Overview
Ludovica Rabitti advises on EU and UK regulatory matters, with a focus on EU and UK export controls, sanctions, as well as product compliance, and related ESG concerns.
Ludovica has advised on export controls and sanctions related matters in the context of high-value private equity transactions and merger and acquisition deals in manufacturing, oil and gas, aviation and transport sectors. She also assists clients with navigating sanctions imposed by the EU and UK against Russia, and has extensive experience advising on divestment and separation of Russian subsidiaries.
Ludovica also advises on various aspects of EU and UK environmental legislation, with a focus on REACH and CLP, including on contentious matters. She assists clients with coordinating global product recalls, challenging the European Chemicals Agency’s decisions before ECHA Board of Appeal and the European Union General Court, and facilitating resolution of data sharing disputes for the metals and mining industry under REACH.
Ludovica also advises industrial and consumer product supply chains on ESG developments, including sustainability reporting under European and ISSB standards.
Results
- Advised an international manufacturer of test kits on regulatory and import requirements for Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) and authorisations for substances contained in articles
- Advised a global e-commerce platform on import and storage requirements in connection with the launch of their UK warehousing operations
- Assisted a chemicals manufacturer with preparing a challenge against harmonised classification under CLP
- Successfully represented metal traders in a cost and data sharing dispute against the relevant REACH consortium
- Advised various clients in the chemicals and mining industries on regulatory compliance with environmental legislation
- Assisted with coordinating a global product recall for home energy storage batteries
- Assisted Praxair, Inc. in the USD 3.3 billion divestment of North American and South American assets by Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG to Messer and CVC Capital Partners Fund VII
- Assisted in the matter of Dawson-Damer v. Taylor Wessing, a disclosure application pursuant to the Data Protection Act (UK and the Bahamas)
Credentials
Education
BPP University, LPC, 2014
University of Portsmouth, LLB Law with Business, 2013
Admissions
England & Wales
Languages
English
Italian
