Labour & Employment: Highly Regarded

About

Provided by Abe Advogados

Overview:

Our Labor practice is best known for conducting strategic labor cases, providing technical advice, legal opinions and reports. The area is also recognized for acting in public civil actions, collective actions, and labor actions brought by senior executives.

We provide extensive legal advice on matters related to labor judicial and administrative litigation, helping clients in different types of disputes and litigation throughout the country.

The firm is strongly involved in the conduct of administrative actions pending with the Labor Prosecution Office, in defense of the clients’ interests in notifications of infringement still pending with the Ministry of Labor.

The team is strongly engaged in giving lectures and training to keep clients well informed and prepared to comply with the new labor legislation.

Partner:

Fernanda Garcez Lopes

Fernanda is the partner responsible for Labor Law. She has extensive experience in Individual and Collective Labor Law and focuses mainly on labor advisory work and handling administrative proceedings with the Labor Prosecutor’s Office. Fernanda works expediently and proactively, being recognized for her specialization in negotiating Conduct Adjustment Agreements (TACs), as well as for handling union negotiations and strategic labor claims on behalf of clients. She gives regular training courses to meet clients’ specific needs, in particular relating to changes to the law due to recent Labor Law Reform.