Iberian Lawyer Labour Awards 2022 – Portugal

Labour lawyers, as guardians of the rules of the game in the dynamics between work’s supply and demand, together with the human resources management operators of the companies, constitute one of the founding components of the social framework of the system.

Iberian Lawyer Labour Awards is an initiative promoted by Iberian Legal Group, (iberianlawyer.com), with the purpose, among other things, of stimulating competitiveness amongst law firms and lawyers of Portugal focus on the labour practice area and recognize the excellence of the private practice lawyers and the firms, experts in the labour sector.

These excellences among labour private practice lawyer and firms will be recognized on December 15th, 2022 during the gala ceremony.

#IBLLabourAwardsPT

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact amanda.castro@iberianlegalgroup.com

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL/TRADE UNION RELATIONS;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL/TRADE UNION RELATIONS;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LITIGATION;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR LITIGATION;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS/ADVISORY;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS/ADVISORY;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING/ REORGANIZATIONS;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING/ REORGANIZATIONS;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW;

Patrícia Afonso Fonseca

Head of Legal, Novo Banco

Joana Almeida

General Manager, Sheraton

Ana Barata 

Vice Presidente, Junta de Freguesia de Alcântara

Isabel Charraz

Country Legal Counsel
Portugal & Greece
Citibank Europe

Margarida Correia

General Counsel, Netjets

Fátima Correia da Silva

Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and DPO of Critical TechWorks, BMW Group

Carla Costa

Legal Labour Manager, TAP

Miguel da Câmara Machado

Chief Legal Counsel, Banco de Investimento Global (BiG)

Margarida Damião

Executive Board Member and General Counsel, Zagope

Isabel Fernandes

General Legal Counsel, Grupo Visabeira

Nelson Ferreira Pires

General Manager, Jaba Recordati

Stefanie Goetz

Administrative Director, Fraunhofer Portugal

Isabel Lage

General Counsel
Fidelidade

Mafalda Mascarenhas Garcia

Head of Legal Department, IBM

Natália Veiga Rebelo

Country Legal Manager, IKEA Portugal

Board Member, INGKA Centres

Alexandra Reis

Senior Counsel
Philip Morris

Lara Reis

Head of Compliance
Haitong Bank

Rebeca Ribeiro Silva

Legal Counsel, MOBI.E

Introduction to the 2022 edition

ART.1 – PROMOTERS, PURPOSE AND VALIDITY PERIOD: on the initiative promoted by Iberian Legal Group, in order, among other things, to stimulate competition and the growth of the Labour world, the “Labour Awards Portugal” (by now the “event “) with the aim of recognizing the excellence of the legal sector (a.k.a Labour Law Firms and/or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) who have distinguished themselves for the activities carried out in the year 2021 (hereinafter the “Reference Period of Activities”).The Initiative is governed in the manner indicated below.

ART. 2 – METHOD OF PARTECIPATION AND SELECTION: participation in the Initiative is reserved for Ip&Tmt Law Firms and for Individual Lawyers and Professionals who have given their assistance with particular focus, in Portugal, to domestic and international companies on the national territory in the Activity Reference Period (separately and jointly, hereinafter the “Participants”).
A. FIRST PHASE: IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS
Participants will be preliminarily identified and nominated through questionnaires; based on the results of the research carried out during the Activity Reference Period, Iberian Legal Group, will draw up the lists of Participants by inserting them into one or more of the following pre-determined categories:

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ART
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ART
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TMT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TMT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH

b. SECOND PHASE: LIST OF THE FINALISTS: Iberian Legal Group will draw up a list of finalists based on the qualitative and quantitative research carried out from the moment the submissions are received to the time the finalists list is published. The list will be announced and published by date to be confirmed.

c. THIRD PHASE: Iberian Legal Group will present the ranking list of the Finalists during the Jury meeting and will propose to the Jury the name of one Law Firm and one individual Professional as candidates for each category, motivating his/her vote.

The Jury, having received the lists of the finalists (a.k.a. “Law firms” and “Individual Lawyers and / or Professionals”) for each of the categories identified and after having listened to the vote pitch and the motivation from Iberian Legal Group, through their own vote (one vote per capita), will decide the winners to whom the recognition will be awarded. The Jury will be composed of:

– recognized experts from the corporate world in the sector;
– representative of Iberian Lawyer, appointed by Iberian Legal Group (even in the case of more than one representative, Iberian Legal Group will have the right to only one vote);
– any representatives of industry associations.

The Jury will be chaired by the representative of Iberian Legal Group.

The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for the assignment of awards to the best “Law Firm” Finalists will be as follows:

1. transactions carried out (value and number) in the Reference Period of the Activities;
2. significant growth factors during the Activity Reference Period (eg promotions, hiring or leaving of new professionals, mergers or acquisitions with other international firms or networks, national or international expansion);
3. positioning and image

The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for awarding the awards to the best “Single Lawyers and Professionals” Finalists will be as follows:

1. technical, legal and negotiating skills;
2. knowledge of business dynamics related to the product sector (industry);
3. commitment and ability to relate to the customer;

4. professional reputation among colleagues.

