Carmo Sousa Machado
About
Provided by Carmo Sousa Machado
Practice Areas
Employment
Career
Carmo Sousa Machado works primarily on matters related to civil and employment law in Portugal, including litigation. She was responsible for the creation of the employment law practice area at Abreu Advogados, a practice area to which she has dedicated over twenty years of her career. She has extensive practical experience on matters relating to acquisitions, sales, mergers and restructuring from the human resources/labour perspective, whether upstream, when conducting due diligences, or downstream, when implementing operations. She is also experienced in the transfer of establishments and related matters, in hiring and terminating namely of senior employees, in conducting disciplinary proceedings, and in pre-litigation and litigation procedures in labour disputes.
Her practice covers a variety of business sectors, but centers on the health, transport, construction, services, retail and communications sectors, where she has been involved in some of the largest multinational group restructuring deals taking place in Portugal.
Professional Memberships
Chair of Multilaw and Vice-President of the Portuguese Bar Association.
Chambers Review
Europe
Carmo Sousa Machado has comprehensive knowledge in handling employment litigation proceedings, including unfair dismissal cases and salary disputes. She also has expertise in the termination of contracts and disciplinary proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Carmo Sousa Machado has excellent customer orientation and extraordinary technical knowledge."
"Carmo Sousa Machado has excellent customer orientation and extraordinary technical knowledge."