Tânia Luísa Faria
Uría Menéndez
Uría Menéndez
Client SatisfactionUría Menéndez stands out as a strong choice for a diverse range of clients, who turn to the team for its wide-ranging capabilities in contentious and non-contentious competition matters. The team is led by the ‘excellent professional’ Tânia Luísa Faria, who maintains a busy practice assisting clients on the full gamut of antitrust matters. Margot Lopes Martins is noted for her focus on merger control issues, abuse of dominance positions, and restrictive practices.
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Testimonials
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‘I would like to highlight the exceptional technical competence and specialised legal knowledge in this niche sector.'
‘Tânia Faria clearly stands out for her high quality and technical rigour, extensive knowledge of the sector, reputation in the market. We should also mention her great availability, capacity and speed of response, commercial sense and creativity. Tânia has advised us on highly complex cases. She has our complete trust.'
‘Tânia Luisa Faria is knowledgable and has great technical quality. She is outstanding and finds creative solutions.'
'Tânia's team stands out in their experience and expertise in cartel investigation and their efficiency in delivering products.’
‘Tânia Faria is an experienced lawyer with a solution-oriented approach, supported by efficient and diligent associates.'
‘Fantastic team, always available to provide any clarifications and necessary help. The service is excellent, not only in terms of the personal treatment they provide to everyone, but in the level of responses and solutions they present to the challenges we pose to the team every day.'
'Tânia Faria is an excellent professional who combines her technical skills with a very strong human component. It has been extremely rewarding to work directly with Tânia and her team for ten years.'
Key clients
- Banco Santander Totta
- Unión de Créditos Inmobiliários
- Abanca Corporación Bancaria, S.A. – Sucursal em Portugal
- JCDecaux
- Unilabs
- Hospital Particular do Algarve
- DAF Trucks
- KKR Group
- Arrow Global Group
- Meliá Hotels International
- Spark Legal Network
- Booking.com, B.V
- Providence
- Palex
- Kiwa
- TAP
- MCH
- Waste Management
Work highlights
- Advising and representing Banco Santander Totta, Unión de Créditos Inmobiliários, and Abanca in actions filed by a consumer association before the Competition Court, regarding the alleged exchange of commercial sensitive information in the banking sector.
- Advising and representing JCDecaux on competition matters – including merger-control proceedings – resulting from the Portuguese tender for outdoor advertising displays in Lisbon, as well as in the subsequent judicial appeals.
- Advising and representing Hospital Particular do Algarve, S.A. in connection with the PCA's antitrust investigation into the domestic private hospitals sector and the appeal against the PCA's decision in that process.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
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Practice head
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Tânia Luísa Faria