ART. 3 – COMMUNICATION OF THE BEST FINALISTS AND AWARD CEREMONY: the communication of the names of the top finalists (a.k.a. “Law Firms” and “Individual Lawyers and Professionals”) for each of the categories identified, will be communicated during the Gala Evening. Iberian Legal Group reserves the right to promptly communicate to the Participants/Finalists further details regarding the modalities of participation and conduct of the Gala Evening.

ART. 4 – FORMALIZATION AND RETREIVING OF AWARDS: the awarding of recognition to the top Finalists (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) for each of the categories identified will be formalized by the Jury, through a representative identified by Iberian Legal Group, during the evening. The recognition will have no economic value, as it is a purely symbolic public recognition.

The formalization of the recognition will take place only towards the relative top Finalist (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals), for each category of reference, who must personally participate in the Evening and collect the recognition assigned to him/her.Failure to retrieve the recognition award during the evening by an institutional representative of the winners in any category will be irrevocably understood as a waiver of the same, which, in this case, will be automatically assigned to the next top Finalist of the corresponding category, classified immediately after the renouncing winner, and/or in any case will be irrevocably assigned by Iberian Legal Group in an indisputable way.

Iberian Legal Group authorizes the winners to utilize the image benefits resulting from obtaining the “Iberian Lawyer awards”.

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact Juicy.Onugha@iberianlegalgroup.com

There is no cost to submit and you can request your submission form to guido.santoro@lcpublishinggroup.it

The deadline for entry submissions is to be defined.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR

DLA Piper

According to the market opinion, the labour department of the firm is first choice for employment matters for many of Portugal largest companies. During the research period, the team has been involved in the negotiation of collective agreements, litigation (high profile court cases), restructuring, top management and public sector employment.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR

César Sá Esteves – SRS Legal

With over 25 years of experience, he is considered as one of leading labour lawyers by the most important Portuguese companies. He is particularly active in the context of corporate restructuring and the employment issues related to M&A transactions. He has been evolved on the revision of the labour agreement, affecting two thousand employees.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL & TRADE UNION RELATIONS

Macedo Vitorino

The team has been evolved in very important agreements between the clients, included a well-known company operating in the transportation industry, and the unions representing several different professions. These agreements ware crucial for the clients in their restructuring program.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL & TRADEUNION RELATIONS

Carmo Sousa Machado – Abreu Advogados

Co-head of the labour department, she has an extensive experience and a proven track record on all matters and relevant operations related to employment. With her team she has advised a worker union in a very complex agreement with the counterpart, a well-known Portuguese company operating in the transportation sector.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LITIGATION

PLMJ

The firm’s employment team works closely with the firm’s market-leading departments across a wide range of other practice areas to provide clients with comprehensive, fully integrated legal services. The last 12 months were very strong for the employment team: they have been working mostly in complex litigation cases.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR LITIGATION

Tiago Cortes – PLMJ

Co-head of employment practice in his firm is a very skilled and expert lawyer, recognized by his clients and peers. He advised very important companies active in many industries like retail, renewables, finance, and fashion in complex controversy regarding as well key employees.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS & ADVISORY

Eversheds Sutherland

The firm assisted many important clients in the Portuguese market operating in the most different industries. Many of them had to restructure their relations with the workers due to the pandemic, but the advisory given was at 360° with many kinds of matters involved.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS & ADVISORY

Rita Canas da Silva – Sérvulo

Her activity covers the entire labour relations’ cycle, from selecting contract models at the recruitment stage to day-to-day labour management issues, such as the structuring of working hours, remuneration policies, non-discrimination policies and guidelines on disciplinary procedures.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS

DCM | Littler

The team represents a range of business sectors, including tourism, art, distribution, food and beverage, TMT, public administration, and public sector companies. The team provides strategic, practical, and thorough legal advice and brings creative solutions to business-critical decisions.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS

Inês Arruda – Vasconcelos Arruda

She leads and coordinates the firm’s labour law team, providing daily advice to corporate and top management clients. She coordinated and directed several due diligences, and she is often invited to comment matters on economic papers.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT

Antas da Cunha ECIJA

The firm provides regular advice to multinational companies, medium and small companies, as well as support to the other departments of our firm on labour matters arising from several operations and transactions. They have a wide experience in the field of top management negotiation, contracts, deals, agreements, and benefits.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT

Joana de Sá – PRA – Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados

The professional leaded a team from her firm in the formation of a start-up company in the aerospace industry. The lawyer provided a full support to the company, included the advisory to the management board for the undertaking of their functions in Portugal.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING & REORGANISATIONS

VdA

The firm’s labour practice is one the most experienced and innovative in the Portuguese legal market, due to their grey hair approach to highly complex employment issues in a wide range of sectors. The firm assisted one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world in their restructuration process in Portugal.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING & REORGANISATIONS

Susana Afonso – CMS Portugal

The lawyer, a recognized star in the employment market in her country, advised one of the most important financial institutions in Europe for the restructuring of its activities in Portugal, with a successful outcome both for the workers and for the company.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES

PLMJ

The firm advised important and very large companies operating in Portugal in employment issue related to very complex M&A transactions. The team stands out for the flexibility in addressing complicated matters and finds innovative solutions.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES

