Cecilia Vargas > CMS Grau > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile

CMS Grau
AV. SANTA MARÍA 110
MIRAFLORES
LIMA 18
Peru

Work Department

Labour & Employment.

Position

Partner at CMS Grau. Cecilia specialises on Labour, Occupational Health & Safety, Social Security and Employment issues, including foreign hiring.

Career

Cecilia provides comprehensive advice to local and international clients in retail, mining, oil & gas, aviation, real estate, energy and industry sectors, including general planning and labour policy design, complex cases related to collective bargaining, dealing with trade unions, conflict resolution and defending clients in judicial and administrative proceedings.

She provides advice on recruitment of national and foreign personnel, obtaining immigration status, conducting legal compliance audits regarding occupational health and safety matters, prevention of damages, in Labour Inspections and the development of mandatory internal policies (such as sexual harassment).

Formerly, Cecilia was associate at Galvez & Dolorier and Estudio Chehade.

Languages

Spanish and English.

Memberships

Lima Bar Association (CAL).

Education

Universidad de Lima – Law Degree.

Lawyer Rankings

Peru > Labour and employment

The employment and pensions team at CMS Grau is especially adept at advising clients in the aviation, retail, oil and gas, mining, real estate and energy sectors. Jointly led by Claudia Flecha and Cecilia Vargas, the team is experienced in assisting clients across the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, such as human resources restructuring, day-to-day labour issues, employee dismissals, and post-merger and post-acquisition transactional matters. Franco Herrera, who defends clients in administrative and judicial processes, and Maria Lourdes García, who assists clients in collective bargaining processes, are also key associates in the team.