Linklaters draws on its deep corporate and employment expertise to assist clients with domestic and cross-border transactional matters. The team is also active in labour disputes, restructuring projects, and collective bargaining negotiations, while also offering strategic guidance on senior-level hires and dismissals. Managing associate Sílvia Pinheiro Esteves is noted for her expertise across the entire spectrum of employment law and social security matters, adeptly handling both advisory and contentious issues. Former practice head Marta Afonso Pereira is no longer at the firm.
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Key clients
- Allianz Services / Allianz Technology SE
- AGS – Administração e Gestão de Sistemas de Salubridade, S.A.
- Luz Saúde, S.A. (Fosun Group)
- Amadeus
- Sociedade Altitude Software, S. A. (Enghouse group)
- NTT Data Portugal
- Carrier Global Corporation
- Hitachi Astemo Abrantes S.A. (Hitachi Group)
- Hyperion
- YMCA Setúbal
Work highlights
- Advising Allianz Group on a strategic business unit transfer from Randstad to a newly incorporated subsidiary to enhance Allianz’s contact centre operations in Portugal, specifically focusing on their insurance business.
- Successfully represented Sociedade Altitude Software in legal disputes in Portugal.
- Providing TUPE advice to Carrier Global Corporation in the context of the strategic sale of its global commercial refrigeration business to its long-time joint venture partner Haier.