Employment

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Luís has participated in several corporate restructuring processes and collective dismissal proceedings, providing day-to-day advice in all areas of employment and social security law. Legal counsel on labour and social security litigation. Member of the group who prepared the 2003 Labour Code Project.

Founding partner specialising in employment law, social security and employee benefits, banking law and litigation. She represents pbbr in the Ius Laboris alliance, notably co-chairing the Compensation & Benefits International Practice Group.

Partner and Head of the Employment & Social Security Department, César Sá Esteves is ranked as one of Portugal's leading employment lawyers by the most important international directories (Band 1 by Chambers & Partners and Leading Individual by Legal 500). He is particularly highly regarded in the context of corporate restructurings, as well as employment issues related with M&A transactions. With over 25 years of practice, César has extensive experience in dealing with collective bargaining, disputes, and HR/employment strategic advisory services.

Partner in the Employment & Social Security Department, Ana Luísa Beirão has extensive experience in advising national and international companies in a variety of sectors, in particular coordinating and implementing administrative employment proceedings and disciplinary actions, as well as on collective dismissals. With over 15 years of experience, Ana Luísa heads the labour litigation team of the department, as well as the disciplinary action and social security litigation team, and is responsible for establishing action plans/strategies and for supervising judicial lawsuits in the area of labour law and social security.

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Pedro Pardal Goulão provides consultancy in all areas of labour law, concerning both individual and collective employment relationships. He also provides legal assistance in sports issues and social security matters. Acting on behalf of domestic and foreign clients, he has participated in several legal due diligence and corporate restructuring processes, advising on the acquisition and sale of companies and business areas. He acts as legal counsel for several clients on labour litigation. Pedro Pardal Goulão also collaborates with the Africa Team - an internal structure that guarantees, on a permanent basis, and in close cooperation with the member firms of the Morais Leitão Legal Circle, personalised day-to-day assistance to clients on matters that involve or are related to the jurisdictions of the African Portuguese speaking countries – in which he regularly assists clients in the labour area.

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Partner in the Employment and also the coordinator of the Liability in Healthcare service.

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Professional Partner

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Inês Albuquerque e Castro joined FCB in 2015 and became a Partner in 2017, where she coordinates the Employment, Benefits and Pensions Department. Inês has over 20 years of experience in the employment and social security area, advising the legal departments and/or the HR departments of several domestic and international companies from different sectors, on a regular basis. Her practice predominantly consists in participating in the labour law issues that arise in collective recruitment processes, restructuring, collective dismissals, transfers of undertakings and other forms of business reorganization. She also advocates for her corporate clients in litigation processes for several labour matters and assists and defends such clients in disciplinary and misdemeanour proceedings against labour authorities. She was involved in the preparation, drafting and publication of the 2003 Labour Code. She is a regular speaker at conferences, seminars and workshops about Labour Law.

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