Pedro Pardal Goulão

Practice Areas

Labour, Pensions and Immigration.

Career

Joined the firm in 2000. Co-heads the Employment, Pensions and Immigration team and is also a member of the Sports Law team. Provides consultancy in all areas of Labour law, concerning both individual and collective employment relationships. Also provides legal assistance in Sports issues and Social Security and Immigration matters.

Acts as legal counsel for several clients on labour litigation.

Often participates in seminars and conferences relating to Employment and Sports laws.

Also acted as judge of the Appeal Committee with the Portuguese Rugby Federation.

Board Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (since 2022).

Professional Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association. Portuguese Association of Sports Law. European Employment Lawyers Association.

Publications

Author of several legal articles and publications, including Contratação de treinadores de futebol: a natureza efémera como legitimação da ditadura do termo (Hiring of football coaches: the ephemeral nature as legitimization of the term dictatorship) Desporto & Direito, Year 4, nr. 2 – 2007, Coimbra Editora and co-author of Código do Trabalho – Três Anos de Jurisprudência Comentada (Labour Law Code – Comments on three years of Case Law) Petrony, 2007.

Personal

Law degree (Lisbon University, 2000). Postgraduate Studies in Sports Law (Independent University, 2002). Postgraduate Studies in Labour and Social Security Law (Lisbon University, 2003).