He has been a partner of the Firm since its establishment in October 2012. Within administrative law, he primarily deals with public services and services of general economic interest, market regulation (particularly in the transport, water and energy sectors), public procurement, urban planning and construction law. Over the years, he has gained in-depth experience in the pharmaceutical sector, with particular reference to vaccines, as well as in the field of state concessions. His activity ranges from out-of-court advisory work (with particular attention to procedural assistance aimed at identifying, together with the client, the most effective strategy for achieving the objectives pursued) to litigation before administrative and civil courts, including the Higher Courts. From April 2008 until the founding of Cintioli & Associati, he was Senior Associate in the Administrative Law Department of Bonelli Erede Pappalardo. From April 2003 to March 2008, he gained significant professional experience at the Rome-based boutique law firm D’Amelio e Sciacca, specialised in administrative law, where he also completed his legal traineeship. In March 2003 he obtained a Master’s degree in Corporate Legal Consultancy from LUISS Management in Rome with full marks (30/30). He graduated with highest honours from the University of Palermo with a thesis entitled “Private Participation in the Construction of Public Works – Project Financing”, with specific reference to and analysis of the innovations introduced by Law No. 443/2001 (so-called “Legge Obiettivo”). He has been a member of the Rome Bar since July 2006 and has been admitted to practise before the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Higher Courts since April 2016, having qualified through the competitive course-examination pursuant to Article 22, paragraph 2, of Law No. 247/2012.  Since 2024, he has been placed in band 3 by Chambers International magazine in the Public Law sector.

She has been Of Counsel to the Firm since 2014. She primarily advises on the performance phase of public contracts, as well as on urban planning and construction law, with particular focus on expropriation proceedings. She also deals with matters relating to the granting of public funding, including issues arising in the post-disbursement phase. 
She has developed over ten years’ experience in contractual matters and related damages claims. 
Her practice covers both out-of-court and litigation matters before civil and administrative courts, including higher courts. 
She has been a member of the Rome Bar Association since 1996 and has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) since 2013. 
Previously, she gained significant professional experience first at Giovanni Pellegrino Studio Legale Associato, with offices in Lecce and Rome, and subsequently at D’Amelio, Sciacca e Associati in Rome, a boutique law firm specializing in administrative law. 

He obtained a Degree in Law with honours from the University of Naples “Federico II” in 1995; he subsequently completed his legal traineeship, dealing primarily with issues of company law, insolvency proceedings, directors’ liability and judicial control pursuant to Article 2409 of the Civil Code. From 1998, following his specialisation in Law, Economics and Policies of the European Union, until September 2013, he collaborated with the law firm Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, first at the Brussels office and then at the Rome office, with a brief interruption in 2003 during which he was a Visiting Lawyer at the law firm Slaughter and May in London. He has been admitted to practise since 2000 and is also registered in the Roll of lawyers admitted to practise before the Higher Courts. In the course of his professional experience, he has assisted numerous undertakings in proceedings initiated by the Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) or by the European Commission, in the application of legislation concerning agreements, abuse of dominant position, mergers and unfair commercial practices, as well as in the subsequent administrative litigation, in particular before the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio and the Council of State. He has also handled numerous civil actions for damages for violation of antitrust legislation (so-called private enforcement). His activity has focused in particular on the sectors of publishing, postal services, insurance, telecommunications, production and distribution of gas and energy, air transport and airport services, gaming and betting, vaccines, technical gases, banking services, construction materials, and the management and recycling of hazardous waste. He has provided specific advice to operators in the postal and telecommunications sectors, also in the context of proceedings and consultations initiated by the competent regulatory authority (Authority for Communications Guarantees – AGCom). Mr. Ruggiero is also ranked by Chambers and Partners among the leading professionals in the sector in Italy. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of COBAT – National Consortium for Collection and Recycling. He has carried out and continues to carry out teaching assignments on European and national competition law within Master’s programmes and post-university specialisation courses organised by various institutions, including Sostenibilità Ambientale Fonti Energetiche (SAFE) and the Higher School of the Ministry of the Interior. He has been a speaker at conferences and seminars, as well as the author of several publications, on the regulation of postal services and on private enforcement. 
 

She practises administrative law, in both judicial and out-of-court matters. Over the years, she has gained significant experience in the fields of public contracts, maritime, railway, local public road transport and airport transport, environment, urban planning and construction law, as well as competition and market law. She joined Cintioli & Associati in December 2023, after collaborating with leading law firms in Italy and abroad, including the firm of Prof. Guido Greco, Attorney at Law, formerly Full Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Milan. She graduated in 2004, with full marks, from the University of Milan, with a thesis in administrative law entitled “The In-House Providing Model for the Management of Local Public Services”, and from 2003 to 2005 she undertook periods of study at the Faculté Internationale de droit comparé de Strasbourg, France, as well as a traineeship at Eurojust, The European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit, providing assistance to the Italian Desk and contributing to the execution of important European Arrest Warrants. She has been admitted to practise law since 2009 and has been qualified to appear before the Higher Courts since 2021. She was Coordinator of the Rivista Italiana di diritto pubblico Comunitario (edited by Mario P. Chiti and Guido Greco), a speaker at conferences and seminars, as well as the author of several publications. She is a regular contributor to the online journal L'Amministrativista, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre. She is a member of the Roman Administrative Chamber. 

