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Richad Majid
Senior Associate

Lawyer

Richad Majid

Languages
  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Hindi
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Richad Majid is a Senior Associate in the Lusophone Africa teams.

He develops his activity in labour law, namely in the monitoring of company restructuring processes in several sectors, in direct negotiations and the resolution of collective disputes. He has relevant experience in the drafting of legal diplomas in the area of labour law and participation in the drafting of amendments to the labour code.

Richad has also been developing his activity in a variety of matters concerning foreign investment in Lusophone African Countries in particular Angola and Mozambique.

He has been advising clients, mainly foreign, on cross-border transactions, foreign investment and restructuring processes in Lusophone African Countries.

Richad was also an Adviser in the Office of the Deputy Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of the XXII Constitucional Government and an Adviser in the Office of the Secretary of State for Employment of the XXI Constitutional Government.

Richad is recommended for Angola Foreign Firms by Legal 500, 2025.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2022.

Publications

  • MAJID, Richad – “Teletrabalho em Angola: Desafios e Oportunidades à Luz da Legislação Laboral”, (co-authored with Gilberto Manuel) in Jornal Expansão, 2025
  • MAJID, Richad – “Um ano da nova Lei Geral do Trabalho: Qual o balanço?”, (co-authored with Silvino Domingos) in Jornal Expansão, 2025
  • MAJID, Richad – “O que esperar da reforma laboral angolana?”, in Human Resources Portugal, 2024
  • MAJID, Richad – “Angola: reformas que proporcionam investimento”, (co-authored with  Tiago Machado Graça) in Jornal de Negócios, 2023

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2017
  • Member of the Mozambique Bar Association since 2016

Education

  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Course in Energy Law, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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