Ms Inês Gouveia > Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados Offices
RUA CASTILHO, 165
1070-050 LISBOA
Portugal
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Ms Inês Gouveia
Work Department
European Law and Competition
Position
Inês Gouveia joined the firm in 2006. She is a member of the European law and competition team.
Career
Inês professional experience is focused on advising clients in the area of competition law, in particular, in merger control procedures both at the national and at the Community levels, as well as in the area of restrictive practices and abuses of market dominance.
She has also worked on cases relating to the free movement of goods, as well as in the area of energy regulation.
From 1998 to 2005 she practised law at Osório de Castro, Verde Pinho, Vieira Peres, Lobo Xavier e Associados – Sociedade de Advogados.
Languages
Portuguese, English, French, German and Spanish.
Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2001).
Education
Law Degree (Católica Porto School of Law, 1998). Traineeship (Fiedler und Foster in Munich – October 1998). Six months traineeship (DG for Internal Market – European Commission, 1999). Postgraduate Studies in European Law (Coimbra Faculty of Law, 2001). Postgraduate Studies in Public Regulation (Coimbra Faculty of Law, 2003). Postgraduate Studies in Economics in Competition Law (King’s College – University of London, 2007). Master’s Degree (Master of Arts) in Economics in Competition Law (King’s College – University of London, 2008).
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > EU and competition
(Rising stars)Inês Gouveia – Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
The ‘very experienced and efficient team’ at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados is variously praised for its ability to provide an ‘excellent’ service to its diverse client roster of multinational corporations, domestic players, financial institutions and public entities. With a particular strength in managing complex multijurisdictional matters, the practice is jointly led by two competition law specialists: Joaquim Vieira Peres, recommended for his experience in merger control procedures across the retail, real estate, insurance and telecoms sectors; and Luís do Nascimento Ferreira, who advises domestic and international clients on the full gamut of antitrust matters, including merger control, restrictive practices and State aid. Pedro de Gouveia e Melo is noted for his expertise in complex judicial appeals against infringement decisions of the Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA). Inês Gouveia, who is based in Porto, guides a host of clients in their interactions with competition authorities at the domestic and EU-level. Head of the German desk Philipp Melcher possesses a wealth of experience in ‘litigation in the Court of Justice of the European Union‘ and is ‘very knowledgeable‘ of State aid matters. Gonçalo Machado Borges has left the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- EU and competition
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Planning law
- Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Transport