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Anne Villanueva Jeffers

Anne Villanueva Jeffers

USA 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Labor & Employment

New York

1 year ranked

About

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USA

Practice Areas

Annie Villanueva Jeffers counsels clients on a broad range of employment matters, including employment-related issues arising out of U.S. and multinational corporate transactions, executive employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, reductions-in-force, discrimination charges and lawsuits, collective bargaining agreements and internal investigations.

She also advises public and private companies, as well as individual senior executives, on matters relating to race and gender discrimination, breaches of noncompete and non-solicitation agreements, separation and release agreements, settlement agreements, workplace culture, retaliation and wrongful termination.

Ms. Villanueva has been ranked by Chambers USA, as well as selected to Bloomberg Law’s 2023 edition of its They’ve Got Next 40 Under 40 list, named by Law360 as a 2023 national Rising Star in Employment and listed among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers in 2024. In addition, the Daily Journal recognized her as a Top Labor and Employment Lawyer in 2023 and 2024, a Top Woman Lawyer in 2023 and one of its Top 40 Under 40 in 2022.

Personal

J.D., Harvard Law School, 2012

B.S., Cornell University, 2009

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Labor & Employment - New York

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Anne Villanueva regularly advises national and international clients on the labor and employment aspects of M&A transactions, as well as experience in matters concerning noncompete and non-solicitation agreements. She splits her time between the firm's New York and California offices.

Strengths

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  • We are lucky to work with Annie. She is super smart, practical, responsive, and fun to work with.
    Labor & EmploymentChambers Guide to the USA

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California: Los Angeles & Surrounds

California: Northern

California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou

California: Southern

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