VC Associados

VC Associados moves to a new office

Antonio Vigario — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:32:25 +0000

A VC Associados has moved its main office in the city of Porto to the next door building and is now settled at Rua Dominguez Alvarez n.º 44, 3.8, 4150-801 Porto. It’s costumers and friends may continue to use the public car park in the Passeio da Boavista building.

Sara Martins Lopes

Antonio Vigario — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:05:16 +0000

Born in Vila Nova de Cerveira (1991), she received a degree in law from the Coimbra University in 2015, and has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2016 as a Trainee Lawyer.
Practice Areas: Family law, civil litigation; insolvency and corporate restructuring law.
Languages: English and Spanish.

Other relevant experience: Currently attending a Master Degree in Children, Family and Sucession Law at Minho University Law School

VCAssociados on the highest Portuguese mountain

Antonio Vigario — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:37:57 +0000

VCAssociados has climbed to the Pico Mountain, Azores, being represented at an altitude of 2351 meters.

João Paulo Pimenta has been re-elected to the High Council of the Portuguese Bar

Antonio Vigario — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:30:43 +0000

João Paulo Pimenta, partner of CAssociados, head of the Coimbra office, has been re-elected to the High Council of the Portuguese Bar Association for a three year term.

ECHR found that access to employee’s Messenger account by its employer may be reasonable

Antonio Vigario — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:28:50 +0000

In its judgment rendered in the case of B?rbulescu v. Romania (application no. 61496/08) the European Court of Human Rights held, by six votes to one, that there had been: no violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life, the home and correspondence) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned Mr B?rbulescu’s dismissal by his employer, a private company, for having used the company’s Internet for personal purposes during working hours in breach of internal regulations. Mr B?rbulescu used Yahoo Messenger on the company’s computer and he had done so during working hours. The Court found, in particular, that Mr B?rbulescu’s private life and correspondence had been engaged. However his employer’s monitoring of his communications had been reasonable and legitimate in the context of disciplinary proceedings as it had accessed the Yahoo Messenger account on the assumption that the information in question had been related to professional activities and that no particular weight has been attached to the actual content of the employee’s communications . In its dissenting opinion Judge Pinto de Albuquerque considered that «the novel features of this case concern the non-existence of an Internet surveillance policy, duly implemented and enforced by the employer, the personal and sensitive nature of the employee’s communications that were accessed by the employer, and the wide scope of disclosure of these communications during the disciplinary proceedings brought against the employee. These facts should have impacted on the manner in which the validity of the disciplinary proceedings and the penalty was assessed.»

VCAssociados integrates João Paulo Pimenta and has an office in Coimbra

Antonio Vigario — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:50:28 +0000

With the integration of João Paulo Pimenta as partner, VCAssociados has now an office in Coimbra, increasing it’s ability to provide a prompt and effective answer to the serious challenges posed by its clients. João Paulo Pimenta has a solid professional experience, guided by the highest standards in rigour and quality in consonance with VCAssociados practices.

José Nuno Santos

Antonio Vigario — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:19:48 +0000

Born in Gouveia (1989), he received a degree in law from the University of Coimbra in 2012 and is a trainee lawyer registered on the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados) since 2013.

Languages: English.

Patrícia Barros Cerqueira

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:08:17 +0000

Born in Porto (1974), trained as a solicitor, and enrolled in the Chamber of Solicitors (Câmara dos Solicitadores) since 2003 (professional ID card 4273).
Practice Areas: Notary public and registries, including preparation of deeds and various other documents; representation before tax authorities, property registry offices, commercial registry offices, civil registries and vehicle registries; preparation of deeds of distribution; authentication of documents, notarization of signatures
Other relevant experience: Responsible for registry and notary public services for a number of real estate companies.

André Gonçalo Ferreira

Antonio Vigario — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:24:23 +0000

Born in Coimbra (1986), he received a degree in law from the Coimbra University in 2011, and has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2013.
Practice Areas: Civil, labour and commercial litigation; insolvency and corporate restricturing law; commercial and corporate law; and family law.
Languages: English.

Acesso ao subsídio de desemprego por gerentes de sociedades comerciais

Antonio Vigario — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:51:41 +0000

Pronunciando-se sobre a possibilidade de os gerentes de uma sociedade comercial terem acesso ao subsídio de desemprego, o Supremo Tribunal Administrativo fixou jurisprudência no seguinte sentido: «A condição de sócio gerente de uma sociedade comercial, sem direito a qualquer remuneração, de um trabalhador por conta de outrem, cujo contrato de trabalho cessou, não obsta à caracterização da respetiva situação como de desemprego, nos termos e para os efeitos do disposto nos artigos 6, número 1, do DL 119/99, de 14 de Abril, e 2, número 1, do DL 220/2006, de 3 de Novembro, respetivamente.» (Acórdão do Supremo Tribunal Administrativo n.º 4/2013. D.R. n.º 93, Série I de 2013-05-15) [15-06-2013]