Academic Staff and Team

Giulia Ancona works as a lawyer in Trento and has been part of the Osservatorio Antitrust since 2015. She obtained her Master degree in Law at Trento University in 2012, and in 2013 she obtained a LL.M. in European Law at the University Panthéon-Assas in Paris. She is tutor of the Summerschool since 2017.

Angela Raffaele, a student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento, has been collaborating with the Summer School since 2022 as a support tutor.

Gian Antonio Benacchio is Full Professor of European Private Law at the Faculty of Law of Trento University, where he has also taught International Commercial Law, Private Law and European Union Law. He is co-Director of the Osservatorio Permanente sull’Applicazione delle Regole di Concorrenza, an independent Research Centre, member of International Academy of Comparative Law, Paris, of Société de législation comparée and of Board of Sird. Co-director of Trattato di diritto privato comunitario, published by Giappichelli. His research interests are Comparative law, Private European law, Public Procurement Law and East European Law. He is author of several publications, among which Diritto Privato dell’Unione Europea, VI ed., Padova, 2013.

Michele Carpagnano is a partner in Dentons’ Rome office and the head of the Italian Competition & Antitrust practice, PhD, he holds a teaching position in EU Competition Law at University of Trento. Founder and Co-Director of the Trento Summer School in Advanced EU Competition Law & Economics, he is also the Founder and Co-Director of the Osservatorio Permanente sull’Applicazione delle Regole di Concorrenza. As Attorney he represents national and multinational companies before the Italian Competition Authority as well as the European Commission and he has been involved as a legal expert in several cases and class actions before domestic courts concerning antitrust infringements. Michele Carpagnano advised the European Parliament on the introduction of EU legislation on collective redress. He is author of three books on private antitrust enforcement and several articles on competition law issues.