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Baraldi Mélega Advogados, based in São Paulo, Brazil, is a premier law firm recognized for its expertise in labor and employment law, along with social security matters. The firm offers comprehensive legal services including consultancy, litigation, and arbitration to a wide array of clients, from local businesses to international corporations.

Expertise Areas:

• Arbitration and Mediation: Specialized in providing legal counsel to parties in arbitral proceedings, representing clients in court to secure remedies that ensure the effectiveness of arbitration, drafting and reviewing arbitration and dispute clauses, enforcing domestic arbitral awards, and serving as an expert witness in arbitration.
• Administrative Procedures: Administrative Procedures: Actively engaging in discussions with labor and employment authorities to address administrative matters.
• Collective Bargaining: Adept at conducting negotiations on behalf of major company unions in every state of Brazil.
• Dynamic Litigation and Consulting: Nationwide recognition for handling comprehensive legal services in all labor judiciary levels across Brazil.
• Discrimination: Advising on anti-discrimination policies and representing clients in discrimination disputes.
• Dismissals: Handling both individual and collective dismissals, providing strategic advice to mitigate risks and defend client interests in contentious dismissals.
• Employer Representatives: Representing employers in negotiations and legal proceedings, ensuring their interests are robustly defended.
• Health & Safety in the Workplace: Consulting on compliance with health and safety regulations, and representing clients in related litigation.
• HR Policies & Procedures: Assisting with the development and implementation of human resources policies and procedures to align with current legal standards.
• Mergers and Acquisitions: Offers specialized assistance in labor issues and risks during merger and acquisition processes.
• Regulatory Compliance and Auditing: Expert in managing inspection actions, ensuring compliance with labor and social security regulations through detailed audits.
• Salary, Benefits & Remuneration: Advising on compensation structures, benefits packages, and compliance with wage laws.
• Social Security: Delivers expert consultation and auditing services, alongside overseeing inspection actions and administrative procedures.
• Training & Seminars: Offering educational seminars and training sessions to ensure clients and their staff are informed of the latest legal developments.
• Transfers of Business and People: Managing the legal aspects of business and workforce transfers, including due diligence, collective bargaining and ensuring compliance during mergers and acquisitions.
• Social Security: Delivers expert consultation and auditing services, alongside overseeing inspection actions and administrative procedures.
• Mergers and Acquisitions: Offers specialized assistance in labor issues and risks during merger and acquisition processes.

Client Partnership Philosophy:

Years of experience have taught us that achieving excellence in legal services requires establishing a partnership with our clients and daily demonstrating commitment to each one. We achieve this goal through various aspects that support our most important foundation: trust. "We combine qualities to share them with our clients, Baraldi Mélega."

Chambers Review:

Recognized as "Highly Regarded" in labor and employment by Chambers Brazil Guide 2024, the firm's capabilities in handling both contentious and non-contentious issues stand out. Clients praise the team for their meticulous attention to service quality and their innovative solutions to complex legal issues.

https://chambers.com/department/baraldi-melega-labour-employment-highly-regarded-brazil-95:3379:41:1:22636185

The firm is also celebrated in legal rankings by Leaders League, WWL and Best Lawyers which affirm its standing as a leader in the legal field.

Nationally, Baraldi Mélega Advogados and its founding partners are regarded as benchmarks of quality and expertise in their fields. They are consistently recognized in the most prominent legal directories in the country, including Análise 500, Análise Mulher, and Análise Advocacia Regional. These acknowledgments underscore the firm’s standing as a leader in labor and employment law matters.

For more detailed information about our services and expertise, or to schedule a consultation, please visit our website or contact our office directly.

 

Sotra is a boutique law firm exclusively specialized in Belgian Employment & Labour Law in addition to Tax Law matters connected to Human Resource management.

Sotra, which has a presence in both Brussels and Namur, has been recognized by leading international legal directories such as Chambers and Legal 500.

