Guilherme Oliveira e Costa
Guilherme Oliveira e Costa joined VdA in 2022. He is an Associate in the Competition & EU practice where he has provided legal advice in various sectors, of competition law, including administrative proceedings for restrictive practices, private enforcement proceedings, merger control operations and state aid.
Law degree from Nova School of Law – Faculty of Law of Nova University of Lisbon.
Master's in International and European Law from Nova School of Law – Faculty of Law of Nova University of Lisbon.
Post-graduation in Competition and Regulation at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
Currently studying for an LL.M. in Competition Law & Economics at the Brussels School of Competition.
Researcher at the Nova Consumer Lab of the Nova School of Law – Faculty of Law of Nova University of Lisbon.
He participates, as a jury and coach, in the Moot Courts programme at the Nova School of Law – Faculty of Law of Nova University of Lisbon.
Before joining the firm, he worked, between September 2018 and August 2022, as an Associate and Trainee Lawyer at Sérvulo & Associados, SP, RL in the European and Competition practice area.
Between May and July 2022, he performed a secondment at the Madrid office of Bird&Bird (International) LLP.
Author and Co-Author of several works in the areas of specialization, in particular:
- Author, “"Has the Deutsche Telekom’s Saga come to an end? The Court of Justice confirms European Commission’s duty to pay interest (C-221/22 P)", EU Law Live, 2024;
- Author, “Is there any exhaust valve? The General Court’s ruling on geo-blocking practices in the video games’ industry (T-172/21)”, EU Law Live, 2023;
- Author, “The Court of Justice shields the concept of ‘undertaking’ and expands the Intel test to exclusivity clauses: Unilever Italia (C-680/20)”, EU Law Live, 2023;
- Author, “Will the national courts get lost in the Court of Justice’s maze? The Volvo and DAF Trucks Judgment”, EU Law Live, 2022;
- Author, “The Lisbon Appeal Court’s interpretation of Cogeco or how a Court of Justice’s reformulation of the questions referred can change everything, EU Law Live, 2020;
- Author, “Otis: Another Brick in the Wall of EU Competition Law’s Private Enforcement”, Competition and Regulation Journal, no 40, Portuguese Competition Authority, 2020;
- Co-Author, “Otis: Another Great Judgement on Private Enforcement from the CJEU… But It Could be Better”, Competition Policy International, 2020;
- Author, “The EU Court of Justice holds that national rules on limitation of antitrust damages claims may violate the principle of effectiveness”, European Law Blog, 2019;
- Author, “The EU Court of Justice confirms the application of the Principle of Economic Continuity in private enforcement of a cartel case”, European Law Blog, 2019;
- Author, “O impacto do Parecer 2/2015 do TJUE na política comercial da União Europeia: mudança de paradigma na celebração da “nova geração” de Acordos de Comércio Livre”, Prémio Pessoa Jorge 2018 – SRS Advogados 1ª Edição, Almedina, 2018;
- Co-Author, “From the Unitary Patent Package to a Federal EU Patent Law”, Perspectives on Federalism, Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2018.
Additionally, he has participated as a speaker in specialized conferences and post-graduate courses in the areas in which he has focused his professional activity.
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
English, Spanish.