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Francesca Garbin

Francesca Garbin is a Senior Associate at RBB Economics, based in Milan. She holds a PhD in Economics from Bocconi University, where her research focused on applied econometrics and experimental/survey design.

Prior to joining RBB in 2025, she worked at another leading economic consulting firm in Germany, gaining experience on a broad range of competition matters before the European Commission, as well as national competition authorities and courts, including the UK, and Germany.

Francesca has advised clients on competition matters before the European Commission and various national authorities and courts, including Germany’s Bundeskartellamt and the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).

Francesca has experience across a broad range of competition matters, including abuse of dominance cases, follow-on damages litigations, and cartel investigations.

Francesca has worked on competition cases across a broad range of sectors, including big tech and other online platforms, freight transport, automotive, and telecommunications.

An Italian national, Francesca is fluent in Italian and English.

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