Publications

"The Commission 2009 Procedural Reform from a Private Party Perspective: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?", in EStAL 2/2010.

“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).

“Il gioco d’azzardo tra la direttiva servizi e la sentenza Placanica”, Contratto e Impresa/Europa, vol. 2/2007.

"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).

Osservatorio sul Diritto Europeo "La Nuova Disciplina Comunitaria in Materia di Aiuti di Stato per la Compensazione di Oneri di Servizio Pubblico" (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.).

“Verso una nuova disciplina comunitaria in materia di aiuti di Stato per la compensazione di oneri di servizio pubblico” (Rassegna giuridica dell’energia elettrica, 1/2005).

“I nuovi sviluppi giurisprudenziali sul concetto di aiuto di Stato: dalla formula Altmark al paradosso del monopolista-concorrente di Chronopost” – Contratto e Impresa/Europa – 2/2003.

“Nuovo capitolo nella vicenda dei cfl” – Il Consulente del Lavoro (Italy), June 2002 p.44-46.

 “I servizi di interesse economico generale e la disciplina comunitaria sugli aiuti di Stato alla luce degli ultimi sviluppi giurisprudenziali” – Rassegna giuridica dell’ energia elettrica (Italy) 4/2002, p. 617-637.

“Il nuovo quadro comunitario per le comunicazioni elettroniche” – Rassegna giuridica dell’energia elettrica (Italy) 3/2002, p. 617-637.

“Capitale di rischio per lo sviluppo delle piccole e medie imprese: dal piano di azione alla nuova comunicazione sugli aiuti di stato” - Seu - Europa Info (Italy) – 4/2001.

Fabio Filpo

Fabio Filpo is a lawyer admitted in Italy, member of the Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati) of Vallo della Lucania and of the Bar (Ordre des Avocats) of Brussels (e-list).

He graduated in law at the University La Sapienza of Rome, obtained an Erasmus Diploma at the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven, Belgium, and completed a post-graduate course in European Affairs at the SEU Institute of Perugia, Italy.
 
In 1999, as a trainee at the European Commission in Brussels, Directorate-General for Fisheries, he was involved in the screening of State aid and in the EU decision-making process.  

He completed his legal traineeship in a law firm in Vallo della Lucania, Italy, and since 2000 has been working in Brussels, in law firms specialising in EU competition law and State aid. He has also been seconded as an advisor on EU and Italian competition law in a leading Italian energy company.

In 2007 Fabio joined FratiniVergano, where he practices EU and competition law, in particular in the fields of electronic communications and postal services.

Fabio is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on competition law and network industries. He contributes on a regular basis to telecoms publications and has published articles on EU internal market, competition law and State aid. He is member of the Brussels’ Editorial Board of the Italian legal review “Contratto Impresa/Europa”.