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Simão de Sant’Ana

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Work Department

Employment Law

Position

Professional Partner

Career

Simão de Sant’Ana is a Professional Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2007, working primarily in the areas of employment law, corporate law and the personal data protection.

He has been involved in corporate restructuring operations involving employment issues, dealt with either by process of negotiation or through collective redundancy. He also advises clients on matters of a corporate nature.

He has extensive practical experience in matters relating to workers’ rights to privacy, and the protection of their personal data, advising national and international clients.

Advising national and international companies on the implementation of privacy policies, internal regulation, and personal data protection.

His counselling spans different business sectors, but focuses specifically on the pharmaceutical, transport and clothing and cosmetic sectors where he has been involved in some of the largest multinational group restructuring exercises to have occurred in Portugal.

Simão de Sant’Ana is co-author of the book “O RGPD e os Recursos Humanos Guia Prático para a conformidade”, published in 2021.

Languages

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association

IBA – International Bar Association

Education

Law degree from Lusíada University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (1995)

Postgraduate diploma in Labour Law, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon, Faculty of Law (2011)

Diploma in Data Protection from the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law, 2015 and 2017.