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Caiado Guerreiro

RUA CASTILHO, Nº 39, 15º, 1250-068 LISBON, PORTUGAL
Tel:
Work +351 21 371 7000
Fax:
Fax +351 21 371 7001
Email:
Web:
www.caiadoguerreiro.com
Faro, Lisbon, Oporto
Caiado Guerreiro, Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes, Lisbon, PORTUGAL

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Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes

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Caiado Guerreiro

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial, Capital Markets, Labour, Civil and Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT).

Position

Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes, Partner, is a member of the corporate and commercial, capital markets teams and coordinates and integrates the labour, civil and telecommunications, media and technology (TMT). Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes is a lawyer with great experience in corporate and commercial law, securities law, as well as in labour law. In the area of corporate and commercial law he has acted as legal advisor in several mergers, acquisitions and sales of companies, on behalf of domestic and foreign clients, including among others, the acquisition and sale of companies with head offices in the African Countries (Angola, Mozambique, South Africa etc.). Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes has a general commercial and corporate practice and has been involved in several transactions of company restructuring, in particular in mergers and acquisitions of companies and structuring of international partnerships. A substantial part of his work involves cross-border transactions. Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes also provides consultancy in all areas of labour law and social security, concerning both individual and collective employment relationships. Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes is considered by Chambers and Partners "leader in the field" in Labour and Corporate and M&A.

Career

Attorney at Law (trainee) and Attorney at Law, Caiado Guerreiro & Associados (since 2003). Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes is one of the Partners of Caiado Guerreiro & Associados since 2009.

Languages

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Member

Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes is inscripted in the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados). Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes is the representative Partner of Caiado Guerreiro in the international network the EuroITcounsel.

Education

Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes has obtained his degree in Law at Lisbon University Law School (LL.B., 2001). He completed Post Graduate Studies in Information Technologies (2008).

Portugal

Commercial, corporate and M&A

Within: Commercial, corporate and M&A

Caiado Guerreiro & Associados’ ‘very reliable’ team mainly handles reorganisations and transactions. João Caiado Guerreiro, who has ‘a practical approach to problems’, Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes and the ‘very professional’ Tânia Pinheiro advised Baker Tilly on the reorganisation of its Portuguese groups.

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EU and competition

Within: EU and competition

Caiado Guerreiro & Associados acted for industry group Fapricela in appeals against a €10m fine in a cartel proceeding. Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes heads the practice, which is increasingly active in compliance matters.

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Employment

Within: Employment

Caiado Guerreiro & Associados provides ‘thorough and accurate’ advice, for example to Olympus on hiring employees, terminating employment agreements and reviewing remuneration structures. Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes is the name to note. Associate Maria Leonor Piconez left for VdA Vieira de Almeida in July 2017.

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TMT

Within: TMT

Led by the ‘very good’ Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes, Caiado Guerreiro & Associados’ team provides ‘prompt responses’. Highlights included advising Cortefiel on data protection and privacy matters in connection with developing an online store.

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Transport

Within: Transport

Caiado Guerreiro & Associados advised Holland America Line on the death of vessel crew members; it also counts United Airlines, Chevalier Floatels and Nayak Aircraft Services as clients. Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes is recommended.

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Caiado Guerreiro

  • Newsletter June 2010

    NEW RULES ALLOW PORTUGUESE COMPANIES TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE - . - SAME-GENDER MARRIAGE  - . - AMENDMENT TO THE SYSTEM OF MEDICINE PARTIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE STATE - . - EDP RENOVÁVEIS IS SET ON SOLAR ENERGY IN THE US - . - ABBOTT WITH HIGH INVESTMENTS IN INDIA - . - ANGOLA RECEIVES CLASSIFICATION BY INTERNATIONAL RATING AGENCIES - . - FCGUERREIRO LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
    - Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados

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  • MOZAMBIQUE | VAT CODE AMENDED

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    - VdA- Vieira de Almeida

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    - VdA- Vieira de Almeida

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    - VdA- Vieira de Almeida

  • MOZAMBIQUE | PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUPPLY

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    - VdA- Vieira de Almeida

  • Mozambique VAT Code Amended

    Law no. 13/2016, of 30 December 2016, which amended and republished the Mozambican VAT Code, was recently rectified by a Notice, dated June 8th.
    - VdA- Vieira de Almeida

  • COMPANIES CODE AMENDED

    Decree-Law 79/2017, of 30 June 2017, was published last Friday and amends both the Insolvency and Corporate Recovery Code and the Companies Code, in order to implement the goals of the “Programa Capitalizar” approved by Council of Ministers Resolution 42/2016, of 18 August 2016
    - VdA- Vieira de Almeida

  • ANGOLA | SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A PROFESSIONAL

    Please be aware that a new Presidential Decree has been published on 24th of April (Presidential Decree 79/17 of 24 April) which, among others, introduces the following significant amendments to former Presidential decree 43/17 of 6 March (regulations on the performance of a professional activity by nonresident foreign employees ):
    - VdA- Vieira de Almeida

  • PROHIBITION ON ISSUE OF BEARER SHARES

    Bearer securities have been prohibited under Law 15/2017, of May 3, 2017, published today. The Companies Code and the Securities Code have been amended in order to implement this measure.
    - VdA- Vieira de Almeida

  • ANGOLA | NEW REGULATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY BY NON-RESIDENT

    Presidential Decree 43/17, of 6 March 2017 (“DP 43/17”) just enacted new regulations on the performance of a professional activity by non-resident foreign workers, repealing former Decrees 5/95, of 7 April 1995 and 6/01, of 19 January 2001.
    - VdA- Vieira de Almeida
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