Marques Mendes & Associados is unique. All of Portugal's major competition practices are part of a larger firm with a corporate practice, except Marques Mendes. Members of name partner Mario Marques Mendes's Lisbon team are renowned as competition specialists. The team comprises partners Marques Mendes and Pedro Vilarinho Pires, together with one senior associate and three associates. Marques Mendes, who is described by one rival as "one of Portugal's best-known competition lawyers", is a Who's Who nominee.