Practice Expertise
- Employment and Labour
Areas of Practice
- Employment and Labour
Profile
Nuno is a senior counsel in the Employment and Labour practice and with over 30 years’ experience in this area, he has advised clients from many different sectors. These include rail, road and air transport, pharmaceuticals, oil, energy and natural resources, postal, telecoms, and retail distribution.
Nuno is one of a select group of lawyers in Portugal with proven experience and know-how in all aspects of collective bargaining in multiple sectors. He has advised on both direct negotiations and on resolving collective disputes through conciliation, mediation and arbitration. In this work, he has also dealt with all types collective bargaining regulatory instruments.
Nuno holds the title of Specialist in Labour Law granted by the Portuguese Bar Association.
He was a lawyer (1987-1998) and later (1999-2001) an assistant director of Socio-Labour Affairs Department of the CIP - the Portuguese Confederation of Industry, having represented that tripartite confederation on various Portuguese and EU bodies for social dialogue and consultation.
He was a member as an arbitrator for employers of the Economic and Social Council, for the purposes of compulsory and necessary arbitration, and for arbitration on minimum services in strike situations. He held this position for the 2015-2018 term.
Nuno is currently one of presiding arbitrators at the same institution, for the 2019-2022 term.
Nuno is one of a select group of lawyers in Portugal with proven experience and know-how in all aspects of collective bargaining in multiple sectors. He has advised on both direct negotiations and on resolving collective disputes through conciliation, mediation and arbitration. In this work, he has also dealt with all types collective bargaining regulatory instruments.
Nuno holds the title of Specialist in Labour Law granted by the Portuguese Bar Association.
He was a lawyer (1987-1998) and later (1999-2001) an assistant director of Socio-Labour Affairs Department of the CIP - the Portuguese Confederation of Industry, having represented that tripartite confederation on various Portuguese and EU bodies for social dialogue and consultation.
He was a member as an arbitrator for employers of the Economic and Social Council, for the purposes of compulsory and necessary arbitration, and for arbitration on minimum services in strike situations. He held this position for the 2015-2018 term.
Nuno is currently one of presiding arbitrators at the same institution, for the 2019-2022 term.
Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 1988
Education
Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 1986
Postgraduate in Employment Law, the University of Lisbon, 2001
Areas of Practice
- Employment and Labour
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Other Awards
2022 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Excellent Leaders League - Labour
2021 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Leading Leaders League - Labour
2020 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Leading Leaders League - Labour
Chambers Europe
2024 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2023 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2022 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2021 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2020 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2019 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2018 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Band 3 Labour Law
2017 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
The Legal 500
2023 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Recommended Labour and Employment
2022 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour and Employment
2021 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour and Employment
2020 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour and Employment
2018 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour and Employment
Professional Activities and Experience
Awarded the title of lawyer specialising in employment law by the Portuguese Bar Association, 2007
Other Awards
2022 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Excellent Leaders League - Labour
2021 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Leading Leaders League - Labour
2020 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Leading Leaders League - Labour
Chambers Europe
2024 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2023 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2022 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2021 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2020 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2019 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
2018 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Band 3 Labour Law
2017 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour Law
The Legal 500
2023 - Nuno Guedes Vaz, Recommended Labour and Employment
2022 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour and Employment
2021 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour and Employment
2020 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour and Employment
2018 - Nuno Guedes Vaz Labour and Employment
Professional Activities and Experience
Awarded the title of lawyer specialising in employment law by the Portuguese Bar Association, 2007
