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Alfredo Aspra

Alfredo Aspra is managing partner of the Firm, where he leads a team of more than 45 professionals in Spain, located in the Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville offices. Alfredo has more than 23 years of experience in the profession and specializes in advising national and international companies operating in both the private and public sectors in the practice of labour and employment law. Within the field of labour law, he is also an expert in: - Restructuring, Collective Dismissal Proceedings, Restructuring in Bankruptcy Proceedings, Layoffs, Plant Closures, and Deconcentration of production (transfer of companies, outsourcing and subcontracting of activities). - Negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, company agreements, substantial modifications of working conditions, internal flexibility mechanisms, arbitration agreements, unfair labour practices. - Litigation. Non competes, privacy, senior executives, injunctions, employee handbooks, employment policies, investigations, unfair dismissals. - Definition of legal mechanisms in complex issues of special business transcendence of collective character, building and drafting the corresponding agreement. - Advice on union law, electoral processes, strikes, discrimination, labour disputes, complaints and arbitration, defamation, warn act. Alfredo Aspra is a well-known professional in the labour law sector. He is a "go to" lawyer for the most difficult and complex issues that arise in Spain.

Álvaro Del Castillo Riba

Álvaro has experience in providing labor and employment law advice for national and international companies alike, both within the public and the private domain, in all kinds of sectors and industries. Among others, the following areas of expertise: Restructuring: collective dismissals, collective suspensions of employment contracts and/or working-time reductions and labor reorganizations in pre-bankruptcy and bankruptcy procedures, labor issues related to corporate reorganizations in mergers, split-ups, split-offs, or spin-offs, insourcing and outsourcing. Legal practice: collective conflicts and disputes, dismissal for objective reasons, disciplinary affairs, unfair competition, damages for breaches of confidentiality covenants and trade-secret covenants, etc. Specialized advice in terms of contracting and subcontracting, with special regard to the legal concept of illegal transfer of employees, as well as labor advice on corporate succession and contractual subrogation of employment conditions. Specialized advice consisting in the drafting and the implementation of bullying protocols at the workplace, policies related to the use of computer or telematic tools, corporate tools, instruments for corporate supervision and monitoring, equality plans, remote work and homeworking agreements, etc.; all this with regard to the new entry into force of the Organic Act 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and the Guarantee of Digital Rights, as well as to RD-Act 6 and 8/2019, and RD-Act 28/2020 on Remote Work.

Sergio Juárez

Mr. Juárez has more than 20 years of professional experience in labour law advisory for national and international companies alike, both within the public and the private domain, in all kinds of sectors and industries. His main area of expertise within the field of labour legislation focuses on collective cases and litigation. Thus, as part of the labour law discipline, he is an expert in: Complementary Social Welfare: undertaking or suppression, as the case may be, of commitments by reason of pensions and the creation of social welfare systems (Pension Plans of the employment system and/or collective life insurance contracts) conventional obligations in terms of commitments by reason of pensions, Pension Plans and Funds, collective insurance, etc. Legal Practice: Collective conflicts and controversies, dismissals for objective reasons, dismissals for disciplinary reasons, contract terminations related to the creation of a corporate succession, illegal transfer, unfair competition, etc. Restructuring: collective dismissals, collective suspensions of employment contracts and/or work schedule reductions and employment reorganisations in pre-bankruptcy and bankruptcy procedures, labour issues linked to corporate reorganisation in mergers, split-ups, split-offs or spin-offs. Collective Bargaining: statutory collective bargaining agreements (for a sector, for a company, or for company groups), extra-statutory agreements or covenants, substantial modifications to work conditions, geographical mobility, mechanisms of internal flexibility, etc.

