Gonçalo Coelho is a Consultant with the Trade & Competitiveness Competition Policy Team of the World Bank Assistant in Washington DC since 2013 and a Law PhD Candidate at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy (EUI). 

Gonçalo’s research interests cover Competition, State aid and Regulatory Law and his doctoral thesis focus on access to natural resources in network industries.  During his PhD, Gonçalo was a Fulbright-Schuman scholar during his time as a Visiting Doctoral Researcher at NYU and an assistant at the EU Energy Law & Policy Area of the Florence School of Regulation.

Before joining the World Bank, Gonçalo worked as a Lawyer in Lisbon between 2003 and 2006 and as a Legal Officer at the Portuguese Council of Ministers and Ministry for Public Works and Communications between 2006 and 2007. He has also worked as a Lawyer at the Brussels Office of White & Case (2008/2009).  

Gonçalo holds a Law Degree and Post-Graduations in Competition and Regulation Law (2006/2007) and Law Making and Science of the Legislation (2004) from the Lisbon University. He also holds an LLM from the EUI (2009/2010) and an LLM specializing in “European Law and Economic Analysis” from the College of Europe in Bruges, (2007/2008).