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Henrique Peyssonneau Nunes
Partner

Lawyer

Henrique Peyssonneau Nunes

Languages
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • French
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Henrique is a Partner in the Employment, Labour & Pensions team, specializing in Immigration law.

With over 15 years of experience, he heads the Immigration team providing legal and employment advice to companies and individuals on all matters related to immigration, including the hiring of foreign citizens, both European and non-EU, as well as the processes of obtaining visas, from the Golden Visa to work visas, D7, D2, Digital Nomads, among others, and also the acquisition of Portuguese nationality.

Henrique’s assistance also includes the secondment of employees to companies abroad and/or from foreign companies to Portuguese undertakings.

Moreover, he has extensive experience in labour law and litigation, as part of the labour litigation team, representing companies in lawsuits challenging dismissals, wage claims, among others. He also provides day-to-day employment advice to domestic and foreign clients.

He also has extensive experience in the area of private law, with a particular focus on civil law, litigation and insolvency law.

Henrique is recognised for Labour and Employment, by Best Lawyers for the past years.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2007.

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2011

Education

  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Postgraduate degree in Comercial Law, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
  • Attended the Course of specialisation in Insolvency and Corporate Rescue, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Lusíada

Insights by Henrique

CMS Portugal appoints three new partners

31 Mar 2025 2 min read

Amendments to the Portuguese Citizenship Law

08 Jan 2024 2 min read

Meet the Law - Immigration

19 Apr 2023 3 min read

Golden Visa

02 Jun 2022 1 min read
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