Joaquim Caimoto

Joaquim is a counsel of Competition and European Union Law at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

With a professional background of over 20 years at the highest level, including being responsible for the national practice area of a leading European law firm, he has represented Portuguese and international clients from different sectors before the Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC), the European Commission, the Spanish CNMC, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the National Court of Competition, Regulation and Supervision (TCRS) in Portugal.

Having extensive experience in all areas of competition law, he stands out for his coordination of nearly all major merger control processes in Portugal over the last decade, representing clients in various international cartel cases before the European Commission and the AdC, as well as his involvement in other significant moments in the history of competition law in Portugal, such as the first case of abuse of dominant position by the AdC and the first Popular Competition Action judged before the TCRS.

For the past 16 years, Joaquim has been ranked by main international law directories (such as Chambers Europe, Global Competition Review, Who’s Who Legal – including here as a “thought leader” – and Legal 500) as a leading lawyer in his practice area.

He was part of the winning team twice, in a previous firm, of the most prestigious international award in his field of practice, the Regional Firm of the Year – Europe, awarded by Global Competition Review (GCR Awards), in 2014 and 2018.

Joaquim Caimoto Duarte is a founding member of the Association of Portuguese Competition Lawyers (CAPDC), of which he has already been Vice-President of the Board, having also acted several times as Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network.