Labour and Employment Law

Our Labour Law team has an extensive international network of specialists in the field with a broad and extensive background in legal advice in the different specialties that make up this branch of law.

Labour and employment advice

We provide comprehensive advice to both private and public sector companies, both local and international, on all matters relating to Labour Law and Social Security Law.

Our services range from advice on labour relations, contractual matters (in all types of ordinary and special labour relations), collective bargaining (collective dismissals, temporary layoff schemes, collective agreements, company agreements), to the defense of the clients’ interests before administrative bodies (for example, before the Labour Inspectorate), and labour judicial bodies (Labour Court, Superior Courts of Justice, National Court and Supreme Court).

There are also specialised teams in areas such as start-ups, equality, public sector, expatriates, international or compliance.

Specific labour and employment law services

Advice on Labour Contracts

We have extensive knowledge of the legal needs of companies in very different sectors that allow us to advise on the best contractual type and clauses for each specific situation.

We assist the client in the negotiation and drafting of employment contracts, analysing the best options in each case.

Senior management

We have extensive experience in advising on senior management contracts.

We provide legal advice on the drafting of contracts, special agreements, golden parachute clauses, variable and non-competition remuneration and termination processes.

Compensation systems and stock option plans

We offer legal assistance to companies to define the most appropriate compensation system for them.

We advise companies and executives who want to define a stock option plan in order to achieve a higher value in the market. In addition, we place all our experience at the service of the client who wants to define the most appropriate remuneration system for the company and the workers.

Complementary social security

We provide legal advice to clients in all the processes derived from the configuration and formalization of complementary social security plans.

Collective Bargaining and Labour Relations

We advise companies in any type of negotiation with employee representatives.

We advise in complex processes of collective layoffs, ERTE’s (Temporary employment regulation file for the modification of employment contracts), substantial modification of working conditions, collective bargaining agreements, company agreements, strikes, etc. designing the strategy, preparing all necessary documents and intervening in the negotiation with the collective representation.

We also advise the company on a day-to-day basis regarding its relations with employee representatives and on trade union elections.

Social Security

We have a great knowledge of all contractual procedures related to Social Security.

We offer legal advice on defending the interests of clients in relation to all manner of Social Security issues.

Litigation

We advise and defend the client’s interests in all types of legal proceedings before the labour courts.

We represent companies and managers in all types of legal processes.

We offer preventive advice to reduce the risks of a judicial process. However, if an out of court resolution of a conflict is not possible, we defend the interests of our clients before all instances of labour courts and contentious-administrative jurisdiction, including any procedure up to the obtaining of a final judgment before courts, Superior Courts of Justice, National Court of Spain, Supreme Court, Constitutional Court...).