Background
Neves dos Santos, Rui was born in 1972 in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique.
Neves dos Santos, Rui was born in 1972 in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique.
University of Lisbon Law School (Law Degree, 1994). College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium (Master of Laws, European Law, 1995). Spoken languages: Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.
Worked at Marques Mendes (Lisbon) specializing in General Practice, Banking and Finance, Civil, Corporate, Commercial and Business Laws, European Commission Law, Competition Law, Antitrust Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Agency and Distribution Law, Intellectual/Industrial Property Law, International Trade and Public Procurement Laws, Labour Law, Entertainment and Insurance Laws, Foreign Investment and Bankruptcy/Insolvency. Admitted to the bar, 1996, Portugal. Stagiaire, European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition (Directorate General IV), Brussels, Belgium, 1995-1996.
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Lisbon Law School, 1996.
Recipient of Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship (1994-1995). The firm"s practice covers a wide spectrum of fields of business and commercial law, with special emphasis on corporate, banking/finance, taxation, competition, intellectual property, labor and real estate matters.
The firm is also particularly well equipped, due to the specialized academic and professional background of some of its members, to handle all areas of European Commission and international trade laws, notably competition, intellectual property, antidumping, State aids and public procurement matters.