Publications:

“Accès à certain services ou éléments de l’infrastructure dans le secteur postal”, (Libéralisation & Services Publics, ECONOMICA, Fevrier 2010, Edited by F. Boldron, C. Borsenberger, D. Joram, S. Lécou and B. Roy).

“Access to infrastructure and service elements in the postal sector”, (Heightening Competition in the Postal and Delivery Sector, February 2010, Edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer).

“The 2008 EU telecommunications reform package” (Journal of Telecommunications Management, Henry Stewart Publications, 2009).

“The EU postal services and public procurement law: legal and regulatory issues for the postal sector”, (Progress in the Competitive Agenda in the Postal and Delivery Sector, March 2009, Edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer).

“La nuova direttiva europea per il pieno completamento del mercato interno dei servizi postali comunitari” (Contratto e Impresa/Europa – vol. 2/2008, p. 885 to 897).

“International roaming — The new EU roaming Regulation" (Journal of Telecommunications Management, Henry Stewart Publications, 2008).

“Licensing regimes in the postal sector: impact of the recent EC proposal for a third Postal Directive” (Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector, 2007, Edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer).

"USO Public Financing at the Crossroad Between the "Monti Package" and the Forthcoming Reform of the Postal Directive" (Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, 2006, Edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer).

"Quadro Regolamentare per le Comunicazioni Elettroniche: Analisi dei Mercati Wholesale della Telefonia Mobile (Contratto e Impresa / Europa 1, 2006).

“The New EC Framework for State Aid to Public Service and the Postal Sector: Where Do We Stand Now?” (Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, 2005, Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.).

"Chronopost c. Ufex: la Corte di giustizia UE e le 'relazioni pericolose' fra settori riservati e mercati aperti alla concorrenza" (with Andrea Carta – Diritto del Commercio Internazionale, Anno XVIII, Fasc. 2 – 2004).

“Chronopost v. Ufex: the paradox of the competing monopolist” (Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business, Spring 2004).
 
“I nuovi sviluppi giurisprudenziali sul concetto di aiuto di Stato: dalla formula Altmark al paradosso del monopolista-concorrente di Chronopost” (Contratto Impresa / Europa, December 2003).
 
"The new EC regulatory framework for electronic communications” (Rassegna Giuridica dell’energia elettrica, January 2003).

Alessandra Fratini is admitted in Italy and is member of the Rome and Brussels Bar (e-list). She received her law degree from the Law School of the University of Rome, La Sapienza, obtained an Erasmus Diploma at University College Dublin (Ireland) and holds a Master’s degree in international company law. She is an IBA (International Bar Association) member.

After some years in-house with Italian broadcaster RAI, where she dealt with cases before the Italian Competition Authority and worked with the key institutions of the audio-visual and telecommunications sector, Alessandra moved into private practice in Brussels in 1998.

She is experienced in all aspects of EU and Italian competition law, including competition regulation of network industries and State aid rules. She is currently advising on a number of regulatory issues in the area of postal services, gambling, copyright and related rights, and transport law.

Alessandra is a frequent speaker at international conferences on the application of competition law to the telecoms and postal sectors. She is a regular contributor to telecoms and transport publications and has published articles on EU competition law and network industries regulation. She is member of the Brussels’ Editorial Board of the Italian legal review “Contratto Impresa/Europa”.