Marta Afonso Pereira – Linklaters

She leads both the stand alone and the transactional employment practice at the firm, regularly advising on executive and employment issues on both public and private M&A transactions. She is also a strategic and trusted advisor for clients on their most sensitive and high-profile employment disputes, HR, executive, culture and diversity-related employment issues.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY

Andersen

The firm provides legal advice to national and multinational companies on the most diverse employment matters. Regarding social security, the team advised a large multinational company operating in the Portuguese in a very complex and controversial matter.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY

Ana Rita Nascimento – Pinto Ribeiro Advogados

She gathers praise from her clients for being always extremely fast and pragmatic and focused on finding the best solution for clients, always trying to avoid the litigation phase, which is more costly to clients.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT

Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão

The team has been involved in the major litigation cases, as well as top tier clients advisory and public employment sector deals and processes. Recently, the firm advised a local public administration in a dispute resolution against the unions of public workers.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT

Inês de Albuquerque – Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados

She stands out for the strategic advice on choosing the best public procedure to meet the needs of the client, assistance in producing the procedural documents necessary for launching public recruitment procedures, and legal support to public entities in the execution of contracts and in legal issues.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW

Morais Leitão

The law firm can count on clients among the most famous professional and companies in the sports market in Portugal with an all-around coverage and a solid expertise recognized by the peers and the clients.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW

Luis Cassiano Neves – 14 Sports Law

Leading counsel in more than 30 cases which involve specialized international litigation and arbitration skills, and more than 90 player’s deals, during both transfer windows, with clients from Europe, Southern America, and Africa, which represented a total amount of approximately 120 million euros.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW

Ejaso/ETL Lisboa

The firm has many important clients advised in complex criminal matters related to the labour practice. The team has been involved in many sector’s industries, like fashion, food & beverage and retail.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW

Pedro Antunes – CCA Law Firm

He is a natural problem-solver. His extensive experience in employment litigation allows him to come up with clear and practical approaches to his clients’ issues.

YOUNG EMPLOYMENT LAWYER

Catarina Enes de Oliveira – CRS Advogados

The associate has a good expertise in labour law, despite of her young age. She assists in issues like transactions, restructuring and collective dismissal and additionally handles employment-related litigation including individual dismissals, disciplinary proceedings and litigious mandates.

BEST PRACTICE RESTRUCTURING & REORGANISATIONS

Pedro Ulrich – CTSU – Sociedade de Advogados

The founding partner and head of practice of his firm has a very valuable expertise among all the practice, his activity in the last was particularly remarkable in some very important restructuring and reorganisations operations.

BEST PRACTICE LABOUR LITIGATION

Miranda

The firm advised many clients in their litigation against employees and trade unions, among them some advantageous decision of the court for very important and labour-intensive clients: the outcomes were very important for the clients both for the saving on the indemnities and for the prevention of similar cases.

BEST PRACTICE LABOUR HEALTHCARE

TELLES

The Labour practice of the firm was very active during the last year with many important clients active in the most various industries. A large amount of the work was in the healthcare sector with many important clients assisted in their operations in various areas, from the acquisitions to the social security matters.

BEST PRACTICE LABOUR AUTOMOTIVE

SPS Advogados

The firm was involved in one of the most important merger operations of the year, with two automotive multinational companies merged in a new one. It was very relevant due to the high and complex merger operation.

Details

Event Start:

15/12/2022 18:00

Event end:

15/12/2022 23:00

Labour lawyers, as guardians of the rules of the game in the dynamics between work’s supply and demand, together with the human resources management operators of the companies, constitute one of the founding components of the social framework of the system.

Iberian Lawyer Labour Awards is an initiative promoted by Iberian Legal Group, (iberianlawyer.com), with the purpose, among other things, of stimulating competitiveness amongst law firms and lawyers of Portugal focus on the labour practice area and recognize the excellence of the private practice lawyers and the firms, experts in the labour sector.

These excellences among labour private practice lawyer and firms will be recognized on December 15th, 2022 during the gala ceremony.

#IBLLabourAwardsPT

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact amanda.castro@iberianlegalgroup.com

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL/TRADE UNION RELATIONS;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL/TRADE UNION RELATIONS;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LITIGATION;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR LITIGATION;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS/ADVISORY;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS/ADVISORY;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING/ REORGANIZATIONS;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING/ REORGANIZATIONS;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW;

Patrícia Afonso Fonseca

Head of Legal, Novo Banco

Joana Almeida

General Manager, Sheraton

Ana Barata 

Vice Presidente, Junta de Freguesia de Alcântara

Isabel Charraz

Country Legal Counsel
Portugal & Greece
Citibank Europe

Margarida Correia

General Counsel, Netjets

Fátima Correia da Silva

Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and DPO of Critical TechWorks, BMW Group

Carla Costa

Legal Labour Manager, TAP

Miguel da Câmara Machado

Chief Legal Counsel, Banco de Investimento Global (BiG)

