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Sofia Costa Lobo

Senior Associate
Lawyer

Contact
CMS Portugal
Rua Castilho 50
1250-071 Lisbon
Portugal
Languages Portuguese, English, Spanish, French

Sofia Costa Lobo is a Senior Associate in the Employment & Pensions team.

She has over 20 years´ experience assisting in labour, strategy and actions involving employment operational structures, as well as in litigation matters.

She has extensive experience providing advice on  domestic and cross-border TUPE operations, staff restructuring and she is well-versed on both individual and collective redundancies of a roster of international and national clients, spanning a range of sectors such as technology, telecommunications, aviation and retail.

She is responsible for the audit team within the scope of the evaluation of existing contingencies, and the definition and implementation of labour practices in corporate operations, from an HR perspective.

Moreover, she provides day-to-day employment law and Human Resources advice with a main focus on international clients operating in Portugal.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2015.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2001
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Education

  • Law degree, Universidade Moderna
  • Postgraduate degree in Legal Practice and Legal Assistance to Companies, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
  • Trainning on Novo Código do Trabalho, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
  • Course on Regime Legal de Insolvências e Recuperação de Empresas, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
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