Andrea Appella Email Address

Director, Global Competition

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. is an American mass media corporation based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

Over the years, I have been working on a wide range of market-leading cases in the media industry, advising executives on some of the most transformational cases and deals across all media sectors (movies, TV networks, pay-tv platforms, music, sport, publishing, online). Former government experience and current academic commitment as Visiting Professor at Kings College School of Law, teaching the course “Competition and Intellectual Property in the Media Industry: Law and Practice” in the LLM Competition Law Pathway. Former Co-Chair of the International Bar Association Antitrust Committe. Dual qualified in UK and Italy. Business-minded, pragmatic, and accustomed to driving and delivering results in high-pressure and rapidly changing environments. Successful at project management, team working, building inter-personal relationships, overseeing cross-country legal and business affairs issues, and using legal skills to complement management teams. Specialties: Competition/Antitrust law, M&A antitrust clearances, competition/antitrust investigations, compliance, IPRs, managing and advising on broad range of cross-border issues with particular knowledge of the media industry.