Eutimio Monaco

Eutimio Monaco is the founder and managing partner of Studio Legale Monaco & Associati.Before he founded the firm, Eutimio Monaco was, for over six years, the partner in charge of the telecommunication competition and regulated markets department of Bird & Bird for which he founded the Rome office.Before joining Bird & Bird, Mr Monaco worked for a number of highly reputed Italian law firms, developing significant experience in antitrust and the communications sector.His reputation was primarily set by winning some high-profile antitrust cases. In particular, he has filed many claims before the Antitrust Authority and competent civil and administrative courts on competition issues, and is currently involved in multiple proceedings filed on behalf of several major telecoms operators, especially on the ground of abuse of dominant position of the incumbent operator.Mr Monaco also assists major Italian companies before the competent authorities in connection to concentration operations (with domestic and EC impacts) and in connection to the conclusion of contracts relating to joint venture deals with domestic and international aspects.He is widely recognised as true expert in the telecoms sector.