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PLMJ Offices
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43
1050-119 Lisboa
Portugal
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Martim Valente
Work Department
EU and Competition Law
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
Martim is a senior counsel in the EU and Competition law practice. He has over 15 years’ experience, in particular with respect to all aspects of anti-cartel and abuse of dominance proceedings, merger control and the implementation of compliance programmes. He has particular expertise in the TMT, financial services, retail and consumer goods and pharmaceutical sectors.
Prior to joining PLMJ, Martim was a Legal Director at the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. He also worked at two of the leading competition law practice groups in the world: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. Martim also spent six months on secondment to the competition team at Google.
Martim obtained his primary law degree at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and LLM degrees from the College of Europe (Bruges) and the University of Chicago.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian
Education
Law degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1999
LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School, 2008
LL.M. in competition law from the College of Europe (Bruges), 2006
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > EU and competition
(Rising stars)PLMJ fields a ‘great’ competition law team, praised by clients for its ‘quality of partners’ and ‘attention to detail’. The practice handles a wide range of prominent competition and antitrust matters, such as merger control, State Aid, and investigations, in Portugal across various industries, from banking to infrastructure. Counting a mix of major Portuguese and international companies among its key client roster, the practice is adeptly positioned to assist on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Steering the practice is Ricardo Oliveira, who is noted for his focus on cartel cases, competition litigation, merger control and abuse of dominance. Rita Aleixo Gregório advises on the full gamut of antitrust matters, specifically across the aviation, banking, energy and health sectors. Martim Valente, described by one client as a ‘fantastic technical lawyer’, focuses on all aspects of anti-cartel and abuse of dominance cases, merger control and the implementation of compliance programmes. These are also key areas of activity for Alexandra Dias Henriques.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Planning law
- Projects and project finance