José Luís Arnaut
Managing Partner
Lawyer
Portugal, Lisbon
José Luís has a vast experience on legal strategic advice to public and private companies. His main areas of practice include restructuring, privatisations, mergers and acquisitions and private e...
Margarida Vila Franca
Partner
Lawyer
Portugal, Lisbon
Margarida Vila Franca has been developing her activity mainly within the areas of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Banking and Financing. Margarida has been...
Susana Afonso
Partner
Lawyer
Portugal, Lisbon
Susana Afonso has been developing her activity within the area of Labour Law, Social Security Law and Labour Litigation. Susana Afonso's work has been particularly acknowledged in the area of...
Portugal [PRT]
CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut is divided into different practice areas, allowing us to respond to each individual request with a specialized team of lawyers. We also receive many requests and queries which ...
Swedish Desk [PRT]
The Swedish Desk at CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut: Full service law firm providing legal advice for Portuguese companies and individuals in Sweden and Swedish companies, investors and private clients based...
Energy [PRT]
Portugal
The Energy, Environment and Natural Resources area of CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut has, through the Lawyers who integrate same, decades of accumulated expertise, which is acknowledged in Portugal as leader...
Lisbon
CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut
Rua Sousa Martins 10
1050-218 Lisbon
Portugal
Rua Sousa Martins 10
1050-218 Lisbon
Portugal
In CMS Portugal, people may rely on a long and solid experience resulting from a firm that began working in 1964 and has evolved since then to become one of the leading companies in Portugal thanks...
Funchal
CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut
Rua Ivens n. 3, Edifício D. Mécia
5º andar - Letra W
9000-047 Funchal
Portugal
Rua Ivens n. 3, Edifício D. Mécia
5º andar - Letra W
9000-047 Funchal
Portugal
In CMS Portugal, people may rely on a long and solid experience resulting from a firm that began working in 1964 and has evolved since then to become one of the leading companies in Portugal thanks...
Online Services
In today's fast-paced business environment, you need to stay up to date on the latest industry regulation to anticipate and handle any potential issues that could impact your business. Through our online services, we offer you access to relevant legal know-how – quickly and easily.
Online Stress Test
Test your Know-how ProtectionJune 2018*The local implementation date for Portugal is 1 July 2018.
Online Stress Test
Here is why know-how protection is becoming increasingly important:Click here to go right to the TestThere are new risks around know-how protectionAs the business world becomes ever more interlinked and information processing chains grow longer, there is an increasing risk of confidential business information and sensitive data being intercepted and know-how falling into the wrong hands.
Working for CMS
Welcome to our worldAt CMS we strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours. That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’ perspective means our people are approachable and accessible.
Your Application
Our application process at CMS varies from country to country. We do this to ensure that specific qualifications for a position as well as local market needs are fully taken into consideration. However, the standard process is to submit a written application that, if successful, will be followed by personal interviews.
CMS Corporate Video
Watch our CMS video to find out more about how we deliver on our brand promise “Your World First”: by understanding our clients’ business, creating an international law firm built on deep local roots and delivering quality results that clients can act on to achieve their business goals.
About Us
CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut is a law firm that dates back to 1964 and is firmly established in the Portuguese market. Renowned for its proficiency, professionalism and thoroughness, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut builds long-term relationships with its clients which are based on trust and transparency.
Awards & Rankings
We are in business to help your business. So we are proud to accept market recognition for our performance as a welcome indicator that we are succeeding in our efforts to provide you with the highest quality of service and advice.
CMS Dawn Raid Assistant app
4 Feb 2019
CMS has launched a free mobile application that provides guidance for competition-law dawn raids in 27 countries. Dawn raids are becoming more common these days, with authorities imposing huge fines,...
Online Stress Test
June 2018
In response to the digitalisation of the world and the risks associated with it, the EU Directive on Trade Secrets kicks in this summer. While this is great news for any business looking to protect...
CMS introduces Private Placements online Questionnaire
June 2018
Private placements are increasingly being used for debt funding as an alternative to bank financingFind the right one for you!The market offers a large number of Private Placement (PP) products with m...
European Commission launches online "eLeniency" tool
On 19 March 2019, the European Commission announced the launch of its new online tool to submit statements and documents in leniency and settlement proceedings in cartel and non-cartel cooperation cases.
EU: Provisional Agreement on Cross-border Mergers, Demergers or Transfers
On 13 March 2019, the European Commission released a statement (19/1608) that the European Parliament and the Member States have reached a provisional agreement on new rules making it easier for companies to merge (fusion/fusie), demerge (scission/splitsing).
EU law trumps national law when determining the entity liable for damages
On 14 March 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published a ground-breaking preliminary ruling in the case Skanska Industrial Solutions and Others (Case C‑724/17), finding that the determination of who is liable for damages for an infringement.
Insight
Portugal
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07
Nov
Webinar: Work smart, not hard | Portugal
07/11/2017
Millennials, social media, fewer meetings, more apps – this is our new world: the world of the gig e...
05
Oct
Webinar: Brexit Management Intellectual Property
05/10/2016
Since the inception of the EU, intellectual property law has been an area of significant EU-wide...
