About - Staff Member - Guido Lobrano
Guido Lobrano
Areas of Expertise:
Europe, Artificial Intelligence, Antitrust/Competition, Data
Guido Lobrano is 91pro视频’s Senior Vice President of Policy and Director General for Europe, leading 91pro视频’s work on the European Union’s activities impacting technology and innovation. Guido is based in Brussels, Belgium, where he opened 91pro视频’s first office in Europe. He coordinates 91pro视频’s work on EU initiatives in areas such as privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and data, competition policy and platform issues, and supports the work on digital trade and taxation.
Before joining 91pro视频 in October 2017, Guido was deputy director for legal affairs, internal market and digital economy at BusinessEurope, the confederation of European industry. He was in charge of digital and tech policy, as well antitrust and state aid legislation. He also coordinated the team responsible for single market policy.
He led the association’s advocacy on Europe’s i2010 Strategy and the Digital Agenda for Europe (2012), as well as the 2015 Digital Single Market (DSM) and Digitising European Industry strategies. He was in charge of privacy and data issues, e-commerce, sharing economy and platforms among others. He covered key legal and policy debates from a cross-sectoral industry perspective, including the 2008-2009 EU Telecoms Review, collective redress (EU-level class action schemes), the process leading to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the transition from the EU-US Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield.
Guido began his professional career working in law firms in the United States, France, Italy and Belgium, on international and EU law. He is a frequent speaker on a variety of topics, particularly technology and competition policies. He received his law degree in Italy at the University of Sassari and an Erasmus diploma from the University of Vienna.
Blog posts by Guido Lobrano
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Simplifying the EU Digital Regulation: Key Overlaps and Challenges
February 10, 2025
As Europe's digital regulatory landscape continues to evolve, businesses face an increasingly complex web of overlapping requirements. While these regulations aim to protect consumers and ensure responsible ...
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The EU鈥檚 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report Offers Important Guide to Make Improvements
February 14, 2024
Earlier鈥痶oday, the European Commission published the new鈥疉nnual Single Market and Competitiveness Report.鈥疶he report indicates that roughly half of the identified competitiveness drivers and Key Performance ...
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Four Recommendations to Improve the Cyber Resilience Act
November 6, 2023
EU legislators are preparing for the next round of trilogue negotiations on the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), which has the important goal of improving cybersecurity across the European single market. ...
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President Von der Leyen鈥檚 State of the Union Should Reflect Europe鈥檚 Willingness to Change
September 11, 2023
In an increasingly challenging geopolitical and economic climate, strengthening Europe鈥檚 resilience and protecting its fundamental values and interests, while preserving an open and sustainable economy ...
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Avoid Creating Inadvertent New Barriers to Transatlantic Trade
December 20, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act鈥檚 implications for US Efforts to Engage Allies and Trading Partners In an increasingly challenging geopolitical and economic climate, strengthening the U.S.-EU bilateral relationship ...