• Advice on the hiring, management, compensation and dismissal of professionals, involving projects such as:

-Forms of hiring professionals. Strategic analysis before or after hiring persons, especially as to costs and risks in each modality. 

-Compensation and benefits. Analyses to identify opportunities and risks; simulations of related labor and tax charges. 

-Documents and contracts. Preparation and review of contracts, amendments, policies, internal regulations, instruments, communications, written warnings, among other documents for the management of professionals. 

-Unions. Review of classification by territory and by category; assistance in trade union negotiations; review of agreements and/or collective bargaining agreements; guidance as to the payment of union contributions. 

-Profit or results sharing program. Assistance to define rules pursuant to the legislation and to negotiate with employees’ committee and/or trade union; preparation of draft agreements. 

-Foreign work and international work. Advisory on legal aspects of hiring foreign professionals and transfer of professionals for work abroad. 

-Stock plans. Review of legal impacts involving domestic and international stock plans. 

-Private pension plans. Advice on their formatting, implemention and review. 

-Worker’s Compensation Insurance / Work Environment Risk. Review of classification based on the company’s establishments. 

• Reviews and due diligences. Identification of possible opportunities and risks based on labor, social security and accounting documents.
   
• Strategic labor litigation. Defense in judicial proceedings and labor assessments with high financial and/or strategic risks for the company.
   
• Social security and tax litigation. Defense against tax assessments issued by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service; defense against the Accident Prevention Factor (“FAP”) and Epidemiological Technical Nexus (“NTEP”); judicial proceedings to challenge social contributions; assistance in complying with inspections.