Margarida Damião

Executive Board Member and General Counsel, Zagope

Isabel Fernandes

General Legal Counsel, Grupo Visabeira

Nelson Ferreira Pires

General Manager, Jaba Recordati

Stefanie Goetz

Administrative Director, Fraunhofer Portugal

Isabel Lage

General Counsel
Fidelidade

Mafalda Mascarenhas Garcia

Head of Legal Department, IBM

Natália Veiga Rebelo

Country Legal Manager, IKEA Portugal

Board Member, INGKA Centres

Alexandra Reis

Senior Counsel
Philip Morris

Lara Reis

Head of Compliance
Haitong Bank

Rebeca Ribeiro Silva

Legal Counsel, MOBI.E

Introduction to the 2022 edition

ART.1 – PROMOTERS, PURPOSE AND VALIDITY PERIOD: on the initiative promoted by Iberian Legal Group, in order, among other things, to stimulate competition and the growth of the Labour world, the “Labour Awards Portugal” (by now the “event “) with the aim of recognizing the excellence of the legal sector (a.k.a Labour Law Firms and/or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) who have distinguished themselves for the activities carried out in the year 2021 (hereinafter the “Reference Period of Activities”).The Initiative is governed in the manner indicated below.

ART. 2 – METHOD OF PARTECIPATION AND SELECTION: participation in the Initiative is reserved for Ip&Tmt Law Firms and for Individual Lawyers and Professionals who have given their assistance with particular focus, in Portugal, to domestic and international companies on the national territory in the Activity Reference Period (separately and jointly, hereinafter the “Participants”).
A. FIRST PHASE: IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS
Participants will be preliminarily identified and nominated through questionnaires; based on the results of the research carried out during the Activity Reference Period, Iberian Legal Group, will draw up the lists of Participants by inserting them into one or more of the following pre-determined categories:

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ART
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ART
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TMT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TMT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH

b. SECOND PHASE: LIST OF THE FINALISTS: Iberian Legal Group will draw up a list of finalists based on the qualitative and quantitative research carried out from the moment the submissions are received to the time the finalists list is published. The list will be announced and published by date to be confirmed.

c. THIRD PHASE: Iberian Legal Group will present the ranking list of the Finalists during the Jury meeting and will propose to the Jury the name of one Law Firm and one individual Professional as candidates for each category, motivating his/her vote.

The Jury, having received the lists of the finalists (a.k.a. “Law firms” and “Individual Lawyers and / or Professionals”) for each of the categories identified and after having listened to the vote pitch and the motivation from Iberian Legal Group, through their own vote (one vote per capita), will decide the winners to whom the recognition will be awarded. The Jury will be composed of:

– recognized experts from the corporate world in the sector;
– representative of Iberian Lawyer, appointed by Iberian Legal Group (even in the case of more than one representative, Iberian Legal Group will have the right to only one vote);
– any representatives of industry associations.

The Jury will be chaired by the representative of Iberian Legal Group.

The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for the assignment of awards to the best “Law Firm” Finalists will be as follows:

1. transactions carried out (value and number) in the Reference Period of the Activities;
2. significant growth factors during the Activity Reference Period (eg promotions, hiring or leaving of new professionals, mergers or acquisitions with other international firms or networks, national or international expansion);
3. positioning and image

The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for awarding the awards to the best “Single Lawyers and Professionals” Finalists will be as follows:

1. technical, legal and negotiating skills;
2. knowledge of business dynamics related to the product sector (industry);
3. commitment and ability to relate to the customer;

4. professional reputation among colleagues.

ART. 3 – COMMUNICATION OF THE BEST FINALISTS AND AWARD CEREMONY: the communication of the names of the top finalists (a.k.a. “Law Firms” and “Individual Lawyers and Professionals”) for each of the categories identified, will be communicated during the Gala Evening. Iberian Legal Group reserves the right to promptly communicate to the Participants/Finalists further details regarding the modalities of participation and conduct of the Gala Evening.

ART. 4 – FORMALIZATION AND RETREIVING OF AWARDS: the awarding of recognition to the top Finalists (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) for each of the categories identified will be formalized by the Jury, through a representative identified by Iberian Legal Group, during the evening. The recognition will have no economic value, as it is a purely symbolic public recognition.

The formalization of the recognition will take place only towards the relative top Finalist (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals), for each category of reference, who must personally participate in the Evening and collect the recognition assigned to him/her.Failure to retrieve the recognition award during the evening by an institutional representative of the winners in any category will be irrevocably understood as a waiver of the same, which, in this case, will be automatically assigned to the next top Finalist of the corresponding category, classified immediately after the renouncing winner, and/or in any case will be irrevocably assigned by Iberian Legal Group in an indisputable way.

Iberian Legal Group authorizes the winners to utilize the image benefits resulting from obtaining the “Iberian Lawyer awards”.

