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Catarina Gil Jorge
Counsel

Lawyer

Catarina Gil Jorge

Languages
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • Spanish
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Catarina Gil Jorge is a Counsel in the Employment, Labour & Pensions team and is part of the ESG Task Force.

With 20 years of experience in labour and social security law, she assists several clients in day-to-day employment law and Human Resources, notably conducting and filing disciplinary procedures, drafting legal opinions, defining employee hiring policies, and organizing working hours.

Catarina is also a member of the staff restructuring team, conducting negotiation processes, collective layoffs, and redundancies.

She acts for some of the major players in the market, assisting domestic and international clients from a range of sectors, notably financial services and aviation.

Catarina is recommended for Employment by Legal 500, 2025.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2010.

Awards & Recognitions
01
  • Quote
    Catarina Gil Jorge and Leonor Barata da Cunha are recommended.
    Legal 500 (2023)
  • Quote
    Highly professional, accessible and very well prepared approach. Sofia Mateus, Susana Afonso, Catarina Jorge, Tiago Magalhães.
    Legal 500 (2022)

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2004

Lectures list

  • Speaker in trainings about "Labor Law", in Madrid and Barcelona, for Global Estratégias - Consultoria de Formação & HR (2011)

Education

  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Clássica de Lisboa
  • Postgraduate degree in Labor Law and Social Security, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Clássica de Lisboa
  • Certified lecturer by the IEFP – Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional

Insights by Catarina

The 12-month period for implementing the Pay Gap Assessment Plan is coming to an end

19 Jul 2024 1 min read

Catarina Jorge participates in 4 edition of Vetbizz - annual gathering of veterinary management, with recent changes in the Labour Law

23 Sep 2013 2 min read
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