Employment: Elite
Europe Guide 2024 : Spain
Band 2
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Provided by Pérez-Llorca
Pérez-Llorca’s Employment team offers each of our clients a personal and specialised service. Our lawyers are committed to understanding our clients’ activity, their way of working and their expectations, in order to find the solution that best suits their specific requirements and anticipate their future needs.
The team advises a diverse range of public and private companies from different sectors, and together with other specialists at the Firm, provides our clients with personalised, comprehensive support.
We strive to find the best solutions to potential problems that can arise for companies in relation to staff management. The team specialises in individual and collective bargaining, and has extensive experience defending our clients in the labour courts. We advise on areas including:
- Employment and HR advice: advice on employment queries, the design and implementation of company policies, senior management contracts, functional mobility, exclusivity, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, equality plans, how to achieve a good work-life balance and health and safety at work. We also advise on disciplinary dismissals, individual objective dismissals, the termination of temporary contracts and restructurings.
- Legal guidance in labour court proceedings: advice on ordinary and special individual court proceedings, collective dispute court proceedings and extraordinary appeals.
- Assistance with labour inspections, collective bargaining and trade union matters.
Chambers Review
The Spanish law firm Pérez-Llorca houses a renowned employment team in its office in Madrid. Major Spanish employers often seek the firm's assistance with comprehensive collective employment matters ranging from lay-offs and redundancies to collective bargaining agreements including flexibility in working hours. Furthermore, the team assists with the design and implementation of incentive and equality plans and is well versed in handling internal investigations. Clients also benefit from the firm's strength in litigation, often representing corporates against compensation claims brought by former top executives as well as collective disputes.
Work Highlights
- Pérez-Llorca advised Entertainment One on the negotiations and implementation of a collective dismissal procedure.
Strengths
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"The team has excellent attention to detail, even in the most complex matters, with very clear and valuable opinions. We have access to partner-led strategic advice, with enough depth and bandwidth at a more junior level to support the work."
"The firm conducts its activities with excellent professional service and a very knowledgeable and extensive team. It provides a very high level of service and quick responses."
"The team have very deep knowledge and are able to propose solutions adjusted to the business reality."
"The team has excellent attention to detail, even in the most complex matters, with very clear and valuable opinions. We have access to partner-led strategic advice, with enough depth and bandwidth at a more junior level to support the work."
"The firm conducts its activities with excellent professional service and a very knowledgeable and extensive team. It provides a very high level of service and quick responses."
"The team have very deep knowledge and are able to propose solutions adjusted to the business reality."
Notable Practitioners
Top-ranked practitioner Daniel Cifuentes is held in high esteem for the breadth of his expertise in employment law. Collective bargaining agreements, labour law disputes and internal investigations as well as M&A-related employment mandates fall within his area of expertise.
"Daniel is technically very good and very knowledgeable. He is seen as a strategic partner."
"Daniel is a very complete lawyer. He possesses not only legal knowledge but also common sense and very practical advice."
"He has a very straightforward approach and he looks into issues to find all possible options available. I liked the way he approached the issue and tackled the different options, giving us the right advice."
Iván Gayarre Conde is well placed to handle collective bargaining agreements and redundancy processes in the wake of insolvency proceedings.
"Ivan jumps on our cases as if we were the most important client."
"Ivan is a very good lawyer. He is clever and brilliant."
Luis Enrique Fernández Pallarés is a trusted adviser due to his strength in a variety of labour law mandates. He has a particular focus on collective dismissal and lay-off procedures. He also assists with remuneration schemes and collective bargaining agreements.
"Luis Enrique is an excellent professional who has a very accurate vision of the business and its needs. He gives an agile response to what is requested and always with success."
"Luis has a deep knowledge of Spanish labour law; he also knows our business and the market. He provides a very high level of service with a proactive approach."
"He is highly prepared and experienced. It is a pleasure to have him as a partner of our company."
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