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Practice Expertise
- EU and Competition law
Areas of Practice
- EU and Competition law
Profile
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.
Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2004
Education
Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2002
Advanced Course in European Competition Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, 2022
Intensive course in Recent Developments in Competition Policy at the European University Institute, 2021
Course on Public Procurement and Competition at the Nova School of Law, 2016
Postgraduate course in Law Enforcement, Compliance and Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2016
Course on the New Legal Regimes of State Aid at the Nova School of Law, 2015
Postgraduate course on industrial property at the Portuguese Intellectual Property Law Association of the University of Lisbon, 2008
Master's in European Union Law, specialising in competition law from King's College, University of London, 2009
Postgraduate course in European Union Law at King's College London, 2008
Areas of Practice
- EU and Competition law
Professional Career
Chambers Europe
2024 - Alexandra Dias Henriques, Up and Coming Competition Law
2023 - Alexandra Dias Henriques, Up and Coming Competition Law
2022 - Alexandra Dias Henriques, Star Associate Competition Law
The Legal 500
2023 - Alexandra Dias Henriques, Rising stars EU and Competition
2022 - Alexandra Dias Henriques, Rising star EU and Competition
Professional Activities and Experience
Lawyer at the law firm Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, 2015-2022
Lawyer at the law firm Marques Mendes & Associados, 2004-2014
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