Sotra is especially well known for providing counsel on human resource management, international mobility, European Works Councils, litigation, trade union negotiations, social security as well as on tax matters connected to the workforce – in both the private and public sectors.

Baohua Law Firm, with its main office located in Shanghai and a branch office in Suzhou, is one of the few law firms that provides professional labor law consultancy in China with a first-class labor and employment law team.

Baohua Law Firm advises national and international clients from all industries such as Finance, Chemistry, Automobile, Retail, Food, Pharmaceutical, Fintech and Telecommunications. The firm provides a wide range of services including:

• Routine Labor and Employment Matters
• Labor Disputes
• Company Human Resource Policies & Procedures
• HR Compliance/Investigation
• Employment Related Crime
• Workforce Restructuring
• International Talent Immigration
• Trade Secret Protection
• Employee Data Protection
• Trade Union & Collective Bargaining
• Disputes involving Sportspersons
• Tax & Social Benefits

Baohua Law Firm and its team are recognized nationally and internationally for their work in the field of Employment and Labour Law by leading independent legal research guides.

  Mette Klingsten Law Firm is a boutique law firm specialising in Danish employment law. The firm is headed by Mette Klingsten who was previously a partner in one of Denmark's largest law firms. Mette Klingsten Law firm, located in Copenhagen, has a wealth of experience providing Employment and Labour Law counsel to both national and international clients, including pension funds, private companies embassies, semi-public companies, senior executives. Mette Klingsten Law Firm assists international clients with their employment law issues.   The firm prides itself on offering value based practical advice on issues such as:

• Business startups
• Recruitment process
• Company Secretarial Services
• Discrimination
• Dismissals: Individual & Collective
• Employee Representatives
• HR Policies & Procedures
• Labour Litigation & Arbitration
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Disposals
• Reorganisations & Restructurings
• Restrictive Covenants and protection of Confidential Information
• Salary: Benefits & Remuneration
• Training & Seminars
• Transfers of Business
• Transfers of people
• Work Visas

  Mette Klingsten Law Firm has been recognised internationally for many years by leading independent legal research guides Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and Mette Klingsten is continually ranked as a leading individual in Denmark by Legal 500.

MGG Legal has first-class expertise in labor & employment law for companies The pragmatic approach of MGG Legal relies on knowing the business and client expectations, and on understanding economic and social issues at stake.

By providing its clients with reliable and business-oriented solutions MGG Legal is a true partner in the decision-making process. Relying on its cutting-edge technique, its knowledge of the business and social relations, MGG Legal helps clients define simple and innovative strategies.

The team has perfect command of English, German and Spanish. Its international experience and background enable MGG Legal to provide assistance to foreign companies and also help French companies develop business abroad.

To this end, MGG Legal has a reliable and well-proven network of foreign correspondents. MGG Legal is a founding member of ELLINT.

Coming from top international law firm, MGG Legal lawyers have kept the same rigorous approach and high level of requirements in terms of quality and responsiveness.

ALTENBURG Fachanwälte für Arbeitsrecht  is a German boutique law firm which is exclusively specialized in providing Labor and Employment Law counsel to national and international businesses.

The firm, with offices in Munich, Berlin, and Hamburg, advises and represents companies on all areas of Employment Law. This includes out-of-court advice and nationwide representation in court in the case of litigation.

The ALTENBURG team, which has been recognized internationally by legal guides such as Chambers & Partners and JUVE, provides legal services on the highest level of expertise. Our goal is to develop and achieve, together with our clients, pragmatic and commercially viable solutions.

McInnes Dunne Murphy LLP is a leading boutique labor and employment law firm in Ireland. Based in Dublin, the firm advises national and international corporate clients, and senior employee clients, in relation to contentious and non-contentious employment law matters and represents clients also before both the specialist employment law fora and the civil courts. The firm’s area of expertise covers the full range of employment law issues including: -

• Dismissal
• Redundancies (individual and collective)
• Employment equality
• Trade union law
• Transfer of undertakings
• Employment contracts (including post termination restrictive covenants)
• Protected disclosures (whistleblowing)
• Advocacy before specialist employment law fora
• Injunctions, and breach of contract actions before the civil courts

LEXELLENT, with offices in Milan and Rome, is an award winning Italian boutique law firm which is exclusively specialized in providing Employment & Labor Law counsel.

