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Pedro de Gouveia e Melo
International Consultant
Pedro de Gouveia e Melo is an international consultant at ALC Advogados, the exclusive member of the Morais Leitão Legal Circle network in Angola. He advises clients on all fields of competition law (antitrust investigations, merger control, State aid, private enforcement and competition compliance).
Pedro, who is a Partner of Morais Leitão, leads the firm’s competition practice in Lusophone Africa and has extensive experience before the Competition Regulatory Authorities of Angola and Mozambique.
He also regularly appears before the Portuguese Competition Authority and the European Commission, as well as in litigation before the Portuguese and European Union courts.
Pedro was the President of the U.A.E. – European Lawyers’ Union between 2020 and 2022 and was seconded to Latham & Watkins LLP in Washington, DC in 2007. He speaks and writes frequently on competition law.
Pedro is recommended as a leading competition lawyer by the most prestigious international legal directories, such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Lexology (former Who's Who Legal: Competition), and Best Lawyers.
Languages
Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.
MembershipsPortuguese Bar Association. International Bar Association (Antitrust Law Section). U.A.E. – European Lawyers’ Union (President, 2020-2022). Portuguese Association of European Law (Secretary-General, 2024 –). Association of Portuguese Competition Lawyers.
Education
Law Degree (Católica Lisbon School of Law, 2001). LL.M. in European Community Law (College d'Europe, 2002).
