Daniele Calisti is Head of the Mergers Case Support and Policy Unit in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), where he leads work on EU merger policy, including the ongoing revision of the Commission’s merger guidelines.
Calisti joined DG COMP in 2008 and has worked on European competition enforcement and policy initiatives, including private enforcement and antitrust damages legislation. Before joining the Commission, he advised the Italian Parliament on the implementation of EU law. He holds a law degree from LUISS University in Rome, an LLM in European Law from King’s College London and a PhD in Public Law and Economics from Sapienza University of Rome.