Labor Law

We render legal advice on the drafting, negotiation and termination of employment contracts, ensuring that they abide by current regulation and consider the specific needs of the client in the recruitment, retention, and restructuring of human capital, including key workers for the company.

We provide support in the daily management of labour relations, implementation of internal policies, and dispute resolution, internal investigations into complaints, thus fostering an efficient and lawful working environment.

We advise companies on the implementation of up-to-date labour documentation, which, besides adopting formats that abide by the law, includes regulation tailored to the needs of each client and their business.

We represent companies in the negotiation of collective instruments, and in the management of relations with trade unions, always seeking balanced and sustainable agreements.

We render advice during business reorganisation and restructuring processes, including service outsourcing and decentralisation of production activities.

We provide support in the planning and execution of redundancy processes, mass layoffs and labour reorganisations, minimising legal risks and preserving corporate reputation.

We review the company’s situation in order to assess its level of compliance, proposing corrective and improvement measures while establishing priorities for regularisation.

We represent clients in labour disputes before labour courts, higher courts of justice, and other judicial bodies, ensuring a sound and well-founded defence.

We act on behalf of our clients before the administrative labour authorities, dealing with inspections, sanctions, and other regulatory situations.

We offer legal advice on the recruitment of foreign personnel, handling visa procedures, residence permits and compliance with current immigration regulation.

We provide legal support for the Health and Safety in the Workplace measures that companies must adopt pursuant to new regulation.

We design and deliver training programmes on labour and immigration issues, tailored to the needs of each company, promoting preventive and efficient labour management.

We develop customized action plans for companies seeking to hire, transfer, or regularize foreign personnel in the countries where we operate.
Our support includes:

• Immigration, labor, social security, and tax diagnostics.
• Visa applications and procedures for entry and stay permits.
• Legal advice on employment contracts under local regulation.
• Risk analysis and tax compliance for employers and employees.
• Recommendations and review of tax structures for expatriates and companies.

We facilitate the legalization and validation of documents required by immigration and labor authorities:

• Apostille and legalization of documents.
• Official translation services, subject to availability in the respective country.
• Driver’s license procedures for foreigners, subject to availability in the respective country.
• Professional permits and registrations before regulatory entities, subject to availability in the respective country.
• Academic degree validation, subject to availability in the respective country.

We provide ongoing legal assistance in immigration and administrative processes:

• Visa registration and issuance of identification documents for foreigners.
• Certificates of migratory movements, subject to availability in the respective country.
• Support in sanctioning procedures before immigration authorities.
• Procedures for employer changes, visa renewals, lost documents, among others.
• Registration of foreign personnel in mandatory platforms linked to employment relationships.
• Advisory in compliance with labor and social security obligations.

We offer specialized tax guidance to prevent contingencies and optimize tax burdens:

• Analysis of tax residency and tax obligations.
• Recommendations and review of tax structures for expatriates.
• Advisory on withholding tax and tax benefits.
• Structuring of international compensation schemes.
• Compliance with reporting and filing requirements before tax authorities.

We train internal company teams to manage international mobility succesfully:

• Workshops on immigration, labor, and tax regulations.
• Training on labor obligations in each country.
• Practical guide for hiring and relocating foreign personnel.
• Best practices in global mobility processes.
• Post-training advisory for implementing best practices related to foreign personnel management.