SRS Legal

Competition & EU

SRS’ Consultant with over 25 years of experience, Catarina is a specialist in Competition Law and the European Union. She worked as a legal adviser to the Bank of Portugal, the Portuguese Securities and Exchange Commission and the Portuguese Competition Authority, as well as an advisor and assistant to the Portuguese Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance, Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Editorial Board of the Portuguese Competition & Regulation Journal, and Chairman of the Editorial Board of the same publication.

Since 2017 – Consultant at SRS Advogados 2003 to 2017 – Layer at the Competition Authority, President’s office; Unit for Studies and Market Monitoring; Legal and Litigation Department; Advisor to the Board; Department of Restrictive Practices 2013 to 2017 – President of the Editorial Board for the “Concorrência & Regulação” Magazine 2010 to 2013 – Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Editorial Board for the “Concorrência & Regulação” Magazine Since 2003 – CMVM Lawyer, Studies Office 2002 to 2003 – Assistant to the Secretary of State for the Treasury and Finance 2001 to 2002 – Advisor to the Secretary of State for the Treasury and Finance 1999 to 2003 – CMVM Lawyer, Department of Supervision of Financial Intermediaries and Research Unit 1997 to 2005 – Assistant Trainee and (since 1999) Assistant at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon 1995 to 1998 – Bank of Portugal Lawyer, Banking Supervision Office 1995 to 1997 – Trainee Lawyer at Veiga Gomes, Bessa Monteiro, Marques Bom, Carlos Olavo & Ass.

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Postgraduate Diploma in Securities Law, University of Lisbon School of Law Master in Law (Legal Sciences), University of Lisbon School of Law University Extension Course in Securities Market Law, University of Lisbon School of Law Advanced Training Course in Banking and Financial Law of the European Union, Institut Universitaire International du Luxembourg e Association Européenne pour le Droit Bancaire et Financier (Brussels) Postgraduate Diploma in European Studies (one curricular unit to conclude), University of Coimbra School of Law Degree in Law, University of Coimbra School of Law "Erasmus" at the Faculty of Law, University of Bologna