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact Juicy.Onugha@iberianlegalgroup.com

There is no cost to submit and you can request your submission form to guido.santoro@lcpublishinggroup.it

The deadline for entry submissions is to be defined.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR

DLA Piper

According to the market opinion, the labour department of the firm is first choice for employment matters for many of Portugal largest companies. During the research period, the team has been involved in the negotiation of collective agreements, litigation (high profile court cases), restructuring, top management and public sector employment.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR

César Sá Esteves – SRS Legal

With over 25 years of experience, he is considered as one of leading labour lawyers by the most important Portuguese companies. He is particularly active in the context of corporate restructuring and the employment issues related to M&A transactions. He has been evolved on the revision of the labour agreement, affecting two thousand employees.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL & TRADE UNION RELATIONS

Macedo Vitorino

The team has been evolved in very important agreements between the clients, included a well-known company operating in the transportation industry, and the unions representing several different professions. These agreements ware crucial for the clients in their restructuring program.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL & TRADEUNION RELATIONS

Carmo Sousa Machado – Abreu Advogados

Co-head of the labour department, she has an extensive experience and a proven track record on all matters and relevant operations related to employment. With her team she has advised a worker union in a very complex agreement with the counterpart, a well-known Portuguese company operating in the transportation sector.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LITIGATION

PLMJ

The firm’s employment team works closely with the firm’s market-leading departments across a wide range of other practice areas to provide clients with comprehensive, fully integrated legal services. The last 12 months were very strong for the employment team: they have been working mostly in complex litigation cases.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR LITIGATION

Tiago Cortes – PLMJ

Co-head of employment practice in his firm is a very skilled and expert lawyer, recognized by his clients and peers. He advised very important companies active in many industries like retail, renewables, finance, and fashion in complex controversy regarding as well key employees.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS & ADVISORY

Eversheds Sutherland

The firm assisted many important clients in the Portuguese market operating in the most different industries. Many of them had to restructure their relations with the workers due to the pandemic, but the advisory given was at 360° with many kinds of matters involved.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS & ADVISORY

Rita Canas da Silva – Sérvulo

Her activity covers the entire labour relations’ cycle, from selecting contract models at the recruitment stage to day-to-day labour management issues, such as the structuring of working hours, remuneration policies, non-discrimination policies and guidelines on disciplinary procedures.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS

DCM | Littler

The team represents a range of business sectors, including tourism, art, distribution, food and beverage, TMT, public administration, and public sector companies. The team provides strategic, practical, and thorough legal advice and brings creative solutions to business-critical decisions.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS

Inês Arruda – Vasconcelos Arruda

She leads and coordinates the firm’s labour law team, providing daily advice to corporate and top management clients. She coordinated and directed several due diligences, and she is often invited to comment matters on economic papers.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT

Antas da Cunha ECIJA

The firm provides regular advice to multinational companies, medium and small companies, as well as support to the other departments of our firm on labour matters arising from several operations and transactions. They have a wide experience in the field of top management negotiation, contracts, deals, agreements, and benefits.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT

Joana de Sá – PRA – Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados

The professional leaded a team from her firm in the formation of a start-up company in the aerospace industry. The lawyer provided a full support to the company, included the advisory to the management board for the undertaking of their functions in Portugal.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING & REORGANISATIONS

VdA

The firm’s labour practice is one the most experienced and innovative in the Portuguese legal market, due to their grey hair approach to highly complex employment issues in a wide range of sectors. The firm assisted one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world in their restructuration process in Portugal.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING & REORGANISATIONS

Susana Afonso – CMS Portugal

The lawyer, a recognized star in the employment market in her country, advised one of the most important financial institutions in Europe for the restructuring of its activities in Portugal, with a successful outcome both for the workers and for the company.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES

PLMJ

The firm advised important and very large companies operating in Portugal in employment issue related to very complex M&A transactions. The team stands out for the flexibility in addressing complicated matters and finds innovative solutions.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES

Marta Afonso Pereira – Linklaters

She leads both the stand alone and the transactional employment practice at the firm, regularly advising on executive and employment issues on both public and private M&A transactions. She is also a strategic and trusted advisor for clients on their most sensitive and high-profile employment disputes, HR, executive, culture and diversity-related employment issues.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY

Andersen

The firm provides legal advice to national and multinational companies on the most diverse employment matters. Regarding social security, the team advised a large multinational company operating in the Portuguese in a very complex and controversial matter.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY

Ana Rita Nascimento – Pinto Ribeiro Advogados

She gathers praise from her clients for being always extremely fast and pragmatic and focused on finding the best solution for clients, always trying to avoid the litigation phase, which is more costly to clients.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT

Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão

The team has been involved in the major litigation cases, as well as top tier clients advisory and public employment sector deals and processes. Recently, the firm advised a local public administration in a dispute resolution against the unions of public workers.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT

Inês de Albuquerque – Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados

She stands out for the strategic advice on choosing the best public procedure to meet the needs of the client, assistance in producing the procedural documents necessary for launching public recruitment procedures, and legal support to public entities in the execution of contracts and in legal issues.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW

Morais Leitão

The law firm can count on clients among the most famous professional and companies in the sports market in Portugal with an all-around coverage and a solid expertise recognized by the peers and the clients.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW

Luis Cassiano Neves – 14 Sports Law

Leading counsel in more than 30 cases which involve specialized international litigation and arbitration skills, and more than 90 player’s deals, during both transfer windows, with clients from Europe, Southern America, and Africa, which represented a total amount of approximately 120 million euros.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW

Ejaso/ETL Lisboa

The firm has many important clients advised in complex criminal matters related to the labour practice. The team has been involved in many sector’s industries, like fashion, food & beverage and retail.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW

Pedro Antunes – CCA Law Firm

He is a natural problem-solver. His extensive experience in employment litigation allows him to come up with clear and practical approaches to his clients’ issues.

