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We are a young, dynamic and informal team dedicated mainly to Labour Law, as well as to Data Protection Law and Intellectual Law related to labour organizations.

We provide advice to employers and workers, either national or foreign, in the various sectors of activity (eg public and private sectors) and in all areas of employment (eg hiring, collective bargaining, economic unit transfers, restructuring and redundancies).

We combine practical experience with theoretical approaches that respond to the answers given by national and foreign courts.

We provide practical, personalized, preventive and non-reactive advice and support our Clients in all litigation cases, either administrative or judicial, in the pre-litigation and litigation phases.

We seek to resolve the issues of our Clients in a clear and efficient manner, with identification of the risks and contingencies of each solution. The Client must have the necessary conditions to make the best decision in the defence of his/her/its interests.

Our work and our organization is guided by three essential values: (i) integrity, (ii) excellence; and (iii) proximity. We build lasting relationships of collaboration with our Clients

Team

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David Carvalho Martins

Managing Partner Portugal

Law graduate, masters-in-Law and PhD candidate at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law
Guest Lecturer at the University of Lisbon until February 2022 – Faculty of Law (Introduction to the Study of Law, General Theory of Civil Law, Contracts Law, Rights in Rem Law, Succession Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Economy Law, European Union Law, Private International Law and Labour Law)
Guest Lecturer at the New University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law (2014-2015: Interdisciplinary Legal Practice) and at the Universidade Europeia (2014: Private International Law; 2018: Labour Law)
Guest Lecturer in the Master Course in Social Rights, organized by the Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) (2014-2017)
Technical Advisor and deputy at the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Employment (2011-2012)

Speaker at conferences and seminars, promoted by national and foreign organizations, on Labour Law issues
Founding member and Ex President of AJJ – Young Labour Lawyers Association
Member of APODIT (Associação Portuguesa de Direito do Trabalho), of AEDTSS (Asociación Española de Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social), of ILERA (International Labour and Employment Relations Association), of EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association) and of CIELO Laboral

Antonio Pedrajas Quiles

International partner

DCM Littler Internacional Partner

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Manging Partner of Abdón Pedrajas

Degree in Law, University San Pablo CEU

Master in Labor Legal Advice, Center for Garrigues Studies

PhD Labor Law, Complutense University of Madrid

Sonia Cortés García

International partner

DCM Littler Internacional Partner

Abdon Pedrajas Partner

Graduated in Law by the Barcelona University

Master in Business Administration, International Business School of Madrid

Certificate of European Community Law, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium

Certificate in English Law, With Honours, City of London Polytechnic University

António De Lemos Monteiro Fernandes

Of Counsel

Degree and Master in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. Doctor “honoris causa” from the University of Messina (Italy).
He taught Individual and Collective Labor Law and related areas, at the former Instituto Superior de Economia (today ISEG), at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, and at Universidade Lusíada from Porto.
He is currently a professor at NOVA School of Law and at the Faculty of Law at Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa.
Since 2011, he has been a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Trento (Italy).
Author of more than a hundred articles in national and foreign papers, he has published several books, the most recent of which are: the manual “Direito do Trabalho”, 20th edition (2020), “Escritos de Direito do Trabalho” (2019) and “Uma História de Leis do Trabalho” (2021).
He was a member of the ILO’s Management Board (2008/2011).

Cláudio Rodrigues Gomes

Lawyer LL

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law
Specialization course in Law and Financial Sciences at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law

Leonor Frazão Grego

Lawyer LL

Law Degree at University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law
Master’s degree in Administrative Law of the University of Lisbon with thesis developed in the area of public contracts - Faculty of Law
Preparatory Course for Admission to the Center for Judicial Studies at the Oporto Gobal University

Joana Azenha

Lawyer LL

Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
Specialization course in Media Regulation and Deontology, promoted by the Regulatory Authority for the Media (ERC), in collaboration with ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.

Filipa Galvão

Lawyer

Degree in Law by the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
Master of Laws “LLM” in International Legal Practice in Instituto de Empresa IE Law School, Madrid.
Advanced Data Protection Course: General Data Protection Regulation data, EU Directives and National legislation at the Institute of Legal and Political Sciences, Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
Data Protection Course – Institute of Legal and Political Sciences, Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

Tiago Sequeira Mousinho

Lawyer

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.
Masters-in-Law candidate at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law (specialized in Labour Law).
He was a tutor at the University of Lisbon Law School (Contract Law, Commercial Law, Labor Law) from 2017 to 2021.
Effective Associate Member of APODIT – Associação Portuguesa de Direito do Trabalho (2022).

Ana Cristina Amaro

Trainee Lawyer

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law
Masters-in-Law candidate at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law (specialized in Labour Law)

Gonçalo Asper Caro

Trainee Lawyer

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law
Masters-in-Law candidate at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law (specialized in Labour Law)
Tutor at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law (Introduction to the Study of Law, Comparative Law, Labour Law and Rights in Rem Law)

José Maria Coelho

Paralegal

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.
Masters-in-Law candidate at Portuguese Catholic University – Lisbon School of Law (Forensic Law)
Post-Graduated in Business Law at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.

Marta Coelho Valente

Paralegal

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.
Post-Graduate degree in Arbitration Law at the University of Lisbon School of Law – Faculty of Law.
Masters-in-Law candidate at the Portuguese Catholic University - Lisbon School of Law (Forensic Law).

Maria Beatriz Silva

Paralegal

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.
Post-Graduate degree in Equality Law at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.
Masters-in-Law candidate at the NOVA University of Lisbon – NOVA School of Law (International and European Law).

João Villaça

Paralegal

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.
Masters-in-Law candidate at the University of Lisbon - Faculty of Law (specialized in Administrative Law).
Attended postgraduate in Administrative Litigation at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.
Tutor at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law (Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Labor Law and Constitutional Justice).

Joana Vaz Silva

Paralegal

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law
Masters-in-law candidate at ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute (Business and Labour Law)

Inês Godinho

Paralegal

Law degree at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.
Post-graduate in Civil Responsibility in University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.
Attending Master in Civil Law at the University of Lisbon – Faculty of Law.

Juliana Madeira

Public Relations Consultant

Social Communication Degree at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar
Master Course in Marketing at the Aveiro University

Tiago Bernardo

Marketing and Communication Officer

Degree in Social and Cultural Communication from the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Inês Borges

Public Relations Trainee

Degree in Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations from School of Communication, Architecture, Arts and Information Technologies at Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies

Ana Marques

Financial and Management Control Assistant

Degree in Accounting and Administration from ISCAL.
Professional experience in secretarial.
Professional experience as Administrative and Financial Assistant in a multinational in the Insurance Sector.