Inês Sequeira Mendes > Abreu Advogados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Abreu Advogados
Av. Infante D. Henrique, 26
1149-096
Portugal

Work Department

Competition, Regulatory and EU; Corporate and M&A.

Position

Managing Partner.

Career

Inês Sequeira Mendes is a Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2006. She works primarily in competition law and in close cooperation with investment structuring and the development of the commercial activities of companies.

She focuses particularly on notification processes for complex concentration operations (including multi-jurisdictional notifications) as well as processes related to agreements and restrictive practices and process related to sectorial regulations, appearing before the Competition Authority, European Commission, Sectorial Regulating Entities and courts.

She has also advised on the implementation and improvement compliance programmes related to competition law both at a structuring ,auditing and training stages.

Additionally, she has extensive experience in advising on corporate acquisition, mergers and reorganization operations and has monitored many of the foremost projects to take place in Portugal and Timor.

Her experience encompasses several sectors but with a special focus on healthcare, energy, transportation, retail, distribution and aeronautics.

She is the Chairman of the National Committee of UIA – Union Internationale des Avocats for 2020-2021.

Languages

Portuguese, English and French.

Memberships

Portugeuse Bar Association.
International Association of Lawyers.
Portuguese Association for Communications Development.
Competition Law Association.
Association of Portuguese Competition Lawyers.
Portuguese Association of European Law.

Education

Law degree from the Portuguese Catholic University Faculty of Law – Lisbon (1996)

Master of Arts – Graduate Degree European Competition Law from Kings College (London – 2012)

Postgraduate degree in European Competition Law from Kings College (London, 2009-2010)

Postgraduate degree in Competition and Regulatory Law from IDEFF, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law (2007)

Advanced Programme in Regulation and Competition Economics from the Portuguese Catholic University Faculty of Economic and Corporate Sciences (2004)

 

Leisure

Travelling, cinema, gardening.

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > EU and competition

Commended for its ‘technical knowledge’ and ‘dedicated and attentive’ approach, Abreu Advogados is a popular destination for clients across the sports, consumer goods, energy and healthcare sectors seeking advice and representation in merger control, abuse of dominance position proceedings, cartel cases and EU law matters. The practice is jointly steered by a capable duo: Armando Martins Ferreira, a key contact for digital economy, retail and distribution clients, is noted for his expertise in the full gamut of competition matters; and Inês Sequeira Mendes, a relationship partner for some of the firm’s most prominent healthcare, life sciences and pharmaceuticals clients. Companies operating in the TMT sector routinely turn to Ricardo Henriques for advice on merger control and antitrust proceedings.