sócio-gerente
Published 8 November 2026, 22:44
sócio-gerente — a company partner who is also its manager
A person who both owns a share in a company and manages it under its articles: they sign contracts and answer to the state for the firm's affairs. In small firms and single-member companies, the owner and the manager are usually one and the same person. In documents, their name appears next to the word gerente — manager; a plain sócio is a partner with no signing authority.
Where you come across it. The company's articles and register extract, contracts the firm signs, tax questions about the property of the firm and its people.
A manager's liability goes beyond that of an owner: under certain conditions, the gerente can be held personally liable for the firm's debts to the tax office and Segurança Social.