Band 4
Provided by Alexandra Henriques
European Law, European and Portuguese Competition Law, Criminal Law, Criminal and Civil Litigation.
Alexandra is a senior counsel in the EU and Competition Law practice and in her nearly 20 years of professional experience, she has focused on European Union law, European and Portuguese competition law, and competition litigation.
She advises on restrictive practices cases, including cartel leniency and settlement, merger control, vertical agreements and compliance programmes. She represents clients before the Portuguese Competition Authority, the European Commission, and the Portuguese and European courts.
She is secretary-general of CAPDC - Círculo dos Advogados Portugueses de Direito da Concorrência.
Alexandra has a Master's in European Union Law, specialising in competition law, from King's College, University of London. She also completed a postgraduate courses in European Union law at King's College, in law enforcement, compliance and criminal law at the University of Lisbon, and in industrial property at the University of Lisbon/APDI. Besides this, she took university extension courses organised by the University of Lisbon, at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and at JurisNova in collaboration with the Portuguese Competition Authority, the European University Institute of Florence and the LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science.
Before joining PLMJ, she was a lawyer at the law firms Gómez-Acebo & Pombo and Marques Mendes & Associados.
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association (OA) since 2004 and member of the Circle Portuguese Competition Lawyers.
Co-author of the Portuguese chapter about Cartel Regulation, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research since 2016.
Extension Course, Public Procurement and Competition (2016 and 2011) and Course on The New Legal Regimes of State Aid, Nova University (2015). Post Graduation Course on Intellectual Property, University of Lisbon (2008). Post Graduation (2008), Master (2009) and Intensive summer course (2006) on European Law, King’s College, University of London. Law degree, University of Lisbon (2002).
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Provided by Chambers
Alexandra Henriques moves up in the rankings this year on the back of notable work for clients in behavioural investigations and high-profile damages actions. She has further experience in merger control filings.
Provided by Chambers
She is poised to become a key figure in competition law practice in Portugal in the near future – she is an exceptionally well-prepared leader of tomorrow.
She is very accessible, always involved and available when we need anything.
She is very empathic and is able to build relationships.
She is poised to become a key figure in competition law practice in Portugal in the near future – she is an exceptionally well-prepared leader of tomorrow.
She is very accessible, always involved and available when we need anything.
She is very empathic and is able to build relationships.
