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José Pedro Anacoreta
Joined PLMJ in 2020.
Partner in the Employment and Labour practice.
About José Pedro
José Pedro is a partner in the Employment and Labour practice and has more than 20 years' experience. He provides in-house employment and labour law support to large companies and human resources departments. He has extensive experience in human resources management, including labour relations, working time organisation, remuneration management, international mobility, talent management and corporate governance.
He has advised Portuguese and international clients on employment, labour and social security matters.
José Pedro holds an International MBA from Católica Porto Business School, in partnership with ESADE (Barcelona) and the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (Brazil), and completed a postgraduate course in employment law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.
Before joining PLMJ, José Pedro was legal director at Worten, worked in the legal and human resources areas of Sonae, and was a lawyer at Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho.
Contacts
Office: Porto
(+351) 226 074 700*
josepedro.anacoreta@plmj.pt
Languages:
English, German
Academic Background
- Law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, 1998
- Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2001
- International MBA at Católica Porto Business School in partnership with ESADE (Barcelona) and the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (Brazil), 2013
- General course in management at Nova Fórum, NOVA University Lisbon, 2009
- Postgraduate in employment law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2003
Professional Background
- Director in the shared services department at Sonae, 2009-2020
- Senior associate at the law firm Uría Menéndez, 2007-2008
- Labour relations director at Sonae, 2003-2006
- Lawyer at the law firm Vasconcelos, F. Sá Carneiro Fontes & Associados, 2000-2003
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"José Pedro Anacoreta has a very integrative vision of what it means to be a lawyer. He possesses incredible sagacity and the ability to always see another solution."