Biography

Dr. Marco Botta is a leading expert in EU competition law and regulation of digital markets, currently serving as a Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for a Digital Society at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Alongside his role at the EUI, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Vienna and a Visiting Professor at the Central European University (CEU), where he teaches EU and comparative competition law, internal market law, State aid law, and IP law. 

Dr. Botta’s extensive academic career includes roles as a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich and an Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna’s Institute for European Integration Research. His international research footprint spans visiting positions at universities across Brazil, Croatia, China, the Netherlands, and Argentina.

He holds a PhD from the EUI, an LLM in European Business Law from Leiden University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Turin. Dr. Botta has published books with prestigious publishers, including Kluwer Law International, Edward Elgar, and Springer, as well as articles in several peer-reviewed journals.

His current research focuses sharply on the digital economy, specifically the Digital Markets Act (DMA), as well as the EU regulatory framework affecting data, AI, and blockchain governance. 

Training Courses

• Merger Control: Recent Developments in Digital Markets and Beyond
• Florence Competition Autumn School
• ENTraNCE - Training for national judges

Recent research output

• Authors: ROSSI, Maria Alessandra;BOTTA, Marco;MARCUS, J. Scott;PARCU, Pier Luigi
  Economics by design : sequencing expertise in the Digital Markets Act - Working Paper

• Authors: MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Natalia;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;BOTTA, Marco
  International transfers of personal v. non-personal data: reconstructing the EU legal puzzle - Article

• Authors: BOTTA, Marco
  The Digital Markets Act : two years after, where do we stand? Some reflections on DMA achievements and future challenges - Article

• Authors: GALLI, Niccolò;BOTTA, Marco;CARLINI, Roberta;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;MARCUS, J. Scott;MAZZONI, Leonardo;MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Natalia;PARCU, Pier Luigi;PISARKIEWICZ, Anna Renata;ROSSI, Maria Alessandra
  CDS position statement on the UK Intellectual Property Office's consultation on standard essential patents - Working Paper

• Authors: PISARKIEWICZ, Anna Renata;PARCU, Pier Luigi;ROSSI, Maria Alessandra;BOTTA, Marco;MAZZONI, Leonardo;GALLI, Niccolò;MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Natalia;SIGNORETTA, Camilla
  CDS position statement on the European Commission's call for evidence for an evaluation and impact assessment on the EU Chips Act 2 - Working Paper

• Editors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;ROSSI, Maria Alessandra;BOTTA, Marco
  Research handbook on competition and technology - Book

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;MONTI, Giorgio;BOTTA, Marco;GALLI, Niccolò
  ENTraNCE for judges 2024 : challenges faced by judges in enforcing EU competition law : EU and national perspectives - selected case notes - Working Paper

• Authors: CHOŁODECKI, Mateusz;PISARKIEWICZ, Anna Renata;PARCU, Pier Luigi;BOTTA, Marco;MAZZONI, Leonardo;GALLI, Niccolò;MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Natalia;ROSSI, Maria Alessandra
  CDS position statement on the European Commission's call for evidence for an impact assessment on the EU Delivery Act - Working Paper

• Authors: BOTTA, Marco;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle
  User consent at the interface of the DMA and the GDPR : a privacy-setting solution to ensure compliance with Art. 5(2) DMA - Contribution to book

• Authors: MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Natalia;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;BOTTA, Marco
  International transfers of personal v. non-personal data : reconstructing the EU legal puzzle - Working Paper