corporate

It represents a fundamental area of activity, both in the so-called commercial contracts, and in the Corporate Law area.

Because of this, and because Calçada Lawyers is dedicated to advising companies and businesses, we have a vast experience in negotiating and formalising all types of commercial contracts, such as franchising, consortium, association, distribution, development and licensing agreements, outsourcing, and many more.

In the area of Corporate Law, our advice includes support in the evolution process of the company, from its incorporation, through its daily life, and its transformation and dissolution:

• Creation of civil and commercial companies and investment funds;

• Transformation of companies;

• Contractual and legal changes to the articles of association;

• Changes in the share capital and share issuance;

• Assistance in general meetings of partners/shareholders, and preparation of the respective minutes;

• Rights, obligations, and responsibilities of partners/shareholders, and managers/directors;

• Shareholders’ agreements;

• Preparation, review and negotiation of shares/quotas Sale and Purchase Agreements;

• Definition of good corporate governance practices and legal best practices.

On the other hand, in a world that requires permanent changes we also advise not only restructuring, recovering and insolvency proceedings, but also clients’ international expansion projects.

Mergers & acquisitions

Calçada Lawyers usually advises this type of operations, namely in the following processes and procedures:

• Mergers, exchange of shareholding positions, and demergers;

• Track Change Operations (MBO / MBI);

• Acquisitions and sales of both majority and minority interests, and acquisitions or sales of other assets;

• Business transmission or business areas transmission.

Our team collaborates in all phases of the operations, in the preparation of the initial documents, such as NDA’s, MoU’s, and Term Sheets, as well as in the due diligence process and, finally, in the negotiation and formalisation of the promissory or final agreements.

litigation

The litigation team ensures the sponsorship of our clients in all types of legal proceedings including:

• Collection and recovery of judicial and extrajudicial credits;

• Insolvency;

• White collar crime;

• Corporate litigation;

• Contractual breach;

• Civil responsibility;

• Defence of property and possession;

• Lease and eviction;

• Defence of copyright and related rights;

• Real estate and construction litigation.

taxation

Considering the importance that taxation assumes in companies and in investment and divestment decisions, increasingly conditioned by the tax policy that each country assumes in defending its budgetary policies, we provide the following services:

• Investment tax advice;

• Merger & Acquisition tax and impacts;

• Tax advice on restructuring operations;

• Property tax and real estate operations;

• Tax advice for companies and individuals, both national and cross-border;

• Litigation and tax arbitration;

• Advice on criminal tax proceedings (criminal liability of the company and its directors or managers).

Labor

In the labor practice area we provide the following services:

• Salary planning consultancy, service time, and schedules;

• Preparation of internal regulations;

• Conducting and monitoring dismissal processes, whether individual or collective, and job termination, including negotiations with workers and their representatives;

• Negotiation of labor contract termination agreements;

• Negotiation, execution and review of employment and related contracts;

• Preventive labor audit;

• Social Security rights and obligations consultancy;

• Sponsorship in lawsuits concerning dismissals and other labor aspects;

• Intervention before the Working Conditions Authority, and sponsorship in appeal proceedings against decisions of this entity;

• Accidents at work and occupational diseases.
  

Digital & Information Technologies

Calçada Lawyers has in IT one of its preferred areas of expertise - we are profoundly knowledgeable about technology and IT consulting, and we highlight the following services:

• Software licensing, development, distribution, and implementation agreements;

• Outsourcing and infrastructure operations;

• Cloud computing;

• Maintenance and service contracts;

• Hardware supply contracts;

• Support in the design, development, and commercialisation of applications;

• Advice on copyright, patents, and other intellectual property rights;

• Website development contracts, and internet domains;

• Elaboration of cookies, privacy, and terms and conditions policies for e-commerce websites;

• Privacy and GDPR consultancy;

Investment & golden visa

We have been following the Golden Visa program (ARI) from the beginning therefore having a vast experience in advising foreign investment by Golden Visa clients as well as throughout the process of obtaining and renewing the residence permits for investment, with the following services being highlighted:

• Complete investment advice, and drafting of inherent contracts;

• Preparation of all documents necessary for the submission of the application for the Residence Permit for Investment in the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) as well as the respective renewals;

• Tax representation;

• Due diligence in real estate investment;

• Personal client support at all stages of the process, and especially at SEF;

• Family reunification.

real estate

In the field of real estate law, Calçada Lawyers usually provides the following services:

• Assistance in the sale and acquisition of real estate assets, either directly or through equity acquisition operations;

• Consulting in urban planning operations in the construction of tourism, commercial, and housing developments;

• Support in the constitution of real estate investment vehicles (REIF and REIC);

• Promissory purchase and sale agreements of real estate, and final contracts of purchase and sale;

• Lease agreements;

• Other agreements related to the constitution of real estate rights;

• Contracting of spaces in shopping centres.