Mr Luis Ruiz Gutiérrez > Hogan Lovells > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Luis Ruiz Gutiérrez
Work Department
Labor and Employment
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
Luis Ruiz Gutiérrez interned in the Civil Litigation department of the firm González de Castilla, S.C., from 1973 to 1977, after which he joined Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa, S.C. as an attorney and later became a partner in the firm. He has worked on numerous labor matters for different subsidiaries of General Electric, especially on the acquisition and sale of companies and resulting labor repercussions in terms of managing personnel. He has also been involved in FEMSA Coca-Cola bottler plant closings. He has negotiated with various unions to review collective bargaining agreements for companies such as Pfizer, Coca-Cola, Bacardi and General Electric, among others; and has also handled work stoppages negotiated with unions. He wrote his thesis on “El consentimiento viciado del asegurador en el contrato de seguro” (The invalid consent of the insurer in the insurance contract) for the Escuela Libre de Derecho (1980). He also wrote chapter 12 titled “Labor Relations in Mexico,” in the book. He also co-authored An Introduction to Doing Business in Mexico (1995), with William E. Mooz Jr., and the Chapter of References de Labour / Employment about México for Latin Lawyer e with Hugo Hernández-Ojeda Alvírezvery year starting in 2011.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Education
Luis received his law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho (1973-1978).
Leisure
He has spoken at various seminars on the topic of strikes for the human resources personnel, plant managers, and legal department of General Electric.
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Labour and employment
(Hall of Fame)The labour and employment offering at Hogan Lovells ‘has resources and knowledge to resolve a wide variety of problems‘ and serves as a key pillar of the firms support to businesses across North America. Its broad workload on the advisory side includes ESG compliance, hiring strategies, employee transfer, terminations and benefit plans; while in union negotiations and contentious work the practice is well versed in collective bargaining and litigation. Three lawyers co-lead the practice: senior counsel Luis Ruiz Gutiérrez
, who can draw on a wealth of labour disputes experience; Hugo Hernández-Ojeda, also a senior figure and who focuses on labour and employment, pensions, investigations and social security law; and younger partner Mary Carmen Fuertes, whose practice centres on the labour aspects of corporate deals, investigations, compliance, employee moves and restructuring. Counsel Luis Adrián Rosas Ortega stands out in labour litigation; while senior associates Oswaldo Chávez Uribe and Regina Torrero reflect the team’s strength in depth.