Mónica Sánchez Soliva
Senior Competition Counsel of Telefónica
Graduated in Law and Journalism, I work as Senior Competition Counsel in the Public Policy, Competition and Regulatory Affairs area at Telefónica S.A since 2016. I lead Competition Policy and legal matters.
On the legal side, I lead M&A projects from the regulatory side. Main tasks are the regulatory analysis, regulatory advice to the commercial areas throughout the negotiation process, DD process, exchanges of information and regulatory filings. Likewise, our legal stuff is also focused on the competition compliance, antitrust advice and support to other areas, as well as Telefónica’s Operating Businesses in Europe and Latham.
On the policy side, my work is focused on shaping EU Competition Policy and regulation. I lead and support Telefónica´s engagement on competition policy matters with EU institutions and through sectorial and cross-sectorial associations (GSMA, ETNO, ERT, ICC, OECD, ICLA). I have vast experience in assessing the impact of EU Competition policy consultations and regulations in Telefonica´s OB, as well as the development of public positioning and lobby actions to defend Telefonica´s interests in the different initiatives launched by the EC and other NCAs.
I chair the Competition Expert Group of GSMA, the worldwide mobile operators´ association since 2022, previously as vicechair since 2020.
I recently finished a secondment in Virgin Media O2, Telefónica and Liberty Global´ s JV in the United Kingdom (till beginning of 2024). I also worked in the Public Affairs Office of Telefónica in Brussels in a secondment in 2019. Previously working in the legal area of Telefónica de España in an internship, particularly in the commercial and public contracting area, judicial matters (civil, criminal, contentious-administrative cases) telecoms regulation area and compliance.
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