• Representing a major oil company before an Angolan court on a dispute relating to an illegal strike called by an Angolan labour union;

• Assisting a large oil contractor operating in Angola in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement with an Angolan labour union;

• Advising a leading Portuguese hotel operator on various labour issues in connection with a public tender for the acquisition of an historical hotel chain, including employees work site and job mobility, termination of employment contracts and collective bargaining agreements;

• Carrying out several legal due diligences and reverse due diligences (for both purchasers and sellers) for companies in various industries, including tanks and containers manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, the medical industry, tourism, mining, media, and transportation;

• Assisting a leading Spanish media group in closing down two Portuguese newspapers involving the termination of 220 employment contracts by mutual agreement, and one of the leading international providers of integrated logistics services in implementing a redundancy program involving the termination of approximately 40 employment contracts;

• Negotiating, on behalf of a world leading telecommunications company, the closing down of its network department, involving the termination of all employment contracts;

• Assisting one of the leading professional audit, tax and business advisory services firms worldwide in implementing solutions for work schedule flexibility,  remuneration thereof and collective negotiation;

• Assisting a multinational spare parts manufacturer in a collective dismissal procedure involving approximately 250 employees;

• Representing a major Portuguese logistics, transports, storage and distribution group before the Portuguese courts in several disputes relating to the termination of key employees’ employment contracts;

• Advising, within the context of local or multijurisdictional restructuring, a multinational pharmaceutical company, a major Portuguese cable company, the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, local and international banks and financial services providers, one of the leading companies in the creation and distribution of multimedia software products and internet applications, a global marketer of consumer and commercial products, a multinational company in the sector of risk management, risk assessment and risk mitigation and a leading global supplier of mobile electronics and transportation systems, amongst other local and international companies, in implementing redundancy programs, notably through lay-off and collective dismissal procedures, elimination of work places and closing down of companies and/or undertakings;

• Advising a multinational music production and publishing group in various issues associated with the termination of its professional relationship with its local manager and transfer of undertaking-related matters;

• Advising a large Portuguese packaging company in various labour issues associated with the relocation of its industrial facilities, including the transfer of the affected employees;

• Assisting executives and other key employees in negotiating employment contracts and secondments;

• Assisting multinational pharmaceutical companies in preparing and implementing internal policies on data protection, confidentiality, use of mobile phones, IT and information security, among others;

• Assisting leading professional audit, tax and business advisory services firms worldwide and the world’s leading provider of information for businesses and professionals in hiring highly qualified foreign employees; 

• Advising a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions in creating and implementing a whistle blowing policy;

• Assisting a leading provider of data, voice and managed services, the world leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the internet and one of the world leading companies in the creation and distribution of multimedia software products and internet applications in revising and implementing sales incentive plans and cash incentive bonuses;

• Advising a multinational company specialized in supplying management integrated solutions for the agribusiness sector in various issues related with the termination of employment and management contracts arising from insolvency;  

• Assisting a major Portuguese insurance company in implementing incentive plans and recruiting self employed workers.