Expertise and Services

M&A is a full-service law firm, which provides legal services in the most diverse areas of Law and in diversified sectors, enabling the offer of a complete and comprehensive service. We thus offer solutions tailored to the specific needs of our Clients and are also able to provide training to our Clients in various areas.

Our partnership with law offices located in foreign countries allows us to provide a global service, not limited by the borders of our country.

Get to know our main practice areas.

Practice Areas

ENVIRONMENT
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We provide services related to compliance with the rules of Environmental Law, assisting in complying with all aspects of Environmental Legislation, namely:

  • Waste management.
  • Environmental responsibility.
  • Environmental licensing.

Compliance and Regulatory
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We assist companies with matters related to regulatory compliance and adherence to applicable rules, aiming to eliminate the risk of legal and regulatory non-compliance, including:

  • Preparation of internal documentation.
  • Implementation of internal channels and policies.
  • Due Diligence.
  • Granting and maintaining licenses and authorisations.
  • Contacts with and assistance before regulatory authorities.

European Union and Competition Law
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The services we provide are related to compliance with European Union Law and European and national Competition Law rules and their implications on the day-to-day business of companies, including:

  • Contacts with and assistance before the European authorities.
  • Contacts with and assistance before the Competition Authority, including dawn raids.
  • Prevention of infringements.
  • Implementation of procedures that avoid restrictive practices, abuse of a dominant position, abuse of economic dependence on suppliers or customers, unfair competition, etc.

Litigation and Arbitration
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We provide legal advice within the judicial and extrajudicial resolution of disputes, in all its stages and jurisdictions, mainly in the civil, commercial and labour areas:

  • Use of alternative means of dispute resolution and arbitral tribunals.
  • Advice within judicial and arbitration proceedings, in all their stages, from their preparation to their conclusion.
  • Order for payment and enforcement proceedings.
  • Performance of all necessary acts in court.

Administrative and Public Procurement
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We advise our Clients in the field of Administrative Law and Administrative Litigation in general, with a particular focus on the area of Public Procurement, providing legal advice in all stages of public tenders and other public procurement procedures:

  • Assistance in the application stage, submission of tenders and throughout the procedure.
  • Execution of public contracts.
  • Representation in administrative litigation proceedings (including administrative arbitration).

Contracts
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NOVA LINHA

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We assist our Clients in their commercial transactions, participating in the negotiation of all types of civil and commercial contracts, with a view to their preparation and conclusion. Once entered into, we provide services related to their execution, review and compliance, to ensure strict compliance with the obligations established between the parties.

Personal Data and Privacy
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We provide assistance on matters related to the use and protection of confidential information and the processing of personal data, in particular:

  • Compliance with the rules of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the national legislation on the same matter.
  • Implementation of effective data protection policies.
  • Contacts and assistance in processes initiated by the supervisory authority (“CNPD”) or to be initiated with it.
  • Communication and follow-up of personal data breach situations.

Tax
NOVA LINHA
NOVA LINHA

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We provide our Clients with tax advice, through the monitoring and clarification of tax issues that are essential to the life of companies, due to the constant amendments to the applicable national legislation, but also with an international approach:

  • Tax consultancy.
  • Monitoring and clarification of tax issues.
  • National and international approach, through the analysis and application of double taxation treaties.
  • Tax arbitration.
  • Tax inspections.

Immigration
NOVA LINHA
NOVA LINHA

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We provide services within the scope of the regularisation of foreign citizens who wish to reside and work in Portugal, by conducting the respective procedures before the competent authorities, with a view to obtaining:

  • Work visas.
  • Residence permits.
  • Portuguese nationality.

Real Estate, Construction and Tourism

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We provide legal advice in the context of transactions and contracts related to real estate and real estate projects, also providing services in the field of tourism:

  • Advice on transactions and contracts related to real estate.
  • Assistance during negotiations and the different stages of real estate projects (planning, licensing, construction or acquisition, management, etc.).
  • Preparation and conclusion of the respective contracts.
  • Provision of services related to tourist facilities, hotels and local accommodation.

Insolvency and Credit Recovery
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We assist our clients both in the area of credit recovery and revitalisation and insolvency of companies, through the monitoring and fulfilment of obligations arising from judicial insolvency and company revitalisation proceedings, specifically:

  • Demand for payment of civil and commercial debts.
  • Judicial and extrajudicial credit recovery.
  • Representation in Insolvency Proceedings.
  • Representation in Special Revitalisation Proceedings.

Artificial Intelligence
NOVA LINHA
NOVA LINHA

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We provide advice on the implementation of Artificial Intelligence solutions, with a view to complying with the various obligations established in the AI Regulation, which may involve:

  • Preparation and review of contracts, technical documentation and review of internal procedures.
  • Analysis of the respective impacts in terms of personal data, labour law, intellectual property, competition, compliance, etc.

Labour and Social Security
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We provide all kinds of legal services regarding human resources and labour issues, in order to advise companies in their relationships with their employees, in the various vicissitudes to which the employment relationship may be subject, and ensuring compliance with the rules of Labour Law, including with regard to Social Security, in particular:

  • Advising on the conclusion, negotiation and termination of employment contracts, including in the context of collective dismissal proceedings and job extinction proceedings.
  • Assistance in disciplinary proceedings.
  • Implementation of codes of conduct and human resources policies in accordance with labour legislation and collective bargaining instruments in force.
  • Assistance regarding social security obligations.
  • Assistance in matters of safety, hygiene and health at work.
  • Due Diligence.

Criminal and Administrative Offences

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We offer services in the field of Criminal Law, in criminal proceedings, as well as in administrative offence proceedings, before administrative entities and State bodies, including regulatory authorities:

  • Representation in criminal proceedings, from the complaint stage to its conclusion.
  • Representation in administrative offence proceedings in administrative, tax, labour, environmental and competition law matters.
  • Performance of acts in court and before administrative entities and State bodies.

Industrial and Intellectual Property
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Bearing in mind the importance and value of intellectual and industrial property for companies, we provide assistance in all matters within this scope, in the most diverse business areas, namely:

  • Trademark registration.
  • Patent registration.
  • Protection of copyright and related rights.
  • Judicial and extrajudicial resolution of disputes.

Commercial and Corporate Law
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We ensure to the entrepreneurs and companies the provision of all legal services related to their business, namely, with regard to companies, the incorporation, organisation, existence and operation, from support in their day-to-day activity to the most complex operations, in particular:

  • Formation and incorporation of companies.
  • Cross-border transformations, mergers and divisions.
  • Corporate House Keeping (appointment of corporate bodies, amendment of articles of association, approval of accounts and distribution of dividends, etc.).
  • Winding up and liquidation of commercial companies.
  • Due Diligence.

Technology, Media and Telecommunications
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We advise companies operating in the area of information technology, electronic communications, e-commerce and media, namely:

  • Software licensing agreements and other agreements in the technological area.
  • Support, maintenance and technical assistance agreements.
  • Negotiation of Service Level Agreements (SLA).
  • Outsourcing operations.
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Regulation of Electronic Communications, including contacts with the relevant regulatory authority.
  • Legal documentation related to e-commerce platforms.

Business Areas

M&A Law Firm provides the services described in its practice areas across different geographical regions and multiple business areas, including the following:

Environment

Automotive

Maritime Activities

Construction

Entertainment and Technology

Pharmaceuticals

Industry

Logistics and Transport

Telecommunications

Tourism