Portugal
Commercial Law António Paula Varela
ABV ADVOGADOS is traditionally a law firm dedicated to business law. We are privileged partners of a large number of Portuguese and foreign companies, on a wide range of activities, in their operations both in Portugal and overseas.
ABVADVOGADOS ALVES, BOTELHO, VARELA & ASSOCIADOS SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS, R.L.
In addition to legal consultancy, the firm activity is also highlighted for its litigation practice, ensuring the uncompromising defence of clients’ interests also in this field. Considering the increasing demand for legal services by individuals and families, including foreigners who choose Portugal as a living or working destination, we recently developed a specific Private Client practice, focused specially on residence, citizenship, family, inheritance and tax matters.
António Paula Varela Lawyer ABVADVOGADOS
Apart from the activity in Portugal, the firm actively supports Portuguese and foreign individuals and companies in international projects, particularly in Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique, jurisdictions where the firm has established local partnerships and has extensive experience.
Tel: (+351) 213 703 600 antonio.varela@abvlegal.pt; apv-12020l@adv.oa.pt www.abvlegal.pt
At ABV ADVOGADOS, we work focused on the client. We truly believe that only a proximity relationship and thorough understanding of our clients allows us to efficiently represent and defend their interests. Furthermore, we always want to be a constructive partner to our clients, providing pragmatic and objective legal solutions which result in fact in an added value to their activity. Finally, we are committed to working in Portugal and in the other jurisdictions in which we operate, always following the highest possible standards and fulfilling scrupulously the ethical and deontological rules governing the practice of the law.
Furthermore, the firm is the exclusive member for legal matters in Portugal of the Alliott Group, a prestigious international network of law. This alliance allows us to better serve our clients not only in Portugal and in the other jurisdictions where we normally operate, but also in all the other countries where there are Alliott Group members.
Portugal
Competition Law Sónia Gemas Donário Albuquerque & Associados
Sónia Gemas Donário Managing Associate Albuquerque & Associados Tel: +351 213 431 570 sd@albsa.pt www.albsa.pt
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European Union, Regulation, Unfair Competition Sónia Gemas Donário is Managing Associate of the Competition and European Union Department of AA and has been practicing competition law for nearly 15 years, with a particular emphasis on merger control, cartel and dominance matters, implementation of antitrust compliance programmes and trade restrictive practices. Her practice covers a wide range of industries, including ports, food and beverage, chemical, energy technologies, trade and distribution, electronic communication, renewable energies and pharmaceuticals. Sónia’s regular clients include international and national market leaders in those industries. She is a graduate and has a Master’s degree from the University of Lisbon Law School (ULLS), and is a PhD student in the area of Competition and Regulation Law at the same faculty. Also has Postgraduate studies: European Union Law, European Institute of ULLS; Public Regulation and Competition, Centre for Public Law and Regulation Studies, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra; and Public Procurement Law, ULLS. Alongside with the lawyer experience, Sónia also had experience with an internship at the Court of Justice of the EU; Assistant Professor at FLUL; Assistant Professor at University Autónoma of Lisbon; Lecturer at European Institute of the FLUL. In the specific area of Competition Law, she was Legal Officer at Portuguese Competition Authority and represented this institution in European Commission Working Groups. Albuquerque & Associados is one of the longest established Portuguese Law Firms in the field of business law, both domestic and international and its origin can be traced back to 1922. Was founded by two distinguished university professors of law. The firm’s clients includes international corporations from around the world and leading Portuguese companies. AA is also engaged as a legal consultant by government authorities in Portugal and abroad. The firm has set consistently high standards for legal services, combining sound scholarship with a customerfocused approach. AA has also developed and expanded its African business.