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Simone Caddedu
Work Department
Regulatory and Administrative
Position
Partner
Career
Simone has a strong reputation for providing expert advice on regulatory, antitrust and public procurement issues.
Simone is partner and head of Bird & Bird Italian regulatory and administrative (public law) department.
His practice focuses on EU and Italian administrative regulation, with a strong emphasis on dispute resolution before administrative courts and authorities (he is admitted to practice before Superior Courts – Cassazionista). Simone also has considerable experience in competition law issues involving regulated markets and has developed a significant track record in export controls/trade and customs.
Drawing on his understanding of regulatory and antitrust issues and expertise in public procurement, Simone extensively advises international companies in the life science, infrastructure and concessions, energy, electronic communications, aviation and state aid sectors.
In the energy sector, Simone has assisted and represented, both nationally and locally, companies dealing with projects developing plants for the production of energy from photovoltaic, wind and biomass sources. He has also significant experience in advising natural gas, electricity and water utilities on issues concerning public work contracts and the award of municipal concessions; compliance with regulatory requirements of contracts, commercial offers and advertising; cross-border transmission capacity; charges for nuclear waste management; abuse of dominant position and unfair commercial practices.
Simone received a LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C., U.S.A. and a Ph.D. in administrative law from the University of Rome La Sapienza. He has also contributed to several books and articles on administrative regulation, public procurement and EC organisation, including most recently, Public Procurement in the Utilities Sector, M. Clarich (ed) and Commentary to the Italian Public Procurement Code, Florence, 2019.
Before joining Bird & Bird, Simone worked at Libertini & Associati, where he became partner in 2007.
Languages
Italian, English, French
Education
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M, regulation/antitrust
Sapienza Università di Roma, Ph.D, Administrative Law
Sapienza Università di Roma, JD, Administrative Law
Admissions
Italy Bar, 2000
Italian Higher Courts in 2012
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Compliance
Advising on the entire spectrum of compliance work, Bird & Bird‘s Italy practice houses experts in regulatory compliance, corporate 231 matters, data protection, cybersecurity and product compliance. The team’s expertise also covers advertising pre-clearance, consumer protection and antitrust. Key figures include financial regulation specialist Raimondo Maggiore; Stefano Febbi, a regulatory compliance adviser; and Simone Caddedu, who focuses on EU and Italian administrative regulation. In addition, the department features Rossella Sansone, who is experienced in asset management and financial services, and Federico Marini Balestra, a former legal officer at the Italian Communications Authority.
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