VdA Vieira de Almeida, General Business Law

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Provided by VdA Vieira de Almeida

VdA’s Porto office stands out in the Northern Portuguese legal market for its distinctive blend of hands-on expertise, deep technical knowledge, and innovative client service. The team is widely recognized for adopting a modern and strategic approach to legal advisory, in contrast with the more traditional models that prevail in the region. This enables us to forge long-term partnerships with our clients, grounded in strategic insight, agility, and trust.

Over the past four years, the Porto office has experienced significant growth, both in scale and in capabilities. This trajectory has been driven by a number of strategic lateral hires and internal promotions, reinforcing our commitment to excellence and sustainable leadership.

These developments are unmatched in the Porto legal market in recent years and signal a deliberate investment in establishing one of the region’s most sophisticated, senior, and versatile legal teams. The office currently includes approximately 40 professionals, providing in-depth expertise across Corporate and M&A, Tax, Labour & Employment, Public Law, Dispute Resolution (including Corporate Litigation, White Collar and Corporate Crime), TMT, Privacy, Regulatory, Governance, Real Estate and Social Economy & Human Rights.

For a comprehensive list of the services we provide both internationally and in the Portugal, visit the VdA website for more details: http://www.vda.pt/en

Chambers Review

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General Business Law - Porto

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

VdA houses solid teams that are able to assist clients with a diverse range of matters. The firm boasts a highly experienced tax team with considerable experience in tax structuring matters. Its employment law team has the capacity to handle collective changes to working conditions, collective redundancies and litigation relating to individual dismissals. The firm's corporate lawyers have experience in significant restructuring processes, while individuals focusing on public law matters advise on disputes over construction contracts.

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Strengths

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VdA's team are exceptional and have a deep understanding of complex issues, providing various options to the client.

General Business Law respondent
Europe

VdA has a vast team distributed across different areas of specialisation who are very responsive, especially on urgent matters.

General Business Law respondent
Europe

VdA's team are exceptional and have a deep understanding of complex issues, providing various options to the client.

General Business Law respondent
Europe

VdA has a vast team distributed across different areas of specialisation who are very responsive, especially on urgent matters.

General Business Law respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Manuel Cavaleiro Brandão

Senior Statespeople

Manuel Cavaleiro Brandão has considerable experience in temporary redundancies and collective dismissals made as part of corporate restructuring processes.

Manuel Cavaleiro Brandão is a hard worker and offers results to clients.

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Miguel C Reis

Band 1

Miguel Reis provides advice on complex contentious and non-contentious tax assessments and audits.

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Isabel Gião de Andrade

Band 2

Isabel Gião de Andrade is a focused corporate law practitioner. She is experienced in corporate restructurings and transactions, including significant cross-border mandates. She also has experience in the negotiation of supply and distribution contracts.

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João Velez de Lima

Band 2

João Velez de Lima is one of the key members of the firm's tax team advising clients with ongoing tax management and aspects of M&A mandates. He also assists with tax audits and corporate restructurings.

João Velez de Lima has a lot of experience and is always available to help.

João Velez de Lima has an excellent ability to deal with matters of special complexity and sophistication, with solid experience and knowledge in the area of tax, technical rigour and professionalism.

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Benedita Fernandes Gonçalves

Band 3

Benedita Fernandes Gonçalves provides employment law support in relation to corporate transactions. She also handles standalone mandates relating to the implementation of collective redundancies and the introduction of new flexible working policies, as well as contentious mandates related to labour accidents and termination of contracts.

Benedita Fernandes Gonçalves is an excellent professional with great communication skills. She is practical, assertive and always ready to help.

Benedita Fernandes Gonçalves is an exemplary professional with a very comprehensive technical knowledge and who always gives us enormous security and comfort throughout the process.

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João Soares Franco

Band 3

João Soares Franco assists public companies with varied advisory and litigation mandates relating to their provision of services in Porto. He also acts for construction companies in disputes with government authorities in relation to varied projects.

João Soares Franco is extremely talented and a great problem solver in the context of very complex public law matters.

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