Abreu Advogados

Employment Law

Professional Partner

Ana Manuela Barbosa is a Professional Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2010, working primarily on matters related to labour in the context of company incorporations and corporate restructuring operations as well as on the ongoing management of companies involving Human Resources.

As regards company incorporations, she focuses particularly in matters related to hiring employees, drafting internal regulations, drafting documentation inherent to the labour relation, communications with authorities and drafting informative documents on the Portuguese labour regime as well as organising internal training sessions. As regards ongoing Human Resources, she drafts and amends employment contracts, and advises on issues regarding contractual management and salary processing, which includes, for example organizing work periods, altering employment site and/or professional categories, holidays, absences and calculating salary credits and issues related to work place safety and hygiene, in addition to collective bargaining agreements.

She has conducted disciplinary action proceedings, specifically disciplinary proceedings aimed at dismissal with just cause. She has also conducted proceedings related to collective dismissal and redundancy. Her focus on corporate advisement encompasses advising and monitoring issues related to Social Security and labour disputes, conducting judicial and administrative offenses proceedings.

She has extensive experience advising on Labour in the catering, hotel, automotive, logistics, extraction, construction, industry and healthcare sectors.

Portuguese, Spanish, English

Portuguese Bar Association

IBA (International Bar Association)

Law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (1999)

Masters degree in Legal Civil Sciences from Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (2007)

Doctorate studies in Legal-Corporate Sciences from Universidade de Coimbra (2010)