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What the Team is Known For

Garrigues has a well-reputed team based between Lisbon and Porto that offers experience in collective dismissals and labour litigation mandates, including around payment issues. The firm also offers advice on restructuring, collective bargaining agreements and transfer of undertakings, with a team that is highly active in employment issues related to M&A transactions. Garrigues regularly assists multinational companies in the technology, energy and automotive sectors.

Work Highlights

  • Garrigues advised Generali on the Portuguese aspects of the TUPE transfer of hundreds of employees following its acquisition of Liberty Seguros.

Strengths

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Garrigues has a highly prepared multidisciplinary team with evident teamwork and the ability to set priorities. The lawyers are extremely well prepared with a clear and profound understanding of the topics covered.

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Garrigues is distinguished for its expertise, excellent knowledge of our company and availability.

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Garrigues has a highly technically skilled team, whose proposed solutions are always well-founded. Its team stays informed about the market and attentive to internal changes at the client, seeking to reconcile the client's needs with available solutions.

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Garrigues' approach is structured, technically rigorous and solution-oriented, allowing for the analysis of multidimensional issues.

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Notable Practitioners

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Rui Valente
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Rui Valente
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Band 1
Rui Valente has a broad practice that includes termination of contracts, restructurings and collective dismissals. He is also proficient in handling employment-related disputes and the employment law aspects of transactions.
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João Soares Almeida
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João Soares Almeida
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Band 4

João Soares Almeida has a solid reputation in employment matters relating to collective bargaining agreements and TUPE procedures. He also assists companies with social security matters, with an evolving and multinational client portfolio.

His main characteristics are the quality of his service, his high availability and extensive knowledge and his proactive solution-seeking approach.

The support that João Soares Almeida provides to the company is of extremely high quality.

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Rui Valente
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Rui Valente
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João Soares Almeida
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João Soares Almeida
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Band 4
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