Contact

Avv. Maria Cristina Santacroce, LLM

Main areas of practice

  • Internal market
  • Customs law
  • Common agricultural policy
  • Health and food safety
  • Environmental protection
  • Union funding (Structural Funds, EDF, EU budget)

Career to date

  • Currently Of Counsel at DFA Studio Legale Associato
  • Senior Counsel (previously Senior Associate/Associate) at Bonelli Erede, Brussels, 1999 - 2018
  • European Regulatory Expert at Telecom Italia S.p.A., Brussels, 1996-1999
  • Junior Associate with Studio Legale Tizzano Pappalardo, Brussels, 1994 - 1996
  • Legal trainee at the Italian State Attorney’s Office (Avvocatura Generale dello Stato), Rome, 1993-1994

Languages

  • Active: Italian, English, French
  • Semi-active : Spanish

Court practice

  • EU Court of Justice and General Court

    Preliminary references, actions for annulment, actions for damages in customs law, common agricultural policy, internal market, Union funding matters

  • Italian courts

    Customs, fiscal, public procurement, agriculture and environment matters

  • Spanish, German, Dutch, French and Belgian Courts

    Customs matters as instructing lawyer

  • European Court of Human Rights

    Article 6 (fair trial rights), Protocol 1, Article 1 (right to peaceful enjoyment of property) as instructing lawyer

Education

  • Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy
    Laurea in giurisprudenza (1992)
  • College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium
    L.L.M. in European Community Law (1993)
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