Francisca Silva Martins
Associate Lawyer • Lisbon
Francisca Silva Martins is an associate and has been with Abreu Advogados since 2024, focusing primarily on labor law.
She advises on employment law matters and issues relating to human resources management for national and multinational companies across a wide range of industries, with particular expertise in the commercial aviation, insurance, sports, real estate, beauty and aesthetics, information technology, consultancy and retail sectors.
Her practice focuses particularly on employment litigation, representing employers and employees in legal proceedings concerning unfair dismissal claims, employment-related entitlements, and other disputes arising from employment relationships.
She also handles disciplinary proceedings, particularly those leading to dismissal for gross misconduct, as well as corporate restructuring processes, including collective redundancies and redundancy programmes.
She also provides ongoing legal advice on individual and collective employment relations, including the drafting, review, amendment and termination of employment contracts, the implementation of internal policies and procedures, and advice on employment law compliance matters.
Experience
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Legal representation of a national insurance brokerage firm in proceedings related to the interpretation and application of collective bargaining agreements;
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Legal representation of a sports corporation in lawsuits related to the legal classification of service contracts;
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Legal representation of a leading national group in the aesthetics and beauty sector in cases related to the legal classification of service contracts;
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Legal representation of groups of employees in the commercial aviation sector in lawsuits seeking to assert labor rights and claims;
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Legal representation of national and multinational companies in lawsuits challenging the validity and legality of dismissals for disciplinary and objective reasons;
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Ongoing legal counsel to domestic and multinational companies on labor matters, providing advisory, preventive, and mediatory services;
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Advice on conducting and monitoring disciplinary proceedings in domestic and multinational companies across various sectors;
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Advice on matters related to labor litigation and labor administrative violation proceedings initiated by the Authority for Working Conditions.
Education
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Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa
Law Degree (2024)
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Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa
Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Civil Procedure (2024)
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