Sara Estima Martins is the new Partner of SRS Advogados

Sara Estima Martins is the latest Partner appointment at SRS Advogados. This appointment is in addition to the 6 Partner appointments that SRS Advogados made in 2020.

Pedro Rebelo de Sousa, Managing Partner at SRS Advogados, stresses "the importance of the strategy of strengthening the firm´s structure that began with the integration of the AAA team in 2020. It is with great enthusiasm that SRS Advogados welcomes Dr. Sara Estima Martins".

“Dr. Sara Estima Martins is a magnificent reinforcement to our Competition & EU department, that now comprises two Partners in a team of 12 lawyers. Sara’s recognized technical excellence and ability to communicate in such a demanding market fits perfectly with the firm and the department and the complex challenges posed by the market, highlights Gonçalo Anastácio, Partner and Head of the Competition & EU department at SRS Advogados".

"It is with great enthusiasm that I am joining the Competition & EU team at SRS, one of the most renowned teams in this practice area, in one of the top law firms in Portugal. SRS has a remarkable history, in which the excellence of its practice areas and a strong international vocation are united, which makes my joining this project especially enticing, and where I hope to make a valuable contribution' says Sara Estima Martins.

Sara Estima Martins has over 15 years of experience in the area of competition law. She was a partner at PLMJ from 2016 and her experience covers competition law matters, including merger operations, cartels and other horizontal practices, vertical agreements and abuses of dominant position. She has advised clients on the implementation of internal competition law compliance programmes and undertakings in matters of European Union law, in particular in matters of freedom of movement, structural funds, the common agricultural policy and access to documents of the European Union institutions, often representing them before the European Commission and the Court of Justice. She was a Secondee Associate in the Competition Law Department of Allen & Overy in Madrid. Sara is a graduate of the University of Coimbra Law School and has an LL.M in EU Law from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.