Riccardo Tremolada

Since March 2013, Riccardo has been a Research Associate at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development. Riccardo works as an Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. He joined the firm in Rome in 2013 and was resident in the Milan office in 2017 and in the Washington D.C. office in 2018.

He received an LLM from Harvard Law School (USA) a as Fulbright Scholar (Dean’s Scholar Prize in international economic law and Ermenegildo Zegna Founder’s Scholar). While at Harvard, he was co-president of the Harvard Italian Law Association, an Executive Board member of the Harvard Law School Lambda Association, and a contributor to the online component (JOLT Digest) of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Contributor.

Riccardo also holds a PhD in European Union law at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy), a SJD in international economic law at the Jiaotong University in Shanghai (China), and JD from the University of Milan (Italy).

Prior to joining Cleary Gottlieb, Riccardo worked as a Visiting Researcher at Edge Hill University (UK) and a European Union Commission Marie Curie Fellow at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences in Beijing (China). He also worked at the Fair Trade Advocacy office in Brussels (Belgium).

Riccardo’s practice focuses on European and Italian competition law, administrative litigation, and regulation in network industries. He has experience advising clients on abuse of dominant position proceedings, cartels, and State aid. He is a member of the Milan Bar and a member of the International Committee of the Milan Bar. Italian native speaker, he is fluent in English, French and Portuguese.

Competition/Antitrust Law
ICT Law
Internet Policy
International Trade Law
IP Law
East Asian Law
Energy Law

EU Energy Cooperation and Natural Gas in the Levant Basin: Assessing the Role of the Mediterranean Energy Regulators' Association

Farah, Paolo Davide and Tremolada, Riccardo, La cooperazione energetica dell’Unione Europea e il Gas Naturale nel Bacino di Levante: Quale Ruolo per l’Associazione delle Autorità dell’Energia del Mediterraneo (MedReg)? (EU Energy Cooperation and Natural Gas in the Levant Basin: Assessing the Role of the Mediterranean Energy Regulators' Association) (October 1, 2017). Diritto Comunitario e degli Scambi Internazionali (Community Law and International Trade), 4/2017, pp. 671 - 700 .

Facebook v. Business Competence S.r.l.

Marco D’Ostuni & Riccardo Tremolada, Facebook v. Business Competence S.r.l., 17(2) Leading Internet Case Law, 2017.

Digital markets and merger control: Balancing big data and privacy against competition law: a comment on the European Commission’s decision in the Microsoft/LinkedIn merger

Federico Marini-Balestra & Riccardo Tremolada, Digital markets and merger control: Balancing big data and privacy against competition law: a comment on the European Commission’s decision in the Microsoft/LinkedIn merger, European Competition Law Review , 2017.

Commentary on Italian Supreme Court, Delta Impianti Srl v Colacem Spa

Commentary on Italian Supreme Court, Delta Impianti Srl v Colacem Spa, March 5, 2014, 7(3) Global Competition Litigation Review, 2014, R-36.

Commentary on Italian Supreme Court, P.C. v Ordine dei Farmacisti della Provincia di Caserta

Mario Siragusa, Riccardo Tremolada et a., Commentary on Italian Supreme Court, P.C. v Ordine dei Farmacisti della Provincia di Caserta, February 8, 2013, 7(3) Global Competition Litigation Review, 2014, R-34.

Il rapporto tra private e public enforcement del diritto antitrust nella giurisprudenza amministrativa

Il rapporto tra private e public enforcement del diritto antitrust nella giurisprudenza amministrativa (Nota alla sentenza del Consiglio di Stato n. 4773/2014), Rivista Il Foro Amministrativo/Consiglio di Stato, Giuffré, Vol. II(3), 781-796.

Illicit Nuclear Trafficking: States, Non-State Actors and the Quest for Criminalization in International Law

Tremolada, Riccardo, Illicit Nuclear Trafficking: States, Non-State Actors and the Quest for Criminalization in International Law (March 1, 2013). OGEL Journal (Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence) Nuclear Law and Policy OGEL 1 (2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2306472 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2306472

Regulation and Prospects of the Shale Gas Market in China in Light of International Trade, Energy Law, Production-Sharing Agreements, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development: A Comparison with the US Experience

Regolazione e prospettive del mercato dello shale gas in Cina: tra diritto del commercio internazionale, diritto dell'energia, accordi di produzione, protezione ambientale e sviluppo sostenibile: un confronto con l’esperienza statunitense (Regulation and Prospects of the Shale Gas Market in China in Light of International Trade, Energy Law, Production-Sharing Agreements, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development: A Comparison with the US Experience). Diritto Comunitario e degli Scambi Internazionali, 1-2/2015, pp. 29-83.

Offshore natural gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean in relation to the European Union: a legal perspective through the lenses of MedReg

Journal of World Energy Law and Business, Oxford University Press, Volume 8, Issue 6, December 2015

Conflict Between Intellectual Property Rights and Human Rights: A Case Study on Intangible Cultural Heritage

Oregon Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 1, 2015

Desirability of commodification of intangible cultural heritage: The unsatisfying role of intellectual property rights

Transnational Dispute Management, Special Issue, Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2014

A Comparison between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Health, Water and Environmental Risks

A comparison between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Health, Water and Environmental Risks. Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2016, pp. 579-655.

A Comparison Between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Health, Water and Environmental Risks

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Paolo D. Farah and Elena Cima

China’s Influence on Non-Trade Concerns in International Economic Law

Research Associate