From hirings to firings, plaintiffs to defendants, transfers of people to transfers of business, downsizings and reorganizations, human resource management strategies and policies, negotiations with trade unions in and out of court - LEXELLENT is your partner in law.

LEXELLENT is recognized internationally for its work by legal guides such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 in addition to being The Lawyers Italian Law Firm of the Year 2016 and European Niche Law Firm of the Year 2014.

ADAM & BLESER advises both companies and individuals on a wide range of Luxembourg Employment and Labour Law matters. In particular, the firm, which is based in Luxembourg’s city centre, has a wealth of experience providing counsel to domestic and international clients on:

• Day-to-day employment law advice
• Dismissals: Individual & Collective
• Settlement negotiations
• Employment disputes
• Labour litigation
• Discrimination
• Reorganisations & Restructurings
• Secondment Procedures
• Employee Representatives
• Health & Safety in the Workplace
• HR Policies & Procedures
• Salary: Benefits & Remuneration
• Pensions
• Employment related criminal procedures
• Work Visas

ADAM & BLESER is able to provide its clients with high-quality, sound and cost efficient legal advice and support.

Sales Boyoli S.C. is a law firm positioned since 2003 as one of the most prestigious law firms in the Mexican labour field. Throughout these years, the firm has earned the trust of a growing market, including companies, governmental entities and foreign law firms. In addition, Bufete Sales Boyoli S.C. represents more than 100 companies before labour authorities. Recently, the firm headed by Jorge Sales was presented by the Ministry of Economy as a success story in the book ‘Accelerating the Future’, five years of CEPii. At the beginning of the last decade, we became the first law firm in Mexico to offer comprehensive labour advice, considering all the business implications and requirements of the corporate environment. Bufete Sales Boyoli S.C. has been invited to join the renowned international directory Best Lawyers, in which only three Mexican firms specialising in labour law appear.  

ARBOR Advocaten is a Dutch boutique law firm exclusively specialized in providing counsel on a range of Employment and Labor Law matters.

In particular, ARBOR has a wealth of knowledge advising on : collective dismissal, transfer of a business, co-determination, collective bargaining and actions, directors’ issues, self-employed workers, outsourcing of staff, remuneration, governance issues, and employment cases.

As a niche firm, ARBOR is able to deliver fast, cost-efficient and pragmatic services to our clients - who describe us as knowledgeable, pro-active and realistic.

Zawirska Ruszczyk sp.k. is a Polish boutique law firm which is exclusively specialized in providing Labor and Employment Law advice to national and international businesses. The firm provides clients with the full spectrum of business-focused legal advice on employment and labor law issues. The firm ensures that its advice is concise, understandable, and – most importantly – practical. Zawirska Ruszczyk sp.k. advises and represents clients in all areas of employment law including:

• Compliance
• Disputes and Litigation
• Trade Unions and Works Councils
• Business Transactions
• Benefits

Zawirska Ruszczyk sp.k.’s team has been recognized internationally by legal guides such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. The firm was recommended as a top law firm in employment & labor law (Tier 2) in the Legal 500 EMEA 2020 guide 2022. Patrycja Zawirska - Partner – Founder of Zawirska Ruszczyk sp.k. has been consistently ranked in the Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence. In 2022 she was ranked in “Band 3”. The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 recognized Patrycja as a leading lawyer in Poland (Leading Individual).

