EU Law, Competition Law and Regulation

The European, Competition and Regulation team provides full assistance in all areas of EU Law, as well as in competition and regulation themes, providing preventing advice as well as assistance in all administrative and judicial procedures at national and/or EU level.

European Union Law

SP&M Advogados has a recognized experience in working in the main areas of EU Law, providing legal advice to public or private relating to EU Law subjects and litigation assistance in cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Competition

SP&M Advogados provides full covering legal advice on competition law, namely:

      • Assistance for competition law breach risk reduction;

      • Assistance in Autoridade da Concorrência (Portuguese Competition Authority) and Tribunal da Concorrência, Regulação e Supervisão (Competition, Regulation & Supervision Court) cases, whether in antitrust cases or in merger cases;

      • Design and implementation of competition law compliance programs;

      • Training for best practices to prevent the risk of non-compliance with competition law.

Regulation

In sectoral regulation, SP&M Advogados legal advice covers:

      • Assistance in regulatory matters and risk reduction;
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      • Assistance in Regulator’s procedures (investigation procedures, licenses, among others);

      • Design and implementation of sectoral regulation compliance programs;

      • Training for best practices to prevent the risk of non-compliance with regulatory obligations;
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      • Issue of legal opinions on matters of sectoral regulatory law.