Nuno Carrolo dos Santos
Nuno Carrolo dos Santos joined VdA in 2015. He is a Managing Associate of the Competition & EU practice area where he has worked in several cases and transactions, particularly in the pharmaceutical and media sectors, with a focus on restrictive practices and merger control.
Law degree, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Post-graduation in Corporate Law, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Summer Course in EC Law, University of London, King's College London.
Post-graduation in EC Competition Law, University of London, King's College London.
Master of Arts in EU Competition Law, University of London, King's College London.
Innovation in the Age of Disruption Programme, INSEAD – Executive Education.
Before joining the firm Nuno worked at Abreu Advogados as Of Counsel and as Associate (2009-2015).
Previously, Nuno worked as Legal Advisor at the Legal Department of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (2007-2008).
From 2002 to 2007 Nuno practiced law first as a trainee and subsequently as an Associate at F. Castelo Branco & Associados, having been seconded to Hewlett-Packard Portugal for 6 months (2004).
Author and co-author of several articles namely:
- Merger Control - Portugal – 2016 (Chambers and Partners - Chambers Legal Practice Guides)
- Mozambique – Competition Law Regime: Novelties and Challenges (Revista Moçambique - Intercâmbio de Oportunidades | Câmara de Comércio Portugal-Moçambique)
- Cartels - Portugal – 2015 (Chambers and Partners - Chambers Legal Practice Guides)
- Merger Control - Portugal – 2014 (Chambers and Partners - Chambers Legal Practice Guides)
- Getting The Deal Through - Pharmaceutical Antitrust 2013 (Global Competition Review / Getting The Deal Through)
- Like Running Water? - The Interplay between Antitrust and Online Music Licensing (Revista de Concorrência e Regulação, Ano III, n.º 9, Janeiro-Março 2012 )
Nuno is also a regular contributor to e-Competitions (www.concurrences.com), and to ECLR – European Competition Law Review.
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Member of the Circle of Portuguese Competition Lawyers (CAPDC).
Member of the Competition Commission of ICC Portugal – International Chamber of Commerce.
English.