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Sofia Lobo
Senior Associate

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Sofia Costa Lobo

Languages
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
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Sofia Costa Lobo is a Senior Associate in the Employment, Labour & Pensions team.

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

She has extensive experience providing advice on domestic and cross-border TUPE operations and staff restructuring and she is well-versed in 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.

Sofia is recommended for Employment by Legal 500, 2024.  

Joined CMS Portugal in 2015.

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    I essentially work with Sofia Costa Lobo - her technical knowledge, as well as her total availability, kindness and ability to adapt are distinctive.
    Legal 500 (2025)

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2001

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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