Fielding an ‘excellent’ competition team, praised for its ’dedicated, innovative and timely’ response, CMS offers advice across the full scope of competition law matters, including merger control, cartels, abuses of dominant position, vertical and horizontal agreements. The team regularly acts for an impressive roster of Portuguese and international clients operating in the energy, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, TMT and consumer goods sectors. Practice head Luís Miguel Romão caters to clients across a range of sectors on merger control, abuse of dominance, cartels, and litigation matters. Associate Ana Cantanhede Gonçalves offers key support in cartel cases, vertical restraints and mergers.
Testimonials
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‘The team at CMS is excellent. We work with them in a number of matters. They are an excellent firm.'
‘We work with Luís Miguel Romão. He is a real leader of the Lisbon bar. An excellent practitioner. Very knowledgable and commercial. We rely on him a lot. ’
‘The team is very dedicated and close to the client, working in excellent coordination with the various internal stakeholders in an effective and efficient way. The proximity, ease of dealing with and dedicated, innovative and timely response made the experience a truly valued and recognised partnership that is not always the case with teams of other sizes.’
‘Luís Miguel Romão has the experience, knowledge, dedication and proposals for different and advanced solutions very adapted to the culture of the client.'
‘Good knowledge and background of the Portuguese market.'
‘Luís Miguel Romão has been an extremely valuable and always available brainstorming and decision-making partner over the years.’
‘Luís Miguel Romão is one of the most experienced specialists in the Portuguese market, with over 20 years of experience in this space. Technically extremely solid and an all-rounder in the competition law area.'
‘Luís Miguel Romão is very dedicated to client matters. He is a knowledgeable, experienced and reliable lawyer.’
Key clients
- Liga Portugal
- Accenture Portugal
- Lidl Portugal
- Knorr-Bremse España, S.A.
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
- ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal S.A./Vinci
- MOP - Multimédia Outdoors Portugal
- Secil
- Goldman Sachs International
- Selena
- Essilor Luxottica Portugal
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Mercedes-Benz AG and Mercedes-Benz Portugal
- The Navigator Company
- Keller Williams Reality
- L'Oréal Portugal
- Betclic
Work highlights
- Advising Liga Portugal and 19 football clubs on a "no-poach" agreement and facilitation of a cartel accusation.
- Advising Accenture on an anticompetitive agreement in pay-TV services, in which the PCA is developing the ‘third party facilitation’ theory.
- Advising Lidl on its alleged participation in a ‘hub-and-spoke’ cartel, including more recently assisting with the drafting and filing of a judicial appeal against the PCA's infringement decision.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Luís Miguel Romão