Sónia Gemas Donário

Sónia Gemas Donário is a Professional Partner at Abreu Advogados since 2022, focusing her practice in the area of Competition, Regulatory and EU, as well as Art Law.

She represents clients in competition law and EU matters, advising companies from various sectors in restrictive practices and merger control proceedings before the PCA and the European Commission, definition and implementation of compliance programmes and European law and litigation.

In the energy and natural resources sector, her activity is directed at the legal and regulatory framework, and has focused on renewable energy sources, electric mobility, the completion of the internal energy market and carbon reduction.

In the area of Art and Cultural Heritage law, Sónia advises clients such as cultural associations, museums, promoters in the entertainment industry, collectors and artists.

Alongside with the lawyer experience, Sónia also had experience with an internship at the Court of Justice of the European Union and was a Legal Officer at the Portuguese Competition Authority, having represented this agency at working groups in the European Commission.

Sónia also taught for several years at the University of Lisbon Law School and at the Autónoma University of Lisbon, as Assistant Professor, and was lecturer in Post-Graduations at European Institute of University of Lisbon Faculty of Law. Currently she is invited as a speaker on competition and European law topics and also Art Law.