Mariana Paiva
Senior Counsel

Mariana Paiva

Joined PLMJ in 2015.
Senior counsel in the Employment and Labour practice.

About Mariana

Mariana is a senior counsel in the Employment and Labour practice. She has over 10 years’ experience in legal practice and focuses on employment and labour law and social security matters. Mariana regularly advises a number of Portuguese and multinational companies, covering various sectors such as retail, finance, electricity, the media and airlines.

She also has significant experience in employment disputes and is regularly involved in restructuring processes. Mariana provides advice on all matters relating to employment and labour law and social security. She provides day-to-day assistance with employment matters and prepares disciplinary proceedings and cases of dismissal based on just cause, and with collective dismissals and redundancies.

Mariana took a postgraduate course in employment and labour law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and earned an LL.M. in International Business Law from Católica Global School of Law.

Contacts

Office: Lisbon
(+351) 213 197 300*
mariana.paiva@plmj.pt

*National landlines call

Languages:
English, Spanish

Academic Background
  • Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2009
  • Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2012
  • Specialist postgraduate course in employment law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2013
Other Awards
2020 - Mariana Paiva, Rising stars | Iberian Lawyer - Labour Awards
The Legal 500
2025 - Mariana Paiva, Leading Associates | Labour and Employment
2023 - Mariana Paiva, Rising stars | Labour and Employment
2022 - Mariana Paiva, Rising stars | Labour and Employment
2021 - Mariana Paiva | Labour and Employment
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