Ricardo Bordalo Junqueiro > VdA > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

VdA
Rua Dom Luis I, 28
1200-151 Lisboa
Portugal
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Work Department

Competition & EU

Position

Partner, Head of Competition & EU

Career

Ricardo Bordalo Junqueiro rejoined VdA in 2018. Head Partner of the Competition & EU practice, Ricardo has been involved in various operations, particularly in the electronic communications, energy, pharmaceutical, financial, media and infrastructure sectors, as well as accompanying economic regulation matters in the electronic communications sector.

Languages

English

Memberships

Member of the Portuguese Bar Association.

Member of the Portuguese Circle of Portuguese Lawyers of Competition Law.

Member of the Portuguese Association for the Development of Communications.

Education

Law degree, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon.

Masters (LLM) in EU Law by the Department of Law, University of Essex.

Advanced Programme in Regulatory Economy and Competition, Faculty of Economic and Enterpreneurial Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University

Post-graduation studies in EU Competition Law by King’s College London, University of London.

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > EU and competition

(Next Generation Partners)

Ricardo Bordalo JunqueiroVdA

The ‘robust’ competition team at VdA consistently attracts instructions from major domestic companies and leading international players for its expertise in all manner of merger clearance mandates, investigations, state aid and litigation mandates, earning praise for its ‘diversity of specialists in different areas of competition’. Steering the practice is Ricardo Bordalo Junqueiro , who possesses a strong reputation in the market for his ‘knowledge, ability to define strategy and outstanding presence in court’. Nuno Ruiz shines in high-profile antitrust investigations and cartel cases at both the domestic and EU level. Managing associate Cláudia Coutinho Da Costa is recommended for her ability to act for a variety of clients, from banking to infrastructure players, in merger control proceedings, domestically and internationally.