“Jorge … stands out for his transactional experience.” (Legal 500 2021)"Jorge Ribeiro Mendonça provides solid legal advice with accurate and practical solutions. Accuracy, availability, and legal advice for international clients are some of his strengths." (Legal 500 2021)"Jorge Ribeiro Mendonça is an excellent lawyer and negotiator. He is always exploring different perspectives aiming to find the solution in the interest of the client. Jorge is also fluent in English, which helps a lot." (Legal 500 2021)Jorge's experience covers both domestic and international environment, Jorge specializes in M&A, commercial, energy and employment matters, and his activity is focused on the negotiation of international contracts, in the provision of legal assistance and in the development of complex transactions.M&A and corporate practice: Jorge provides legal counsel and advice in complex and cross-border transactions, due diligence, negotiation of acquisitions and dispositions, negotiation of contracts, companies’ restructurings processes, among others. Energy & Natural Resources practice: Jorge develops his legal practice in energy matters covering several dynamics, having been involved in projects of generation, transportation and transmission across all technologies, acquisition and development of generation plants as well as on energy-distribution facilities, and also provides legal advice in renewables projects and assists transactions namely connected with the development of PV (photovoltaic) or wind technologies.Recommended by Legal 500 for his Energy practice: “Jorge Ribeiro Mendonça heads the team.”Employment practice: current advice, legal support to the management boards and to human resources teams, litigation, negotiation with the unions, restructuring processes, provision of legal advice and development of various rationalization processes in companies concerning the reduction of human resources, or involved in the assignment of employees connected with transactional issues such as the transfer of undertakings.Jorge is a member of the Young Employment Lawyers (Associação de Jovens Juslaboralistas).