Marta Afonso Pereira

Practice Areas

Marta Afonso Pereira is the head of Employment in the Lisbon office’s Corporate department, having built her experience both in employment and litigation. She also provides strategic compliance advisory.

She advises Portuguese and international clients on labour law and social security issues, including on staff benefits (pension schemes and stock option plans), collective labour negotiations and other employee representatives, company restructuring, post-structuring and staff transfers, disciplinary procedures and executive recruitment and dismissals, as well as on employment litigation.

In addition to advisory work, Marta has been playing a leading role within the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) and women leadership initiatives, both in Portugal and globally.

The Iberian Lawyer distinguishes her as one of the 50 most inspiring women in the legal sector