Pedro Furtado Martins
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Employment
Band 1
About
Provided by Pedro Furtado Martins
Practice Areas
Pedro Furtado Martins is a partner in the Labour practice and has strong experience in providing services in the full range of Labour Law matters related to individual and collective employment relationships and social security issues. He combines his practice as a lawyer with teaching at the Law Faculty of the Catholic University and his membership to a number of bodies specialising in Labour Law: he is a member of the Commission responsible for reviewing the Portuguese Labour Code, a Chairman Arbitrator of the Economic and Labour Council and is responsible for preparing the Annual Report on Collective Bargaining in Portugal.
Career
Law Degree (1982) and Master Degree (1989), Lisbon Law School, Catholic University. Lecturer of undergraduate courses, Lisbon Law School, Catholic University as well as of postgraduate and master’s degree courses at the Catholic University, the University of Lisbon and Nova University. Member of the Portuguese Bar Association, 1999. Partner at Ferreira Pinto & Associados, 2000-07. Partner at Sérvulo, 2008-14. Partner at CS'Associados, 2014.
Professional Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association
Publications
Author of several works on labour law.
Personal
Languages-English, French
Chambers Review
Europe
Pedro Furtado Martins garners particular praise for his expertise in collective labour matters, post-M&A employment advice and restructuring implementation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Pedro is very robust: he knows the legal aspects of the case and his knowledge is very strong."
"He makes room for customer and client needs in terms of availability and is very much responsive."
"Pedro is very robust: he knows the legal aspects of the case and his knowledge is very strong."
"He makes room for customer and client needs in terms of availability and is very much responsive."