Mercedes Balado Bevilaqua

Mercedes is the founding and managing partner of MBB Abogados since 2012. She has over 25 years of experience in providing labour, social security, corporate management and human resources counsel to clients worldwide. She graduated with honors from the University of Buenos Aires and holds an LL.M from University of Connecticut.

She counsels and represents local and international clients, as well as assists international law firms with their matters in Argentina by designing cutting-edge policies and practices to comply with their legal obligations and enhance workforce management, providing clients with specialized counseling and representation to optimize the workplace, handling with complex local and cross border legal matters.

Mercedes has been highlighted as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 Latin America (2012-2026), Chambers & Partners (2011-2026) and Who's Who Legal (2015-2026), Who´s Who Legal Global Elite Latin America (2020-2026), Client's Choice (2024-2026)

Mercedes was also included in the top 50 most relevant international female labour lawyers by the International Employment Lawyer publication, and also part of the editorial board of the International Employment Lawyer.

She is co-chair of the Outreach International Committee for the American Bar Association. She frecuently participates in local and international conferences as speaker and moderator

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She usually participates as panelist in local and international conferences and publications of the same nature such as the International Bar Association, American Bar Association, Latin Lawyer, New York Bar Association, Practising Law Institute New York, International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), International Employment Lawyer, American Employment Law Council, US-Mexican Chamber of Commerce, Forum, Business Hot Topics, etc. She has also contributed articles to the Newsletters of different law firms and networks such as: Littler Global International Guide, Squire Patton Boggs Global Survey, CM Murray International Newsletter, L & E Global International Guide, Taylor Vinters Solicitors International Newsletter, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C International Newsletter, El Cronista Comercial, Perspectives (magazine of the French-Argentine Chamber of Commerce), Infobae, La Ley, El Derecho, IJ Editores, Cámara de Sociedades, among others.