• Claims processes (travel accidents, accidents at work, civil liability, insurance, hull machinery, maritime transport, land transport and multi-modal) in the pre-litigation and litigation stage, properly Courts, or in arbitral tribunals;

• Elaboration of insurance and reinsurance contracts, individual and group, contributory and non-contributory, life and non-life.

• Registration of trademarks, patents and copyright;

• Judicial actions, delays, including unfair competition, trademark piracy Registered trademarks or patents, seizures, trademark and patent counterfeits; advertising Misleading;

• Assistance in the negotiation and conclusion of computer contracts for National or foreign companies;

• Preparation of software / hardware supply contracts and respective licensing.

• Contracts: Elaboration, analysis of contracts and due diligence; Litigation: Legal actions in labor and social security, also encompassing the non-regulatory aspect.

• Consulting / Compliance: Legal support in compliance with legal labor standards and related.

• Disciplinary procedure: Preparation and preparation of disciplinary procedures, as well as the defense of workers in these procedures.

• Dismissal by the employer: Preparation of dismissals by the employer, which includes collective dismissal, termination of employment and termination.

• Collective Contracting: Legal support and advice in collective bargaining.

• Consulting / Compliance: Legal support in compliance with the legal norms of social security.

• Counter-administrative and Criminal Litigation: Defense in the grace and judicial phase in the context of administrative and criminal cases related to Social Security.

• Advice in the field of corporate transactions in general;

• Counseling in the area of �??�??commercial and corporate transactions, with impacts on Level of Community law;

• Incorporation of companies;

• Registration of branches and representations in Portugal of foreign entities;

• Joint-ventures and consortium agreements;

• Buying and selling of holdings, estates and commercial enterprises;

• Planning, feasibility studies and implementation of corporate restructurings, mergers, divisions, reorganizations, dissolutions and liquidations, among other operations Companies.

• Foreign investment, corporate takeovers, takeover bids.

• Divorce;

• Prenuptial agreements;  

• Food due to minors (incidents of non-compliance, recourse to FGAM, etc.);  

• Child Protective Processes;  

• Adoption processes;  

• Extrajudicial sharing of common property of the couple and inventory process;  

• Regulation of parental responsibilities;  

• Preparation of wills, legacies, donations, qualifications of heirs, participation in death.

• Consumption
• Adhesion contracts
• Advertising and offer to the public
• Prior access to the general contracting conditions
• Clear and precise information
• Right of repentance
• Misleading publicity
• Responsibility of supplier, producer and seller
• Liability of civil aviation companies
• Financing Bank loans
• Credit card
• Analysis and review of bank contracts
• Abusive clauses
• Renegotiation of bank debts

• Advice of companies in the scope of corporate compliance before the law of environmental protection and assistance during the preparation of the necessary environmental impact study and respective negotiations.

• Counseling in all phases of acquisition of equity participation, participation in capital markets in Portugal;
• Public offers;
• Creation of investment funds and portfolios;
• Stock Exchange;
• Swap securities and transactions;
• Legal advice on bond loans;
• Advice to international and national financial institutions as regards the implementation of large-scale transactions in Portugal;
• Assistance to national companies dependent on the national financial system and foreign.

• Advice on real estate purchases and sales, real estate financial leasing, development of real estate and tourist projects, shopping centers and property development in general;

• Registration process of real estate, government departments, and other entities in order to regularize the purchase and sale of real estate.

• Counseling to domestic and foreign companies regarding preparation, negotiation and review of international and commercial contracts.

• Purchase and sale contracts, supply, distribution and commercial representation, computer science (hardware / software), transfer of technology, know-how, licensing of trademarks and patents, inter alia.

• Provision of judicial and extrajudicial services;

• Follow up of the processes from the declarative phase until the executive phase, that is, from a preventive stage until the judicial process.

• Restructuring of companies and / or their activity Labor aspects in company restructuring processes Corporate, financial, contractual and business aspects;

• Representation in proceedings under the System of Recovery of Companies by Extrajudicial Way (SIREVE);

• Representation in special processes of revitalization of companies;

• Representation in insolvency proceedings, including filing insolvency petitions, preparing claims, representing creditors' assemblies, preparing and negotiating insolvency plans, representing insolvency qualification incidents as a wrongful act and in related criminal proceedings.

• Naturalization proceedings;

• Applications for a temporary or residence visa;

• Applications for temporary or permanent residence permits;

• Extension / renewal of visas and residence permits;

• Preparation of documentation and applications to the SEF (Aliens and Borders Service);

• Actions and appeals against governmental decisions of removal of foreign citizens from national territory;

• Judicial challenge of decisions rejecting requests for residence permits, non-renewal or cancellation of residence permits Residence permit for unpaid work experience or for participants in a voluntary program;

• Other issues related to entry, stay, departure and removal of foreigners from Portuguese territory;

• Advice and representation of foreign officials or directors transferred to Portugal.

In order to deal with the profound changes that have been made to the European legislative framework regarding privacy and data protection which are expressed globally, ABC Legal has adapted its privacy and data protection department by endowing it with professionals and comprehensive technical and integrated approach to assist clients regarding privacy and data privacy challenges. 

We provide to our national and international clients strategic services and practical legal advice supported by accredited partners in the technological component, directed towards the fulfillment of the obligations imposed and to safeguard the legally recognized rights, of which we highlight:  

• Compliance diagnostics / legal and technological compliance, addressed to treatment managers and subcontractors;
• Instruction and clarification actions with caregivers and their collaborators;
• Analysis and contractual review and means of support for the collection and processing of data (contracts, web forms, terms of use, privacy policies, etc);
• Advice on the creation and maintenance of general databases and for handling special categories of data and special processing operations (eg database interconnection, profiling, data transfer to countries outside the EU, etc.);
• Definition of rules, codes of conduct and procedures for the processing of personal data for the management of human resources; Independent EPD's (Data Protection Officers); Assistance to internal and external EPD's (Data Protection Officers); Monitoring and advising, technical and forensic, of inspective, administrative and judicial actions.