He also has a broader EU law practice, covering areas such as sanctions, free movement of goods and regulatory law. Fabrizio represents clients before investigating authorities and before the EU and Italian courts.
EU and international trade law
Fabrizio is a trade defence specialist and has been involved in multiple major EU anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard investigations. He also represents clients in investigations initiated by third countries such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the US. His expertise extends to trade-related matters involving the WTO.
EU and Italian competition law
Fabrizio advises clients across sectors on all aspects of EU and Italian competition law, including merger control, cartels and State aid. He acts at all stages of competition proceedings before the European Commission and the Italian competition authority as well as before the relevant jurisdictional authorities.
Other areas of expertise relating to EU law
Fabrizio’s wider EU practice includes counselling and representing clients in export control, dual use and sanctions matters. He is also active in cases concerning the free movement of goods and services.
In the EU regulatory realm, Fabrizio has a particular focus on the steel, automotive and packaging industries, covering Green Deal-related matters such as CO2 emissions, single-use plastics, and waste shipment. He also advises on the business implications of more recent areas of EU law, such as Foreign Subsidies, CBAM, Deforestation, Forced Labour, and Anti-Coercion.
Client, Chambers Global 2026, International Trade/WTO,“Fabrizio Di Gianni is very committed and involved despite the fact that he is at a very high managing level. He gives clients a lot of comfort and has great expertise.
Representative matters
- Representing the leading Korean chemical group LG Chem in an anti-dumping duty investigation initiated by the European Commission.
- Assisting a leading Vietnamese steel producer which obtained a full exemption of anti-dumping duties following a European Commission investigation into imports of hot-rolled coils
- Assisting the Brazilian Association of Ferroalloy and Metallic Silicon Producers in a safeguard investigation opened by the European Commission into imports of alloys.
- Representing an Italian financial holding company in a European Commission investigation alleging the existence of a cartel in the automotive starter batteries sector.
- Advising a leading Turkish construction group in preparing notifications and related investigations by the European Commission under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation in the context of public procurement procedures in the EU.
- Advising a large Italian group operating in the global engineering, materials procurement and large-scale plant construction sector in relation to EU sanctions.
Professional
- Admitted to Naples Bar, 1991
- Admitted to Brussels Bar, 1991
- Admitted to Supreme Court of Italy, 2003
Academic
- Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Master of Common Law Studies, Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Prize, 1995
- College of Europe, Bruges, Post-graduate studies in EC law, 1989
- University of Naples Federico II, Bachelor of Law, magna cum laude, 1987
- Best Lawyers – Competition/Antitrust Law
- Best Lawyers – European Union Law
- Best Lawyers – Trade Law
- Chambers Global and Chambers Europe (International Trade/WTO) – Band 3
- Chambers Global – ‘Foreign Expert’ (Competition/European Law)
- Expert Guides – Guide to the World’s Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers
- Expert Guides – Guide to the World’s Leading Trade and Customs Lawyers
- Legal 500 – ‘Hall of Fame’ (Customs, Trade, WTO and Anti-dumping)
- Legal 500 (Competition: EU and Global)
- Lexology Index: Trade & Customs
- “Fabrizio Di Gianni is very committed and involved despite the fact that he is at a very high managing level. He gives clients a lot of comfort and has great expertise.” Client, Chambers Global Guide 2026
- “Fabrizio Di Gianni is very proactive which is what we need, suggesting different types of solutions which makes our job a lot easier.” Client, Chambers Global Guide 2026
- “Fabrizio Di Gianni manages a team with a lot of expertise and reacts quickly and to the point. He delivers high quality legal advice and understands the needs of the business.” Client, Legal 500 EMEA 2025
Publications
- Il Diritto della Concorrenza nella Comunità Europea, Van Bael & Bellis (2009): contributor
- Van Bael & Bellis, EU Anti-Dumping and Other Trade Defence Instruments, 5th edition, Kluwer (2011), the standard work of reference in the field of EU trade law: contributor
- Italy chapter, Sanctions in Europe, 2nd edition, WorldECR (2024): co-author
- Italy chapter, Merger Control 2025, Chambers Global Practice Guide (2025): co-author
- CBAM, Seminar organised by Assofermet , Milan, July 2025: speaker
- Foreign Subsidies Regulation, Bi-annual Conference of the Associazione Antitrust Italiana, Florence, 12 June 2025: speaker
- Trade Defence and Protectionism, Eurometal Steel Day, Istanbul, April 2025: speaker
- Russia: Sanctions and Export, seminar organized by ANIMA association, Vicenza, January 2025: speaker
- Revamping the Multilateral Trading System, G7 Industry Stakeholders Conference, Reggio Calabria, July 2024: participant in round table