Paramount Legal is a Portuguese boutique law firm which advises both companies and individuals on a vast range of employment and immigration matters. The firm is located in Lisbon, though, it covers all the Portuguese territory, including the islands of Madeira and Azores. The firm advises national and international clients on a full range of matters, such as:

• Drafting of employment contracts;
• Managing individual employment relations;
• HR Policies & Procedures;
• Working Times & Smart working;
• Managing international mobility;
• Business immigration;
• Business startups;
• Due diligences;
• Compliance;
• Discrimination;
• Dismissals: Individual & Collective;
• Labour litigation;
• Restrictive Covenants and protection of confidential information;
• Company secretarial services;

Paramount legal’s team have been recognized nationally and internationally for their work in the field of Portuguese Employment & Labour Law.

To meet its clients’ expectations of having innovative approaches to the work Suciu does for them, Suciu develops technology, builds expertise, improves processes and delivers incredible value as a result. Multinational companies, large and medium-sized family businesses as well as international investors from various industries such as real estate & construction, healthcare, pharma, retail, manufacturing, oil & gas, IT and outsourcing all rely on Suciu’s expertise. The firm's Managing Partner, Andreea Suciu, founded the firm after holding the position of Head of Employment & Pensions of the Romanian office and CEE Employment Law Practice Coordinator at one of the most prestigious German law firms. She is ranked in the Legal 500 Guide.

álvarez lentner is a Spanish boutique law firm which advises both companies and individuals on a wide range of Employment and Labor Law matters. The firm is based in Madrid, but its attorneys provide services throughout Spain. With a strong practice in Employment and Labor litigation, the firm also provides daily advice to international HR teams and represents companies through all kind of collective negotiations with trade unions.  

Graf & Partner is a Swiss boutique law firm which advises both companies and individuals on a wide range of Employment and Labor Law matters.

The firm, which is based in Zurich, provides counsel  from the start of an employment relationship up until the conclusion of it. In particular the team has a wealth of experience of drafting employment agreements, including model agreements and agreements with senior executives,  compensation and employee incentive plans in addition to directives for employees.

Graf & Partner can  also represent its national and international clients in court.

Doyle Clayton is regarded as one of the leading specialist practices in the United Kingdom for all Workplace Law matters including Employment Law and Business Immigration.

The firm advises national and international clients including PLCs and private companies in many sectors from financial services, technology, legal, media, retail to hospitality, as well as individuals (particularly senior executives, partners and LLP members) on a full range of employment and partnership issues from non-contentious matters to complex Tribunal and High Court disputes.

Doyle Clayton also has lawyers who specialise in pensions, share schemes and equity, company/corporate, regulatory/compliance and notary public work.  It has offices located in the City of London, Canary Wharf, Mayfair and Reading.

Doyle Clayton is recognised internationally for its work by leading independent legal research guides such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. The firm is noted for providing practical, commercially sound advice and for conducting its own advocacy through experienced practitioners. The Chambers UK Guide 2021 comments that Doyle Clayton is “a high-class outfit with breadth of experience”, and that its lawyers are "brilliant - always responsive, reliable and practical in their approach" and "knowledgeable and very experienced in their field; they are excellent".

To meet its clients’ expectations of having innovative approaches to the work Suciu does for them, Suciu develops technology, builds expertise, improves processes and delivers incredible value as a result. Multinational companies, large and medium-sized family businesses as well as international investors from various industries such as real estate & construction, healthcare, pharma, retail, manufacturing, oil & gas, IT and outsourcing all rely on Suciu’s expertise. The firm's Managing Partner, Andreea Suciu, founded the firm after holding the position of Head of Employment & Pensions of the Romanian office and CEE Employment Law Practice Coordinator at one of the most prestigious German law firms. She is ranked in the Legal 500 Guide. In March 2022, Suciu opened its office in Dubai, a step is in line with the firm’s aim to strengthen their position in the UAE market due to the increased demand for labor law and data protection advisory services in the region. Ranked in Tier 3 in the Employment category by the Legal 500 in 2024, the firm receives praises as ‘a trusted partner in navigating the complex landscape of employment law‘.  Team head Andreea Suciu works closely with Teodora Manaila, together they are described as being ‘a pleasure to collaborate with‘.