Pedro Lomba
Partner

Pedro Lomba

Joined PLMJ in 2016.
Partner and head of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice.

About Pedro

Pedro is a partner and head of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice. With more than 18 years of professional experience as a lawyer, he has a broad professional practice in technology law and digital regulation. His clients include some of the most important technology companies (in terms of infrastructure, distribution or dissemination of content), media and communications companies, OTT services, video sharing platform providers, digital platforms (in multiple sectors), e-commerce service providers and other intermediaries.

Pedro has acted for private and public entities in a number of significant cases, both judicial and regulatory. He has particular experience in dealing with regulatory investigations (e.g. ERC, ANACOM, CNPD, DGC, CNCS, AMT, etc.), anticipating and overcoming problems with innovative and strategic approaches. He has assisted clients in multiple technological disputes, with a special focus on class actions, collective actions and injunctions. These include class actions on privacy, advertising, consumer, general contractual clauses and digital fundamental rights.   

Pedro is also a professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. He earned a PhD in free speech law and commercial communications at the same faculty and he has a master’s in research from the European University Institute.

He was also a Deputy Secretary of State of the Ministry of Regional Development in the 19th Constitutional Government (2013-2015) with responsibilities in the area of media policy and, subsequently, a Deputy Secretary of State and of Parliamentary Affairs in the 20th Constitutional Government (2015). He was also a legal adviser to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (2003).

Pedro has enjoyed a high profile in the media since 2004. He is a member of SIPE, Lisbon Digital Rights and Freedoms and various professional associations in his practice area.

Contacts

Office: Lisbon
(+351) 213 197 300*
pedro.lomba@plmj.pt

*National landlines call

Languages:
English, French, Spanish, Italian

Academic Background
  • Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2000
  • Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association in 2003
  • Phd in Law, 2018
  • Master of research in comparative law and international law from the European University Institute, 2008
  • Master of laws (legal-political sciences) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2005
Professional Background
  • Deputy Secretary of State of Parliamentary Affairs in the 20th Constitutional Government (2015)
  • Deputy Secretary of State of the Minister of State and Regional Development in the 19th Constitutional Government (2013-2015)
  • Legal consultant and adviser, 2008-2013
  • Legal consultant to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and to the Office of the Deputy Secretary of State of the Prime Minister in the 15th Constitutional Government (2003-2004)
  • Lawyer at the law firm LCA Sociedade de Advogados (2002-2003)
  • Trainee lawyer Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins e Associados (2000-2002)
Other Awards
2024 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - Data Protection & Cybersecurity
2024 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - Telecoms
2024 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - Technology
2024 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - IP Litigation
2024 - Pedro Lomba, Excellent | Leaders League - Trademark Prosecution
2023 - Pedro Lomba, Highly recommended | Leaders League - Trademark Prosecution
2023 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - Technology
2023 - Pedro Lomba, Excelent | Leaders League - Telecoms
2023 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - IP Litigation
2023 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - Data Protection & Cybersecurity
2021 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - Data Protection & Cybersecurity
2021 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - Technology
2020 - Pedro Lomba, Leading | Leaders League - Data Protection & Cybersecurity
2020 - Pedro Lomba, Excellent | Leaders League - Technology
Chambers Europe
2024 - Pedro Lomba, Band 3 | Telecommunications, Media and Technology
2023 - Pedro Lomba, Band 3 | Telecommunications, Media and Technology
The Legal 500
2024 - Pedro Lomba, Leading Individuals | Telecommunications, Media and Technology
2023 - Pedro Lomba, Recommended | Data protection and cybersecurity
2023 - Pedro Lomba, Recommended | Shipping & Transportation
2023 - Pedro Lomba, Recommended | Telecommunications, Media and Technology
2022 - Pedro Lomba | Data protection and cybersecurity
2022 - Pedro Lomba | Telecommunications, Media and Technology
2022 - Pedro Lomba | Shipping & Transportation
2021 - Pedro Lomba | Shipping & Transportation
2021 - Pedro Lomba | Telecommunications, Media and Technology
2021 - Pedro Lomba | Intellectual Property
2021 - Pedro Lomba | Data protection and cybersecurity
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