José Luis Zapata

Practice Areas

Labor Law

Career

José Luis Zapata is the Partner in charge of the Labor Law Area at O’Farrell.

His activity focuses on advising companies, settling labor disputes, whether individual or collective, managing labor proceedings, and negotiating collective bargaining agreements with labor unions.

Mr. Zapata is a legal adviser to companies engaged in different economic activities in Argentina, such as the automotive, oil, gas, electricity, textile, chemical and petrochemical, retail, construction, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, gastronomy, insurance, railway, and services industries, always in relation to labor and litigation issues, negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and management of collective labor disputes.

Professional Memberships

Technical delegate member of the Social Policies Department of the Argentine Industrial Union (Unión Industrial Argentina – UIA) and representative of the employers sector at the International Labor Organization (ILO)

Attorney-at-law of the Chamber of Oil Industry (Cámara de la Industria del Petróleo, CIP), participating in all collective bargaining proceedings within the oil industry.

Attorney-at-law of the Argentine Chamber of Casual Food Restaurants (Cámara Argentina de Establecimientos de Comida Casual, CAECC)

Attorney-at-law of the Argentine Chamber of Renewable Energies (Cámara Argentina de Energías Renovables, CADER).

Member of the Argentine Association of Labor Law (Asociación Argentina de Derecho del Trabajo)

Member of the Argentine Association of Labor Law (Sociedad Argentina de Derecho Laboral)

Member of the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association

He has an active role in various chambers of commerce, such as the British, Spanish, American, and Dutch Chambers of Commerce