Commercial, corporate and M&A

Law no 8/2018, of 2 March 2018 was published last Friday, establishing the Regime Extrajudicial de Recuperação de Empresas (Extrajudicial Framework for Business Recovery) (“RERE”), which is effective as of 3 March 2018. Read more...

Today was promulgated by the President of the Portuguese Republic, the diploma of the Parliament amending the legal regime applicable to the transfer of undertakings, businesses or parts of businesses and that strengthens the rights of workers, proceeding to the amendment to the Labor Code, approved in annex to Law No. 7/2009, of 12 February Read more...

On December 15, Vieira de Almeida entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with Cabinet BASSOUNDA & Partners - BP Partners, a Chadian law firm lead by Sylvanus Bassounda and Beti Kolossoum Nodjitan. BP Partners is one of the most prestigious law firms in Chad, with a widely acknowledged expertise in OHADA Law, Tax, Employment, Finance and Litigation. Chad is the fourth francophone African country to formally integrate VdA Legal Partners, and represents a major contribution within the firm’s international expansion strategy. Matthieu Le Roux, partner at VdA and responsible for francophone Africa, with over 15 experience in the region, is responsible for the new partnership. As result of the new partnership, VdA Legal Partners is now present across 12 jurisdictions: Portugal, Angola, Cabo Verde, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste. www.vda.pt Angola | Cabo Verde | Chad | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Guinea-Bissau | Mozambique | Portugal | Sao Tome and Principe | Timor-Leste