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Susana Afonso
Work Department
Employment
Position
Partner
Career
Susana Afonso a partner and the head of the Employment and Pensions practice at CMS Portugal. She is experienced in advising multinational companies with a wide range of employment matters in relation to establishing operations in Portugal or harmonising their staff conditions in line with international organisational schemes, including in relation to remuneration and benefits policies, working hours and other aspects.
Susana has a particularly impressive track record in major restructuring exercises and redundancy programmes, collective bargaining, as well as union negotiations and pensions issues. In recent years, she has participated in and coordinated some of the most important restructuring processes in Portugal, notably in the financial, insurance, industrial, construction, aviation, retail, pharmaceutical and services sectors.
She has been recognised as an expert in her field by the Portuguese Bar Association and her expertise in staff restructuring processes has been widely recognised.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Employment
(Hall of Fame)Combining strong local and international expertise, the employment team at CMS‘ has a solid reputation in handling restructurings, trade union negotiations, and collective dismissal procedures. It also excels in negotiating collective agreements, employment contracts, and TUPE proceedings. The practice is spearheaded by a trio of experts: Susana Afonso
, who remains a go-to for complex restructuring work; Sofia Mateus, who manages the litigation side of the practice with a particular focus on disciplinary matters, social security disputes, and labour misdemeanour cases; João Paulo Gomes, who leads the Madeira office and offers expert labour counsel to clients in the hospitality, construction, and transport sectors, both locally and internationally.