Albuquerque & Almeida
Rated for its 'high availability, professionalism and technical rigour', Albuquerque & Almeida is well versed in workforce restructurings, collective redundancies, and litigation. The group is led by João Salvador, who often provides employment law advice to Portuguese companies and multinationals from the chemicals, electronics, shipping, and automotive sectors. Leonor Barata takes the lead on contentious matters.
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Testimonials
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‘The lawyers demonstrate high availability, professionalism and technical rigour.’
‘They have specialists in all employment areas, are very well prepared and take care of their clients. ’
'We have worked with this firm for many years, this partnership always works very well at all levels. They have enormous knowledge and have been critical partners for us in several important projects.'
'João Salvador's support has been fundamental. In addition to having extensive knowledge and experience, he has been a critical and fundamental partner on sensitive topics.'
'Good level of English and Spanish. Good knowledge of Portuguese labour law and good understanding of the needs of multinational companies.'
Key clients
- Groupe Clarins – Clarins Portugal
- Google Portugal
- Hitachi Power Grids
- ABB Group – ABB Portugal
- Massimo Zanetti Beverage Iberia
- Kyndryl Services Portugal
- Cargill Portugal
- ONI Telecom
- Zimmer Biomet (Portugal)
- Lisgarante – Soc. Garantia Mutua
- Bondalti
- CTT – Correios de Portugal
- Henry Schein Portugal
- Mccormick Portugal
- Mysis Portugal / Spain - Finastra
- ANTRAM – Road Transportation Employers Association
- Biohorizons Portugal
- TPD – Transportes Paulo Duarte
- Carl Zeiss Portugal
- VSL Portugal
- Crest Capital Partners
- Kemira
- Accelleron (Portugal)
- Herdade da Comporta
- Courir
- PTC Therapeutics
Work highlights
- Advised Cargill Portugal on negotiating the integration of a high-level technical team following acquisitions by Cargill Inc., and on matters related to the early retirement of a portion of its workforce.
- Advising Oni Telecom on the restructuring of its management team and matters related to early retirement of senior employees.
- Advising Herdade da Comporta on all matters related to employment law, including compliance with the new employment legislation, restructuring of employment contracts, services contracts and employment conditions.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
João Salvador