YOUNG EMPLOYMENT LAWYER

Catarina Enes de Oliveira – CRS Advogados

The associate has a good expertise in labour law, despite of her young age. She assists in issues like transactions, restructuring and collective dismissal and additionally handles employment-related litigation including individual dismissals, disciplinary proceedings and litigious mandates.

BEST PRACTICE RESTRUCTURING & REORGANISATIONS

Pedro Ulrich – CTSU – Sociedade de Advogados

The founding partner and head of practice of his firm has a very valuable expertise among all the practice, his activity in the last was particularly remarkable in some very important restructuring and reorganisations operations.

BEST PRACTICE LABOUR LITIGATION

Miranda

The firm advised many clients in their litigation against employees and trade unions, among them some advantageous decision of the court for very important and labour-intensive clients: the outcomes were very important for the clients both for the saving on the indemnities and for the prevention of similar cases.

BEST PRACTICE LABOUR HEALTHCARE

TELLES

The Labour practice of the firm was very active during the last year with many important clients active in the most various industries. A large amount of the work was in the healthcare sector with many important clients assisted in their operations in various areas, from the acquisitions to the social security matters.

BEST PRACTICE LABOUR AUTOMOTIVE

SPS Advogados

The firm was involved in one of the most important merger operations of the year, with two automotive multinational companies merged in a new one. It was very relevant due to the high and complex merger operation.

Labour lawyers, as guardians of the rules of the game in the dynamics between work’s supply and demand, together with the human resources management operators of the companies, constitute one of the founding components of the social framework of the system.

Iberian Lawyer Labour Awards is an initiative promoted by Iberian Legal Group, (iberianlawyer.com), with the purpose, among other things, of stimulating competitiveness amongst law firms and lawyers of Portugal focus on the labour practice area and recognize the excellence of the private practice lawyers and the firms, experts in the labour sector.

These excellences among labour private practice lawyer and firms will be recognized on December 15th, 2022 during the gala ceremony.

#IBLLabourAwardsPT

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact amanda.castro@iberianlegalgroup.com

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL/TRADE UNION RELATIONS;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL/TRADE UNION RELATIONS;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LITIGATION;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR LITIGATION;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS/ADVISORY;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS/ADVISORY;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING/ REORGANIZATIONS;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING/ REORGANIZATIONS;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW;

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW;
LAWYER OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW;

Patrícia Afonso Fonseca

Head of Legal, Novo Banco

Joana Almeida

General Manager, Sheraton

Ana Barata 

Vice Presidente, Junta de Freguesia de Alcântara

Isabel Charraz

Country Legal Counsel
Portugal & Greece
Citibank Europe

Margarida Correia

General Counsel, Netjets

Fátima Correia da Silva

Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and DPO of Critical TechWorks, BMW Group

Carla Costa

Legal Labour Manager, TAP

Miguel da Câmara Machado

Chief Legal Counsel, Banco de Investimento Global (BiG)

Margarida Damião

Executive Board Member and General Counsel, Zagope

Isabel Fernandes

General Legal Counsel, Grupo Visabeira

Nelson Ferreira Pires

General Manager, Jaba Recordati

Stefanie Goetz

Administrative Director, Fraunhofer Portugal

Isabel Lage

General Counsel
Fidelidade

Mafalda Mascarenhas Garcia

Head of Legal Department, IBM

Natália Veiga Rebelo

Country Legal Manager, IKEA Portugal

Board Member, INGKA Centres

Alexandra Reis

Senior Counsel
Philip Morris

Lara Reis

Head of Compliance
Haitong Bank

Rebeca Ribeiro Silva

Legal Counsel, MOBI.E

Introduction to the 2022 edition

ART.1 – PROMOTERS, PURPOSE AND VALIDITY PERIOD: on the initiative promoted by Iberian Legal Group, in order, among other things, to stimulate competition and the growth of the Labour world, the “Labour Awards Portugal” (by now the “event “) with the aim of recognizing the excellence of the legal sector (a.k.a Labour Law Firms and/or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) who have distinguished themselves for the activities carried out in the year 2021 (hereinafter the “Reference Period of Activities”).The Initiative is governed in the manner indicated below.

ART. 2 – METHOD OF PARTECIPATION AND SELECTION: participation in the Initiative is reserved for Ip&Tmt Law Firms and for Individual Lawyers and Professionals who have given their assistance with particular focus, in Portugal, to domestic and international companies on the national territory in the Activity Reference Period (separately and jointly, hereinafter the “Participants”).
A. FIRST PHASE: IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS
Participants will be preliminarily identified and nominated through questionnaires; based on the results of the research carried out during the Activity Reference Period, Iberian Legal Group, will draw up the lists of Participants by inserting them into one or more of the following pre-determined categories:

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ART
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ART
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TMT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TMT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH

b. SECOND PHASE: LIST OF THE FINALISTS: Iberian Legal Group will draw up a list of finalists based on the qualitative and quantitative research carried out from the moment the submissions are received to the time the finalists list is published. The list will be announced and published by date to be confirmed.

c. THIRD PHASE: Iberian Legal Group will present the ranking list of the Finalists during the Jury meeting and will propose to the Jury the name of one Law Firm and one individual Professional as candidates for each category, motivating his/her vote.

