Mário Marques Mendes
Mário is a partner and Head of Competition and European Union Law of the Lisbon office at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.
He is a very experienced lawyer in the following practice areas: EU law, competition/antitrust law, M&A, agency/distribution, IT law, TMT, international trade law and litigation/arbitration.
He holds a degree in Law from University of Lisbon and an EU Law Diploma from the College of Europe, Bruges – Belgium (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship). He obtained an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, USA.
Mário is highly praised and recognised by legal directories. He was recently honoured in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame and the publication Global Competition Review 100 distinguished him as Elite Lawyer in 2018. He is also recognised by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as one of the leading practitioners in the areas of Competition/European Law and Competition/Antitrust Law.
Mário is author and coauthor of several specialist legal publications, including several Getting the Deal Through titles from Law Business Research, being the exclusive coauthor for the Portuguese chapters.
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He joins Gómez-Acebo & Pombo as a partner in 2015
1976 | Law degree from the University of Lisbon (Portugal)
1981 | EU Law Diploma, College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship.
1982 | European Commission – Legal Service
1983 | Belmont Community Law Office – Brussels, (Belgium)
1984 | LL.M., University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor (USA)
1995 | Founding partner of Botelho Moniz, Magalhães Cardoso, Marques Mendes & Ruiz.
1998 | Marques Mendes Advogados.
2014 | Founding partner of Marques Mendes & Associados.
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association (since 1978)
Vice-President of the Lisbon Council of the Portuguese Bar Association (1996-1999)
Founder and first Chairman of the Board of the Association of Portuguese Competition Lawyers – “CAPDC” (2009-2011)
Chairman of the Consultative Council and Chairman of the General Assembly of “CAPDC” (2011-2013)
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
Member of the Portuguese Association of European Law
Member of the official list of arbitrators of the Commercial Arbitration Centre of ACL (Lisbon Commercial Association / Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
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