He obtained a Master’s Degree in Law from Roma Tre University in 2016, defending a thesis entitled “The Independent Regulation of the Banking Sector in Europe. Genesis and Prospects of the European Banking Authority” (supervisor Prof. Luisa Torchia, co-supervisors Prof. Giulio Napolitano and Prof. Carlo Colapietro), recognised by the examining committee as a “Thesis of Particular Merit”. After completing his legal traineeship at the firm of Prof. de Vergottini and at the firm of Prof. Caravita di Toritto, he obtained his professional qualification in 2019, being awarded the ‘Marco Ubertini’ prize for achieving the highest score in the ranking of the District of the Court of Appeal of Rome. He has carried out his professional activity in various sectors of public and administrative law, with particular focus on public procurement and concessions. He has provided assistance to private economic operators, public administrations and public companies, carrying out advisory work in out-of-court and judicial matters, representing clients before the Regional Administrative Courts. He has carried out teaching activities in the field of public procurement for public companies and for concessionaires of airport and motorway public services, as well as within a course organised by the university training institute ‘SAA School of Management’ of the University of Turin. He is among the authors of a manual on the Code of Administrative Procedure, as well as of articles and contributions on public procurement. After collaborating with other leading Italian law firms, such as Malinconico & Gentile, Tonucci & Partners and Grimaldi Studio Legale, in 2025 he began his collaboration with the law firm Cintioli & Associati. 

She practises administrative law, carrying out judicial and out-of-court activities. Over the years, she has mainly dealt with public procurement and public contracts, collaborating with leading firms specialised in the sector and completing a period of secondment at a contracting authority. She has been part of the law firm Cintioli & Associati Avvocati since July 2021. She graduated with honours in 2017 from “LUISS Guido Carli” University in Rome, defending a thesis in Law and Regulation of Public Contracts entitled “The Institution of Reliance (Avvalimento) in the Public Contracts Code: from its European Origin to its Transposition into the National Legal System”. At the same University, she attended the Advanced Course in Energy Law and the second-level Inter-University Master’s degree in Administrative Law (MIDA). She has been admitted to practise law since November 2020 and is registered with the Rome Bar Association. 

He practises administrative law and competition law in both judicial and out-of-court matters. He has been part of Cintioli & Associati since 2025. In the same year, he obtained a Ph.D. in Comparative Private Law (graded excellent with honours) from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, with a research topic entitled “Administrative Limits to Private Autonomy. The Conforming Power in the Italian and United States Experience”, and he is an adjunct professor for the course Administrative Acts within the University Master’s programme “Public Management” (Directorate for Education, Training and Employment Policies – Lazio Region) at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. At the same University, he is a teaching assistant (Cultore della materia) in Administrative Law I and II, collaborating with Professor Aristide Police. In 2024, he was a Visiting Scholar for the Spring Term at Columbia Law School in New York, where he attended the course Law After Neoliberalism and the legal seminar Is The Supreme Court Remaking Administrative Law. In 2023, he obtained admission to practise law in the district of the Court of Appeal of Rome. He graduated in 2021 (grade 109/110) with a thesis in Constitutional Law from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. He is the author of several scientific contributions in the field of administrative law in Class A journals and is a member of editorial boards of journals. 

She carries out judicial and out-of-court activities in the field of administrative law. She has collaborated with the law firm Cintioli & Associati since April 2021, after successfully completing 18 months of legal traineeship at the Office of the Attorney General of the State. She graduated with honours in October 2019 from “LUISS Guido Carli” University, defending a thesis in administrative law entitled “The Regulation of Public Companies in Light of Legislative Decree No. 175 of 19 August 2016: Corporate Crisis and the Liability of Corporate Bodies”. She has been admitted to practise law since 2022 and is registered with the Rome Bar Association. 

He practises administrative, regulatory and competition law, both in judicial and out-of-court matters. He graduated from Roma Tre University in March 2022, defending a thesis in Administrative Law entitled “EU Regulation 452/2019 on the Screening of Foreign Direct Investments and European Cooperation”, supervisor Professor Giulio Napolitano. Since 2023, he has been a Ph.D. candidate in Public, European and International Law at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. He collaborates, as a teaching assistant (Cultore della materia), with the Chair of Administrative Law of Professor Aldo Sandulli at the Faculty of Law of LUISS “Guido Carli” University. He is the author of several scientific contributions in the field of administrative law and public economic law. He has been part of the firm Cintioli & Associati since 2024, after completing his legal traineeship at a leading national law firm. Also since 2024, he has been admitted to practise law and is registered with the Rome Bar Association.