RBB

João Matias

Brussels

João Matias is a Senior Associate based in the Brussels office of RBB Economics. He joined the firm in 2019.

João has advised on a wide range of economic issues before the European Commission, the Competition and Markets Authority in the UK and other national authorities, most notably in Portugal. His experience includes horizontal and vertical mergers, abuses of dominance and anticompetitive agreements.

He holds a masters and undergraduate degrees in Economics from Nova SBE.

Selected Cases

  • Farfetch/Yoox Net-A-Porter

    Merger, UK, EU & other jurisdictions

  • A leading tech firm

    Alleged abuse of dominance, EU

  • Veolia/Suez

    Merger, EU

  • Sumol+Compal

    Alleged hub-&-spoke coordination, Portugal

  • Soc. Central Cervejas (Heineken)

    Alleged hub-&-spoke coordination, Portugal

  • Esmalglass-Itaca/Ferro

    Merger, Multijurisdictional

  • Assa Abloy/Agta record

    Merger, EU

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