Biography: Competition

Andrea Gomes da Silva is a partner in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) group based in London. Her practice involves advising on UK and EU competition issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cooperation arrangements and distribution networks, as well as cartel investigations. She has experience across a range of industry sectors, with particular experience in the retail, consumer goods, insurance, pharmaceutical and defence sectors.

Prior to becoming a partner, Andrea was seconded to the London office of an economic consultancy where she advised clients on a range of public policy and competition matters.

Andrea is on the editorial board of the ABA's Antitrust magazine as well as on the executive committee of the competition law section of the Law Society. She was educated at Oxford University, and has a masters degree in Latin American studies from the University of London. She is bilingual in English and Portuguese and also speaks fluent French and Spanish.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) practice comprises over 50 partners and 260 specialists based in Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, the UK and the US. Our coverage of Asia, Europe and the US enables us to advise our clients in competition cases involving many jurisdictions around the world.