EU and competition

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Well regarded for its ‘in-depth knowledge’ and ’pragmatic approach’, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados‘ competition group counts multinational corporations, domestic players, financial institutions and public entities among its key roster of clients. The team navigates a broad spectrum of high-profile competition and antitrust matters, including merger control, state aid, and investigations across various industries. The team is jointly led by Joaquim Vieira Peres and Luís do Nascimento Ferreira. Peres is noted for his experience in proceedings before the European courts and the Portuguese courts, while Ferreira, who earns praise for his ’technical knowledge’, continues to advise clients on the full spectrum of antitrust matters. Elsewhere in the team, Pedro de Gouveia e Melo stands out for his expertise in the energy, financial services and food sectors, and Philipp Melcher is lauded for his ability to ‘foster co-creativity in the development of solutions’. Inês Gouveia is a trusted adviser for Portuguese and international clients navigating competition authorities at both national and EU levels.

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Testimonials

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'High level of specific knowledge. Pragmatic approach. Availability and customer service.'
‘Luis Nascimento Ferreira - technical knowledge, availability and customer service.'
‘In-depth knowledge of the functioning of the sector and its legal framework, both at the domestic and European level. The team has innovative solutions particularly in terms of applied AI.'
‘Great knowledge of competition and a strong focus on the customer.'
‘The qualities that I highlight in the team are efficiency, knowledge of the market and the business, ability to anticipate risks, credibility with relevant stakeholders (regulators, government and peers), pragmatic approach to problems, ability to critically analyse issues.'
‘Philipp Melcher is pragmatic, insightful, critical, in-depth knowledge of the issues. He gets involved in the issues and builds a relationship of trust with the client that fosters co-creativity in the development of solutions, increasing the effectiveness and simplicity of the solutions.'
'Inês Ferrari Careto: in-depth knowledge of the market, resilient, critical, with an enormous capacity to work under pressure, producing high-quality legal analyses in short deadlines, able to lead discussions with the client in order to reduce the time needed to identify the critical aspects in each situation necessary for the development of the solution.'
‘High quality consultancy. Very assertive in the analysis of the topics presented. 360° view of the problems.'

Key clients

MC Retail (Modelo Continente Hipermercados)
EDP Group (EDP SA, EDP Renewables, EDP Comercial, EDP Produção, E-Redes, EDP Inovação, SU Eletricidade)
NOS Comunicações
Super Bock Bebidas
Millennium BCP
Caixa Económica Montepio Geral
Traton SE (formerly MAN SE), MAN Truck & Bus AG, MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH and MAN Truck & Bus Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda
Fidelidade
Assicurazioni Generali S.P.A.
Fusion Fuel
National Environmental Fund (Fundo Ambiental)
National Development and Cohesion Agency (Agência de Desenvolvimento & Coesão)
Managing Authority of the National Operational Programme for Sustainability and Efficient Use of Resources (PO SEUR)
Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Ação Climática e Sustentabilidade 2030 (Managing Authority of the Operational Program Climate Action and Sustainability 2030)
Sovena Consumer Goods
Unicre – Instituição Financeira de Crédito SA
Managing Authority of the Alentejo 2020 Operational Program
Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Regional Centro 2030 (Managing Authority of the Operational Regional Program Centro 2030)
Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Regional Norte 2030 (Managing Authority of the Operational Regional Program Norte 2030)
Media Livre
National Environmental Fund (Fundo Ambiental)
ALF – Associação Portuguesa de Leasing, Factoring e Renting
Allianz
TIIC Infrastructure
Greenvolt Energy
CorPower
VASP – Distribuidora de Publicações
CEiiA – Centre of Engineering and Product Development
Fullsix
Apple
Portos dos Açores, S.A.
Metro-Mondego, S.A.
Abbvie
Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Novartis company
Abanca
Sonae Sierra
OW Offshore S.L.
Volkswagen Financial Services AG and Volkswagen Financial Services Portugal (Volkswagen Bank GmbH – Sucursal em Portugal, Volkswagen Renting, Unipessoal, Lda)
MAN Energy Solutions
CTT – Correios de Portugal
Mota-Engil Capital
Sonae SGPS
Universo IME
Draycott