Miguel Rivera-Arce > McConnell Valdés LLC > San Juan, Puerto Rico > Lawyer Profile
McConnell Valdés LLC Offices
270 MUÑOZ RIVERA AVENUE
HATO REY
SAN JUAN, 00918
Puerto Rico
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Miguel Rivera-Arce
Position
Capital Member and Vice-Chair, Labor & Employment Law Practice Group and Leader, Labor Relations Practice Team
Career
Mr. Rivera-Arce is an accomplished labor and employment law attorney with a record of outstanding results for employers, including multinational companies and domestic industry leaders.
His practice concentrates on diverse topics, including wrongful termination, employment discrimination, labor unions, wages and hours, retaliation, sexual harassment, violation of constitutional rights, defamation, and other employment-related contracts and torts.
He has ample experience in union representation, labor arbitration and collective bargaining agreement negotiations. He has managed and litigated close to 100 labor arbitration cases, with an outstanding record in favor of his clients. He has also managed multiple wage and hour collective and class actions.
Lawyer Rankings
Puerto Rico > Labour and employment
The labour and employment group at McConnell Valdés LLC remains a market leader, assisting major multinationals, including Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Toyota and T-Mobile, across such industries as pharmaceuticals, aerospace, automotive, telecoms, consumer goods and medical devices with day-to-day employment matters, the labour aspects of high-value transactions, and in high-stakes labour litigation. The team is headed by practice group chair Anita Montaner-Sevillano, who specialises in business immigration matters, in addition to claims involving workers’ compensation and collective wage and hour claims; and vice-chair Miguel Rivera-Arce, who brings experience to union issues, labour arbitration and collective bargaining agreement negotiations. Another key figure is Reinaldo Figueroa-Matos, who represents clients in administrative proceedings before local and federal agencies. At associate level, key support is provided by Guillermo Figueroa and Natalia Marín.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate, commercial and banking
- Dispute resolution and bankruptcy
- Energy, natural resources and environment
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Real estate, hospitality and leisure
- Tax