Areas of practice
Labor, Employment and Corporate Compensation
We provide legal advice and full representation encompassing every aspect of labor, employment, and benefits laws.
In our practice we blend traditional labor and employment law with cutting edge strategy consulting and litigation from both the collective and individual standpoint.
As a solution centered firm, our practice team interacts with other practice areas of the firm, providing labor and employment advice in corporate transactions, carrying out labor due diligences, identifying existing or potential labor and employment contingencies.
Likewise, we help clients with the proper documentation of employment relationships, termination strategies, internal compliance procedures (e.g., drafting, implementation and execution of solid in-house policies), expat hiring strategies, high level executive compensation plans, as well as compliance with Mexican authorities including the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare with respect to employment and safety aspects through inspections and audit procedures, and from other non-governmental organizations.
Such services include the advice and drafting of work contracts for directors or high-level employees including covenants of non-competition, confidentiality and golden parachutes; the structuring and implementation of profit sharing plans, stock options purchase plans and other stock-related benefit agreements for employees; the assistance in the drafting, negotiation and execution of collective bargaining agreements with labor unions, and the drafting of legal opinions regarding labor and employment matters.
We have experience representing clients in individual and collective actions, before local and federal labor courts in Mexico, as well as before administrative authorities and in their defense before judicial or constitutional instances.
Also, our labor and employment practice group has deep knowledge in data privacy and protection matters, which allow us to deliver integrate such component to labor and employment advice, including contracts, data management and in-house policies.
Our lawyers have developed expertise in:
- Business Change & Restructuring
- Day to Day Human Resources Management Advisory
- Design and implementation of employment structures for companies of the same group.
- Design of anti-discriminatory protocols derived from amendments to the legal framework as of May 2019; to comply with obligations set forth in the Federal Labor Law.
- Employee Benefits & Equity Services
- Employment Substitution and transfer of workforce
- Employment terminations
- General employment day to day consulting
- International Labor Law & Human Rights
- Labor and employment compliance
- Labor and employment consulting in individual and collective labor matters, including relationships with labor unions.
- Labor Litigation (individual and collective)
- Local Immigration & Global Mobility (expat hiring strategies)
- Stock Option Plans and Pensions (design and implementation of high-level executive compensation plans)
- Training to HR and in-house legal departments
- Thor Urbana in ongoing and follow-up advice regarding various labor issues for several years.
- Grupo Adasol (GIGANTE) in continuous advice and follow-up regarding various labor issues for several years.
- Google in continuous advice and follow-up on various employment issues for several years.
- QAD, business software provider in outlining strategies and processes derived from modifications to the legal framework in force since May 2019.
- Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Company (Modec), provider of floating solutions for the global offshore oil and gas industry in outlining strategies and processes derived from modifications to the legal framework effective from May 2019.
- Finotech, provider of floating solutions for the global offshore oil and gas industry in outlining strategies and processes derived from modifications to the legal framework effective May 2019.
- Bobst Industries, a global supply chain management provider with the review and structure of Mexican labor compliance schemes.
- OOCL, a global supply chain management provider with the review and structure of Mexican labor law compliance schemes.
- Citibanamex with the review and structure of Mexican labor law compliance schemes
- Japanese company in the oil and gas industry with the design and implementation of work schemes for expatriates based in Mexico.
- Apotex with advice on labor implications and organizational structure for having expatriates in Mexico and taking Mexican employees abroad.
- Citibanamex with advice and training to internal team (management, administration, operational, among others) on modifications to labor laws, correct application of these, dismissal protocols, etc.
- Citibanamex with the coordination of litigation arising from termination of employment relationships for cause due to fraud, violations of code of ethics, including sexual harassment, among others.
- Symrise, a producer of flavors and fragrances with the coordination of litigation derived from collective bargaining agreement ownership disputes.
- United Colors of Benetton in change management and corporate restructuring of business entities and subsidiaries.
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