The Jury, having received the lists of the finalists (a.k.a. “Law firms” and “Individual Lawyers and / or Professionals”) for each of the categories identified and after having listened to the vote pitch and the motivation from Iberian Legal Group, through their own vote (one vote per capita), will decide the winners to whom the recognition will be awarded. The Jury will be composed of:

– recognized experts from the corporate world in the sector;
– representative of Iberian Lawyer, appointed by Iberian Legal Group (even in the case of more than one representative, Iberian Legal Group will have the right to only one vote);
– any representatives of industry associations.

The Jury will be chaired by the representative of Iberian Legal Group.

The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for the assignment of awards to the best “Law Firm” Finalists will be as follows:

1. transactions carried out (value and number) in the Reference Period of the Activities;
2. significant growth factors during the Activity Reference Period (eg promotions, hiring or leaving of new professionals, mergers or acquisitions with other international firms or networks, national or international expansion);
3. positioning and image

The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for awarding the awards to the best “Single Lawyers and Professionals” Finalists will be as follows:

1. technical, legal and negotiating skills;
2. knowledge of business dynamics related to the product sector (industry);
3. commitment and ability to relate to the customer;

4. professional reputation among colleagues.

ART. 3 – COMMUNICATION OF THE BEST FINALISTS AND AWARD CEREMONY: the communication of the names of the top finalists (a.k.a. “Law Firms” and “Individual Lawyers and Professionals”) for each of the categories identified, will be communicated during the Gala Evening. Iberian Legal Group reserves the right to promptly communicate to the Participants/Finalists further details regarding the modalities of participation and conduct of the Gala Evening.

ART. 4 – FORMALIZATION AND RETREIVING OF AWARDS: the awarding of recognition to the top Finalists (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) for each of the categories identified will be formalized by the Jury, through a representative identified by Iberian Legal Group, during the evening. The recognition will have no economic value, as it is a purely symbolic public recognition.

The formalization of the recognition will take place only towards the relative top Finalist (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals), for each category of reference, who must personally participate in the Evening and collect the recognition assigned to him/her.Failure to retrieve the recognition award during the evening by an institutional representative of the winners in any category will be irrevocably understood as a waiver of the same, which, in this case, will be automatically assigned to the next top Finalist of the corresponding category, classified immediately after the renouncing winner, and/or in any case will be irrevocably assigned by Iberian Legal Group in an indisputable way.

Iberian Legal Group authorizes the winners to utilize the image benefits resulting from obtaining the “Iberian Lawyer awards”.

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact Juicy.Onugha@iberianlegalgroup.com

There is no cost to submit and you can request your submission form to guido.santoro@lcpublishinggroup.it

The deadline for entry submissions is to be defined.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR

DLA Piper

According to the market opinion, the labour department of the firm is first choice for employment matters for many of Portugal largest companies. During the research period, the team has been involved in the negotiation of collective agreements, litigation (high profile court cases), restructuring, top management and public sector employment.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR

César Sá Esteves – SRS Legal

With over 25 years of experience, he is considered as one of leading labour lawyers by the most important Portuguese companies. He is particularly active in the context of corporate restructuring and the employment issues related to M&A transactions. He has been evolved on the revision of the labour agreement, affecting two thousand employees.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL & TRADE UNION RELATIONS

Macedo Vitorino

The team has been evolved in very important agreements between the clients, included a well-known company operating in the transportation industry, and the unions representing several different professions. These agreements ware crucial for the clients in their restructuring program.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR INDUSTRIAL & TRADEUNION RELATIONS

Carmo Sousa Machado – Abreu Advogados

Co-head of the labour department, she has an extensive experience and a proven track record on all matters and relevant operations related to employment. With her team she has advised a worker union in a very complex agreement with the counterpart, a well-known Portuguese company operating in the transportation sector.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LITIGATION

PLMJ

The firm’s employment team works closely with the firm’s market-leading departments across a wide range of other practice areas to provide clients with comprehensive, fully integrated legal services. The last 12 months were very strong for the employment team: they have been working mostly in complex litigation cases.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR LITIGATION

Tiago Cortes – PLMJ

Co-head of employment practice in his firm is a very skilled and expert lawyer, recognized by his clients and peers. He advised very important companies active in many industries like retail, renewables, finance, and fashion in complex controversy regarding as well key employees.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS & ADVISORY

Eversheds Sutherland

The firm assisted many important clients in the Portuguese market operating in the most different industries. Many of them had to restructure their relations with the workers due to the pandemic, but the advisory given was at 360° with many kinds of matters involved.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR NON-CONTENTIOUS & ADVISORY

Rita Canas da Silva – Sérvulo

Her activity covers the entire labour relations’ cycle, from selecting contract models at the recruitment stage to day-to-day labour management issues, such as the structuring of working hours, remuneration policies, non-discrimination policies and guidelines on disciplinary procedures.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS

