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Toni Pitesa

Toni is an associate in the firm's Brussels office and a member of the competition team. He advises and represents multinational companies in relation to a wide range of EU law and competition law matters, including cartels, abuse of dominant position and complex multi-jurisdictional merger control proceedings. Toni has in-depth experience representing clients before the EU Commission and national competition authorities in the EU and globally. His practice encompasses different sectors, including life sciences, automotive, transport, tech and basic industries.

Toni has academic experience lecturing for the College of Europe and the University of Ghent. He is also a case-study supervisor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (“Commission”) fined the food delivery companies Delivery Hero and Glovo EUR 329 million for engaging into cartel conduct through agreeing not to poach each other’s employees, exchanging competitively sensitive information, and allocating geographic markets.

The decision signals increased antitrust scrutiny of labour-related arrangements between rivals  and

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