Carmo Sousa Machado
Partner | Lisbon
Carmo Sousa Machado works primarily on matters related to civil and employment law in Portugal, including litigation. She was responsible for the creation of the employment law practice area at Abreu Advogados, a practice area to which she has dedicated over 30 years of her career.
She was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Abreu Advogados from April 2017 until April 2021, and was Managing Partner from 2004 to 2007.
Carmo is currently Immediate Past Chair and Chair of the Former Chairs Committee of the global association of independent law firms Multilaw, having been Chair of this network between 2019 and 2023. She was Vice President of the General Council of the Portuguese Bar Association from 2020 to 2022.
She has extensive practical experience on matters relating to acquisitions, sales, mergers and restructuring from the human resources/labour perspective, whether upstream, when conducting due diligences, or downstream, when implementing operations. She is also experienced in the transfer of establishments and related matters, in hiring and terminating namely of senior employees, in conducting disciplinary proceedings, and in pre-litigation and litigation procedures in labour disputes.
Her practice covers a variety of business sectors, but centres on the health, transport, construction, services, retail and communications sectors, where she has been involved in some of the largest multinational group restructuring deals taking place in Portugal.
Carmo Sousa Machado has been at Abreu Advogados since 1996, becoming a Partner in 1999. Se has been named Thought Leader – Labour & Employment 2020 by WWL.
Abreu Advogados labour and employment law practice in Portugal is ranked by leading industry publications such as Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.
Work Experience
Academic Background
University of Lisbon
Law degree from the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (1990)
University of Lisbon
Postgraduate diploma in Labour Law from the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law (2000)