Ricardo Nascimento

Lawyer and Senior Partner at the Law Firm MNA Advogados; PhD; Researcher; Invited Lecturer; Assistant Professor at the University Portucalense of Porto.

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW - Advice on the creation and termination of contracts, redundancies, collective negotiation, labor disputes, conciliation and litigation. Also advice on government aids issues. Specialist in Labour Law certified by the Portuguese Bar Assoc.; Author of the book "Termination of the Employment Contract" and several legal articles; MBA in European Community Labour Law, Master in Labour Law; Specialist Lawyer in Labor and Employment Law (specialty recognized by the Portuguese Bar Association since 2007 to the present date); was recently selected for inclusion in the 11thEdition of The Best Lawyers in Portugal © for his work in Labor and Employment Law.

CORPORATE AND BUSINESS LAW - Advise on all kind of mercantile contracts, such as services, banking and stock exchange, insurance and international contracts. Advise in national and international companies in matters regarding Intellectual Property, Transfer of Technology, Franchising, development of distribution networks and the set up of offshore branches. I have broad experience in the incorporation, organization and reconstruction of companies, mergers, acquisitions and financing.

INSURANCE LAW - Advice on all kind of private insurances.I also focus on civil liability that has become nowadays a key issue in all business and economic activities, specially regarding labour and traffic accidents.

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW - Expertise in the area of consumer banking, in factoring, reverse factoring, and finance and/or operating lease transactions, as well as credit cards, mortgage and consumer finance, asset finance, and commodities and trade finance transactions. Advice on the distance selling of financial services, life and non-life insurance, pensions and retail investment products.

SPORTS LAW - Experience in different fields of law that are linked to sports, such as labor law, litigation, intellectual property, public law; able to provide legal services to Customers in all matters related to sports business. Intermediation, acquisition of registration, advisory, management and representation rights of sport professionals, namely football players and coaches and othersports clubs and societies.