Legal Experts
in Portugal
At HLMG Abogados, we combine experience, precision, and dedication to deliver bespoke legal solutions for national and international companies, supported by the ETL Global network to which we belong.
Our team’s swift responsiveness and deep industry-specific expertise define our approach and drive our positioning.
We act as true legal partners.
About us
Client
Driven
HLMG Abogados is an independent firm based in Lisbon, comprising lawyers with extensive experience in legal advisory services.
Our mission is to provide rigorous, transparent, and personalized service, with a focus on efficiency and mutual trust.
We operate with a strategic vision of the law, anticipating risks and offering solid solutions in an evolving legal and business environment.
Practice areas
Our firm specialises in business support, particularly in:
Employment Law
In a regulatory environment that grows ever more complex and demanding, we ensure that clients have effective compliance systems in place.
We offer proactive labour advice to pre-empt future conflicts with employees.
We also assess employers’ compliance with contractual obligations, sector‑specific work conditions, occupational risk prevention, harassment policies, and work‑life balance protocols.
We design and deliver tailored training programmes for companies in these areas.
When necessary, we represent clients before labour authorities and courts across all types of administrative and judicial proceedings.
Corporate Law & Debt Recovery
We assist with daily corporate governance matters and corporate restructuring.
We manage debt recovery cases with dedicated advice to maintain clients’ financial stability.
Professional & Corporate Liability
We handle claims in the judicial sphere, representing and defending insurers and/or insured professionals or entities.
Sectors
We work with clients across a wide range of sectors, understanding each industry’s specific characteristics:
Professionalism,
experience and closeness
Our team is comprised of lawyers with specialized training, committed to technical rigor and personalized support.
At HLMG Abogados, we value direct communication, professional ethics, and constant updating as fundamental pillars of our legal work.
Through our preventive advice, we ensure cost savings for our clients by avoiding the undue generation of professional fees.
We believe in a law that serves people and businesses, where trust is the best contract.
Partner and Head of Portugal Office
Joana Miranda Gancho
Portugués / Español / Inglés / Alemán
Areas of work and specialization
Employment Law
Partner
Álvaro Hernando de Larramendi Samaniego
Español / Inglés / Italiano / Portugués
Professional experience
Practising lawyer since 1984, admitted to the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2006.
Founding partner of ESTUDIO JURÍDICO EJASO and former head of its Labour and Employment Department, specialising in collective and executive labour law.
Provides general advisory services in collective bargaining and judicial proceedings.
Founding partner of HLMG Abogados since 2006.
Serves as a Mediator at SIMA’s Inter‑Confederal Mediation and Arbitration Service.
Lecturer and seminar speaker on Labour Law.
Member of the European Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities between Women and Men (EQOP).
Faculty member in the Labour Law Department at ICADE, Universidad Pontificia Comillas.
Trustee of Fundación Pro Bono España since July 2018.
Areas of work and specialization
Employment Law
Doctoral programme courses (no thesis) in Labour Law (1998–2000).
Law degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1977–1982).
University Orientation Course at C.E.U. San Pablo (1976–1977).
Additional training
Participant in the Ninth Study Session of the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg (1978).
Senior Associate Lawyer
Gonçalo Ramos
Portugués / Inglés / Español
Areas of work and specialization
Employment Law
Associate Lawyer
Vasco Jara e Silva
Portugués / Inglés / Español
Areas of work and specialization
Corporate Law, Civil Law & Debt Recovery
Associate Lawyer
Alexandre Evaristo
Inglés / Portugués / Español
Areas of work and specialization
Employment Law
