EU and Competition Law

Our team also collaborates through PLMJ Colab in the Angolan and Mozambican jurisdictions, providing a broader coverage of cross-border competition issues.

One of our key strengths at PLMJ lies in our smoothly functioning multidisciplinary teams, which enhance our European and Competition law practice by providing added sensitivity in corporate, regulatory and litigation matters. This integrated approach equips us to navigate complex transactional and litigation cases, ensuring that we deliver comprehensive and effective legal solutions to our clients.

The team has participated in high-profile competition law cases for companies spanning various sectors, such as aviation, energy, financial services, food distribution, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. Our experience includes handling cases before the Portuguese Competition Authority and the European Commission, as well as representing clients before national and European courts, arbitral tribunals and the European Court of Human Rights.

The team provides legal services in a wide range of areas, such as:

• Defending companies in cartel, abuse of dominance and abuse of economic dependency cases.
• Advising companies in civil damages claims matters, whether follow-on or stand-alone.
• Notifying concentrations before the European Commission or the Portuguese Competition Authority.
• Assessing contractual clauses.
• Providing preventive assistance by carrying out audits, training sessions and implementing compliance programmes.
• Advising both private and public entities on State aid matters.
• Notifying operations under the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) rules.
• Notifying operations under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR).
• Providing assistance on  EU funds matters.
• Advising on matters related to the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital within the EU.
• Advising on cases before the European Court of Human Rights.