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Abreu Advogados Offices

Abreu Advogados
Av. Infante D. Henrique, 26
1149-096
Portugal
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Patrícia Perestrelo

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+351 21 723 1800 patricia.perestrelo@abreuadvogados.com View profile View profile View profile

Work Department

Employment Law.

Position

Professional Partner

Career

Patrícia Perestrelo,  Professional Partner with the firm since 2018,  co-heads the Employment Law Practice Area. Patrícia also works in the firm’s Private Clients & Family Businesses Sector.

Experienced in matters related to acquisitions, sale, transfer of undertaking and corporate restructuring operations involving employment law issues, Patrícia has participated in several due diligence processes.

Patrícia has intervened and assisted multinational companies in relation to equity awards. She has extensive practical experience on matters relating to labour pre-litigation and litigation

Additionally Patrícia has extensive experience in advising companies in the healthcare sector on employment law and has been involved in some of the largest multinational group restructuring projects taking place in Portugal.

In the private clients and family businesses sector Patrícia has been quite active in succession  and family matters (focusing mainly on the planning, pre-litigation and litigation).

Languages

Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association.
European Employment Lawyers Association.
Portuguese Association of Employment Law.
International Bar Association.

Education

Law degree from the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law (1994)

Postgraduate diploma in Land-use Planning, Urban Planning and Environmental Law at the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Law, Centre for the Study of Land-use Planning, Urban Planning and Environmental Law (1997)

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Portugal > Employment

Abreu Advogados handles both contentious and non-contentious employment matters for clients across the healthcare, pharmaceutical, automotive, retail, and TMT industries. The department, which is under the joint leadership of Carmo Sousa Machado and Patrícia Perestrelo, ‘offers a high-quality, client-oriented service‘ in this space, covering M&A due diligence, restructurings, hiring and termination procedures (individual and collective) as well as labour disputes and disciplinary proceedings. Sofia Silva Sousa concentrates her practice on labour regulation and human resources issues, and is often called upon by clients in mandates involving working conditions, remuneration, and termination of employment. Madalena Caldeira left the firm in January 2024.

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