Biography

Marco Botta is Part-time Professor at the European University Institute, and Deputy Director of the Centre for a Digital Society. In addition, he is Affiliated Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (MPI) in Munich (Germany). Finally, he is Adjunct Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna (Austria), where he teaches EU, competition and State aid law.

In March 2010, Dr. Botta defended his doctoral thesis in the Law Department of the EUI, which was later published as a monograph by Kluwer Law International. In addition, Dr. Botta holds a bachelor’s degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Turin (Italy) and LL.M. in European Business Law from the Law Faculty of Leiden University (the Netherlands).

Dr. Botta is author of several publications in peer-reviewed legal journals. His research focusses on EU competition and State aid law.

Training Courses

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

Recent research output

• 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

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

• Authors: MAJCHER, Klaudia;BOTTA, Marco
  Blockchain interoperability : implications for EU competition law and data protection law - 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 - Working Paper

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;ROSSI, Maria Alessandra;BOTTA, Marco
  Competition and technical change : looking back to understand what lies ahead - Contribution to book

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;MONTI, Giorgio;BOTTA, Marco;GALLI, Niccolò
  ENTraNCE for judges 2023 : challenges faced by judges in enforcing EU competition law : EU and national perspectives - selected case notes - Working Paper

• Authors: MAZZONI, Leonardo;BOTTA, Marco;CARLINI, Roberta;FILISTRUCCHI, Lapo;MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Natalia;PARCU, Pier Luigi
  Implications of the digital transformation on different social groups - Technical Report

• Editors: MAJCHER, Klaudia
  Charting the digital and technological future of Europe : what priorities for the European Commission in 2024-2029? - Technical Report

• Authors: GALLI, Niccolò;BOTTA, Marco
  It’s unfair! : non-price exploitation in ICT patents licenses - Article

• 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 - Working Paper