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Martim Valente

Martim Valente

PLMJ, Portugal

Work Department

EU and Competition Law

Position

Senior Counsel

Career

Martim is a senior counsel in the EU and Competition law practice. He has over 15 years’ experience, in particular with respect to all aspects of anti-cartel and abuse of dominance proceedings, merger control and the implementation of compliance programmes. He has particular expertise in the TMT, financial services, retail and consumer goods and pharmaceutical sectors.

Prior to joining PLMJ, Martim was a Legal Director at the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. He also worked at two of the leading competition law practice groups in the world: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. Martim also spent six months on secondment to the competition team at Google.

Martim obtained his primary law degree at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and LLM degrees from the College of Europe (Bruges) and the University of Chicago.

Languages

Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian

Education

Law degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1999

LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School, 2008

LL.M. in competition law from the College of Europe (Bruges), 2006

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