Rita Canas da Silva
About
Provided by Rita Canas da Silva
Practice Areas
Employment Law
Career
At SÉRVULO since 2015, Rita Canas da Silva is a partner in the Employment department, and also the coordinator of the Liability in Healthcare service. She has a PhD in Private Law from the Faculty of Law of the Nova University of Lisbon (2016), having written a thesis on the suspension of the employment contract. Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal (Lisbon School), she is a guest speaker at conferences and seminars on Employment Law and Sports Law, and has authored several publications on her areas of specialisation. Founding member of the Portuguese Employment Law Association (APODIT – Associação Portuguesa de Direito do Trabalho) and a founding member of the Association of Young Labour Jurists (AJJ – Associação de Jovens Juslaboralistas). Between 2011 and 2015 she was Aide to the Office of the Secretary of State for Employment (Ministry of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security), and Advisor to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State of the Prime Minister, integrating the Memorandums Monitoring Structure (ESAME - Estrutura de Acompanhamento dos Memorandos), team that monitored the meeting of the obligations towards the IMF, the EC and the ECB. Between 2002 and 2006 she was a lawyer at «Morais Leitão, Soares da Silva e Associados». She joined the Bar Association in 2004.
Chambers Review
Europe
Rita Canas da Silva advances in the rankings following excellent client feedback. She is well placed to assist with employment litigation, restructuring, redundancy procedures, collective bargaining agreements, collective labour regulations and implementation of working conditions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Rita Canas da Silva is an extremely active person and always available for clients. From a technical point of view, she is a very good jurist and lawyer, she has the ability to combine customer service with technical knowledge."
"Rita is very solid, with sophisticated and reasoned approaches, she immediately inspires confidence in those who contact her."
"She has a very deep knowledge of labour legislation and all its surroundings, as well as a remarkable capacity of delivering services in time and with impeccable quality."
"Rita Canas da Silva is an extremely active person and always available for clients. From a technical point of view, she is a very good jurist and lawyer, she has the ability to combine customer service with technical knowledge."
"Rita is very solid, with sophisticated and reasoned approaches, she immediately inspires confidence in those who contact her."
"She has a very deep knowledge of labour legislation and all its surroundings, as well as a remarkable capacity of delivering services in time and with impeccable quality."
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