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Fernando de Buen

+52 (55) 52591156 fdebuen@k-g.com.mx View profile

Work Department

Labour & Employment

Position

Fernando is Counsel for the firm in the Labour practice. With more than thirteen years of experience, Fernando has advised clients regarding labour and employment law and social security. His experience in this area includes matters related to labor compliance including the drafting and negotiation of employment agreements, as well as hiring strategies for both nationals and expatriates, strategies for terminating the employment relationship of high-level executives and employees, as well as the planning and execution of employee transfers, subcontracting regime, profit sharing (“PTU”), internal work regulations, internal policies, employee handbook, amongst others, applicable in companies.

Likewise, Fernando has successfully advised on the design of employment structures, compensation and benefits for executives and employees, as well as the negotiation and termination of collective bargaining agreements, advising companies in order to ensure that they meet all the requirements required by the labor laws, the labour authorities (both federal and locals), and internal labor audits.

Fernando has led highly complex consulting, as well as the opening, expansion and/or restructuring of the operations of companies in Mexico due to transactional operations (Due Diligence) both nationally and transnationally, which may originate from mergers and acquisitions, or joint venture agreements, without being limited to the development of new affiliates and/or subsidiaries, as well as the implementation of labour obligations in the creation of new companies, the analysis of the consequences derived from these and the planning of labor strategies to carry out the closure of company operations.

Fernando has represented clients in sectors and industries such as pharmaceuticals, automotive, aeronautics, finance, information technology, entertainment, mining and telecommunications, amongst others.

Fernando has participated as a speaker in several forums regarding his area of expertise and has participated in the publication of articles of a labour nature.

Career

• Kavanagh Gorozpe– (Counsel 2023 – To date)
• González Calvillo– (Senior Associate 2019 – 2023)
• Creel García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez- (Associate 2017 – 2018)
• Von Wobeser y Sierra- (Associate 2014 – 2016)
• Bufete de Buen– (Law Clerk and Associate 2010 – 2014)

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

• Chair Professor of Individual Labour Law at the Universidad Anáhuac (both North and South Campus).

Education

• Law Degree at Universidad Anáhuac México Sur (awarded three times for Academic Excellence and scholarship holder for academic excellence).
• Master’s in Labor Law at Escuela Libre de Derecho.
• Postgraduate studies in Labor Human Rights and Global Governance at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain.
• Complementary Diploma to the Postgraduate studies in Labor Human Rights and Global Governance from the Castilla-La Mancha University, Toledo, Spain
• Vértice Anáhuac Leadership, Competence Development and Academic Excellence Program, at Universidad Anáhuac México Sur.