DCM | Littler

The team represents a range of business sectors, including tourism, art, distribution, food and beverage, TMT, public administration, and public sector companies. The team provides strategic, practical, and thorough legal advice and brings creative solutions to business-critical decisions.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS

Inês Arruda – Vasconcelos Arruda

She leads and coordinates the firm’s labour law team, providing daily advice to corporate and top management clients. She coordinated and directed several due diligences, and she is often invited to comment matters on economic papers.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT

Antas da Cunha ECIJA

The firm provides regular advice to multinational companies, medium and small companies, as well as support to the other departments of our firm on labour matters arising from several operations and transactions. They have a wide experience in the field of top management negotiation, contracts, deals, agreements, and benefits.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR TOP MANAGEMENT

Joana de Sá – PRA – Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados

The professional leaded a team from her firm in the formation of a start-up company in the aerospace industry. The lawyer provided a full support to the company, included the advisory to the management board for the undertaking of their functions in Portugal.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING & REORGANISATIONS

VdA

The firm’s labour practice is one the most experienced and innovative in the Portuguese legal market, due to their grey hair approach to highly complex employment issues in a wide range of sectors. The firm assisted one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world in their restructuration process in Portugal.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR RESTRUCTURING & REORGANISATIONS

Susana Afonso – CMS Portugal

The lawyer, a recognized star in the employment market in her country, advised one of the most important financial institutions in Europe for the restructuring of its activities in Portugal, with a successful outcome both for the workers and for the company.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES

PLMJ

The firm advised important and very large companies operating in Portugal in employment issue related to very complex M&A transactions. The team stands out for the flexibility in addressing complicated matters and finds innovative solutions.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR M&A AND EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ISSUES

Marta Afonso Pereira – Linklaters

She leads both the stand alone and the transactional employment practice at the firm, regularly advising on executive and employment issues on both public and private M&A transactions. She is also a strategic and trusted advisor for clients on their most sensitive and high-profile employment disputes, HR, executive, culture and diversity-related employment issues.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY

Andersen

The firm provides legal advice to national and multinational companies on the most diverse employment matters. Regarding social security, the team advised a large multinational company operating in the Portuguese in a very complex and controversial matter.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY

Ana Rita Nascimento – Pinto Ribeiro Advogados

She gathers praise from her clients for being always extremely fast and pragmatic and focused on finding the best solution for clients, always trying to avoid the litigation phase, which is more costly to clients.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT

Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão

The team has been involved in the major litigation cases, as well as top tier clients advisory and public employment sector deals and processes. Recently, the firm advised a local public administration in a dispute resolution against the unions of public workers.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT

Inês de Albuquerque – Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados

She stands out for the strategic advice on choosing the best public procedure to meet the needs of the client, assistance in producing the procedural documents necessary for launching public recruitment procedures, and legal support to public entities in the execution of contracts and in legal issues.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW

Morais Leitão

The law firm can count on clients among the most famous professional and companies in the sports market in Portugal with an all-around coverage and a solid expertise recognized by the peers and the clients.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR SPORTS LAW

Luis Cassiano Neves – 14 Sports Law

Leading counsel in more than 30 cases which involve specialized international litigation and arbitration skills, and more than 90 player’s deals, during both transfer windows, with clients from Europe, Southern America, and Africa, which represented a total amount of approximately 120 million euros.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW

Ejaso/ETL Lisboa

The firm has many important clients advised in complex criminal matters related to the labour practice. The team has been involved in many sector’s industries, like fashion, food & beverage and retail.

LAWYER OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL EMPLOYMENT LAW

Pedro Antunes – CCA Law Firm

He is a natural problem-solver. His extensive experience in employment litigation allows him to come up with clear and practical approaches to his clients’ issues.

YOUNG EMPLOYMENT LAWYER

Catarina Enes de Oliveira – CRS Advogados

The associate has a good expertise in labour law, despite of her young age. She assists in issues like transactions, restructuring and collective dismissal and additionally handles employment-related litigation including individual dismissals, disciplinary proceedings and litigious mandates.

BEST PRACTICE RESTRUCTURING & REORGANISATIONS

Pedro Ulrich – CTSU – Sociedade de Advogados

The founding partner and head of practice of his firm has a very valuable expertise among all the practice, his activity in the last was particularly remarkable in some very important restructuring and reorganisations operations.

BEST PRACTICE LABOUR LITIGATION

Miranda

The firm advised many clients in their litigation against employees and trade unions, among them some advantageous decision of the court for very important and labour-intensive clients: the outcomes were very important for the clients both for the saving on the indemnities and for the prevention of similar cases.

BEST PRACTICE LABOUR HEALTHCARE

TELLES

The Labour practice of the firm was very active during the last year with many important clients active in the most various industries. A large amount of the work was in the healthcare sector with many important clients assisted in their operations in various areas, from the acquisitions to the social security matters.

BEST PRACTICE LABOUR AUTOMOTIVE

SPS Advogados

The firm was involved in one of the most important merger operations of the year, with two automotive multinational companies merged in a new one. It was very relevant due to the high and complex merger operation.

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