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Labour & Employment: Highly Regarded - Brazil
What the Team is Known For
SiqueiraCastro is a respected practice group with noteworthy capabilities to handle labour portfolio litigations and regulatory mandates. The team is experienced in representing companies in workplace safety, wrongful termination and illegal outsourcing claims. It also is retained to act as counsel on collective dismissals and misconduct issues. The firm's clientele comprises players from the chemicals, infrastructure and food sectors.
Strengths
"Their team is highly specialised. The firm has partners and lawyers with great technical skills."
The firm has excellent technical capacity for strategic issues. They were willing to understand and learn our company's functioning."
Work Highlights
The firm assisted Sigdo Koppers with a prohibitory injunction to cease a strike of employees in Brazil.
Notable practitioners
Well-regarded partner Otavio Pinto e Silva receives widespread recognition from clients and peers alike for his academic track record in the labour arena. He is experienced advising on mass dismissal, outsourcing and wrongful termination claims. Otavio is also sought after by companies to issue sophisticated legal opinions.
"He is a great professional of strategic labour litigation."
"Otavio has a lot of experience and track record to deal with labour matters."
André de Souza Santos is recognised for his work related to labour issues such as advice on flexible working schemes, collective dismissal and mediation matters.
"André is an ace. Very qualified, business-oriented and attentive professional."
"Great professional with very high technical capacity in the labour sphere."