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\ Labor, Social Security & Industrial Safety Law

At Vouga Abogados we are proud of our Labor, Social Security and Industrial Security legal department. Our team of professionals is highly specialized, with a long tradition of offering the best service in labor matters to our clients in the most diverse, complex and sensitive cases in the market.
We advise our clients on a wide range of labor issues including, among others:

  • Drafting of individual employment contracts.
  • Management Contracts.
  • Agreements for the rendering of services of a civil nature.
  • Representation and advice in negotiations of collective and individual agreements.
  • Development and implementation of compensation programs such as employee stock purchase plans, restricted (conditional) stock awards, pension plans, bonus policies, employee profit sharing plans.
  • Confidentiality and non-competition agreements.
  • Dismissal of employees and executives.
  • Mass layoffs.
  • Labor-related litigation.
  • Labor issues in liquidations, mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings.
  • Advice on strikes.
  • Occupational safety and health and safety issues.
  • Expatriate and cross-border hiring, including temporary and permanent employment and residence.
  • Labor matters related to maritime and port activities.
  • Legal due diligence and audits to ensure compliance with labor, social security, and accident prevention regulations.
  • Legal advice for Human Resources departments.
  • Drafting and review of corporate employment policies and guidance on their implementation.
  • Localization of international employment policies.
  • Training for HR managers and in-house counsel on changes in labor, social security, and accident prevention regulations.
  • Representation and procedures before different governmental agencies to obtain permits, authorizations and approvals.

\ Leaders

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Partner

\ Perla Alderete
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Partner

\ Mirtha Dos Santos
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Associate

\ Marcela Dos Santos
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Associate

\ Walter David Vera

\ Team

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Associate

\ Maria Gloria Cabrera Ojeda

\ Largest soft drinks bottler, in contract restructuring during Covid-19

Advised the sole distributor of one of the world´s largest soft drink companies on the re-negotiation of several contracts with clients, particularly with those clients most affected by the pandemic, such as restaurants and bars.

\ World leader in personal care products, in regulatory matters

Advised a leading global company in personal care products analyzing the implications and legality, as well as the follow-up of the parliamentary process, of three bills presented in Congress through which it was intended to control the prices of products considered essential during the pandemic.

\ Largest soft drink bottler, in adaptation of contracts to antitrust regulations

Assisted a major soft drinks company by analysing under competition law various clauses used in contracts with its clients, taking into account the soft drinks company´s high market share in Paraguay.

\ Publications

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New requirements for registration as Insurance Brokers and Claims Adjusters
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The Superintendence of Securities amended provisions of the General Regulation of the Securities Market regarding tariffs
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The Superintendency of Securities regulates stock market advisory services in the General Regulations of the Securities Market.

\ Address
Juan de Salazar 657
Asunción – Paraguay

\ E-mail
info@vouga.com.py

\ Telephone
+595 21 202 049

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