution agreements, private enforcement actions), customs law (tariff classification, refund and remission of duties, tariff quotas), anti-dumping, procurement, food law and health protection (free movement of food products, labelling, traceability, health police, market support measures, animal by-products, fertilizers).

Massimo has gained specific competence in judicial proceedings before the Court of Justice and the Court of the Union. A list of the numerous cases he has filed before the courts of the Union is available on the website of the Court of Justice at the following link: curia.europa.eu. 

Massimo regularly represents his clients also before the European Commission, the Italian authorities (the Competition Authority and the Customs Agency) and the national courts, including those of last instance.

He has also acquired specific expertise in assisting Italian companies active in Belgium in various matters of Belgian law, such as, in particular, commercial and corporate law, commercial real estate law, food law and public procurement.

Main publications

Co-author of various editions of the Customs Code for the La Tribuna publishing house (from 2001 to 2014).

Il Sole 24 Ore, 10 April 2012
Competition – In an article published in Il Sole 24 Ore of 10 April 2012, Professor Barbara Baarsma, Massimo Moretto and Martin Poelman hope that the newly created Tribunale delle imprese can facilitate also in Italy the introduction of claims for compensation of damages caused by cartels and other violations of the competition rules. Click here to read the full article.

Food and Drinks, n. 4, April 2012
Health Police – Exceptional measures to support the poultry market – In an article published in Alimenti e Bevande of April 2012 Lorenza Andreis and Massimo Moretto underline the importance of the judgement with which, upholding the action brought by Italy, the General Court of the European Union annulled the decision of the Commission  rejecting the request for exceptional support measures made by our country to compensate for the economic losses caused by the killing of chicks due to the impossibility of placement in areas affected by avian flu. Click here to read the full article.

Het Financieele Dagblad, 1st March 2012
Competition – In an article published in Dutch in the financial newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad of 1 March 2012, Professor Barbara Baarsma, Massimo Moretto and Martin Poelman explain that companies that are victims of a cartel have the right to obtain compensation for the damage suffered, also highlighting the facilities they can benefit from, in particular under Dutch law. Click here to read a summary of the article in English and the full article in Dutch.

Alberto Dal Ferro

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Lawyer of the Vicenza Bar, Alberto Dal Ferro has been dealing with European Union law and international trade law since 1986. He assists public and private subjects on issues of competition, free movement of people, goods, services and other issues related to European Union law, which he was able to deepen thanks to the experience acquired at the Research and Documentation Service of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.

He also provides assistance to European institutions and bodies with which he collaborates from the beginning of his professional activity, in judicial disputes before national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union in matters of competition, state aid, EU civil service , agriculture, EU funding (a complete list of disputes in which he has taken part as a lawyer is available on the website of the Court of Justice at the following link: http://curia.europa.eu and debt collection both in and out of court.

Main publications

Dal Ferro A., La Corte di Giustizia dell’Unione europea: Corte costituzionale o Corte suprema?, in Gattinara G., Pappalardo F. (cur.), L’Europa dei Diritti, Donzelli, 2014.

Dal Ferro A., La tutela dei singoli nel sistema dei Trattati europei, in Gattinara G., Pappalardo F. (cur.), L’Europa dei Diritti, Donzelli, 2014.

Campesan A., Dal Ferro A., La responsabilità dello Stato per la violazione degli obblighi ad esso incombenti in forza del diritto comunitario alla luce della sentenza Francovich, in Rivista di diritto Europeo, 1992, 2.

Michel Caluwaerts

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Michel Caluwaerts received his law degree from the Catholic University of Louvain (1991). He has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 1994.

He specializes in corporate law and commercial distribution law (exclusive dealership agreements, agency, franchising, refusal to sell) and has intervened in numerous disputes, in favour of both distributors and suppliers. This experience has allowed him to develop a particular expertise in the methods of determining the compensation due in the event of termination of this type of contract.

He provides legal assistance to companies in corporate law matters and regularly intervenes in disputes that arise in company life, between shareholders, managers or directors.

He is the author of numerous scientific publications in the areas in which he specializes. He speaks French and English. He has a good knowledge of Dutch.

Main publications

Le contrôle externe des SA, S (P) RL et SC (RL), Guide Juridique de l’Entreprise, livre 25.4, Kluwer (2019).

Co-author: La notion d’équité dans l’article 3 de la loi du 27 juillet 1961 relative à la résiliation unilatérale des contrats de concession de vente exclusive à durée indéterminée, R.C.J.B., 2013/1, p. 115.

The Team EU•GEN•IUS

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If necessary, we can mobilize in real time the skills and expertise of a group of other highly qualified professionals in competition law, EU law and international trade law.

We are in fact co-founders of EU•GEN•IUS, a legal team which includes lawyers and university professors who stand out for the level of excellence achieved in their professional activity. It includes independent experts who have decided to join forces and skills to provide the clients with top teams able to better protect their rights and interests.

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