Ana Martín Oliet

Labor lawyer with more than 13 years of experience in providing legal and labor advice to national and international companies in various sectors and industries. She has solid experience in Occupational Risk Prevention and Social Security, offering comprehensive solutions that ensure regulatory compliance and occupational risk mitigation. She specializes in labor relations management, litigation, and strategic support for organizations undergoing corporate restructuring processes. Expertise • Occupational risk prevention: technical, administrative and litigation advice on all matters related to occupational risk prevention. Specifically, comprehensive advice in the event of workplace accidents and occupational illnesses (actions before the labor inspectorate, benefit surcharges, civil liability and coordination with the criminal law department in the event of possible criminal liability). • Restructuring: collective redundancies, suspension of employment contracts and/or reductions in working hours, reorganization of working conditions, including insourcing and outsourcing of activities. • Collective bargaining: statutory collective agreements (sectoral, company and workplace), extra-statutory agreements or pacts, internal flexibility measures (substantial changes to working conditions, geographical mobility). • Labor inspections and Social Security entities: representation in labor disciplinary proceedings, in matters of social security (bonuses, contributions, settlement and/or penalty notices) and occupational risk prevention before the Labor Inspectorate. Administrative and judicial claims in contentious-administrative proceedings before the managing bodies. • Legal practice: collective and individual litigation, disciplinary matters, collective disputes, labor issues, substantial modifications to contractual conditions, challenging sanctions, benefit surcharges, civil liability, bonuses, social security benefits. • Company policies and codes of ethics: specialized advice on the design, negotiation and implementation of all types of policies (conduct protocols, travel and mobility policies, teleworking, digital disconnection, etc.).

Gonzalo Núñez Sarompas

Gonzalo is a lawyer of the firm with more than 25 years of experience in the field of labor and employment law, Social Security and occupational risk prevention. Throughout his career, which began in the Labor and Social Security Inspectorate, he has combined research and teaching tasks with advising leading companies, both national and international, as well as public and private. Of note are his advice and qualified experience in, among others, the following areas of specialization: Administrative procedures: labor and social security inspections, activity related to tax collection administration and the managing bodies for Social Security, Social Security registrations, etc. Health & Safety at Work: compliance with regulations and intervention in cases of administrative, criminal and civil liabilities. Collective bargaining: statutory collective bargaining agreements, extra-statutory agreements or pacts, internal flexibility mechanisms, equality plans, homeworking policies, etc. Corporate restructuring: collective dismissals, collective suspensions of employment contracts and/or reductions in working hours, internal flexibility measures as well as labor reorganizations linked to corporate restructuring. Legal practice: collective conflicts and litigation, labor law, dismissals, review of administrative acts, etc.

Vanesa Orive Sánchez

Lawyer of the firm with ample experience in providing legal advice of a labor and Social Security nature to national and international companies across all types of sectors and industries. She also has experience in Human Resources management, which has allowed her to learn firsthand about the questions that are of utmost importance to Human Resources Departments Her primary field of expertise within the area of labor and employment law is focused on ongoing technical legal advice in the area of labor relations of a collective and individual nature, as well as legal practice and assistance across all types of labor litigation cases. Thus, within the labor discipline, she is an expert in: • Company restructuring: collective dismissals, collective suspension of employment contracts and/or reduction of working hours, substantial modifications of working conditions, geographical mobility, etc. Likewise, specialized technical advice in labor reorganizations linked to corporate reorganizations (purchase and sale, merger, spin-off or segregation), as well as in projects of outsourcing or internalization of activities in which the figure of business succession comes into play. • Collective bargaining: statutory collective bargaining agreements, extra-statutory agreements or pacts, internal flexibility measures, measures on the distribution and optimization of working time, etc. • Business policies and codes of ethics: specialized advice on the design, negotiation and implementation of all types of policies (conduct protocols, disciplinary policies, teleworking, confidentiality and business secrets and other matters related to labor relations and human resources in companies). • Hiring and remuneration: senior management and executive contracts, advice on the design and implementation of the legal and labor aspects of variable compensation and flexible compensation plans, as well as long-term incentives and other mechanisms for talent retention and permanence in the company. • Legal practice: collective or individual litigation, termination of employment contracts, disciplinary matters, accidents in the workplace and occupational illnesses, professional classification, working time, etc.

Beatriz Pinter Bau

Labor lawyer with more than 20 years of experience advising national and international companies across a wide range of sectors and industries. Her main area of expertise lies in providing strategic guidance on labor relations to all types of business organizations, helping them achieve their objectives by designing optimal solutions for the development of their strategic plans. She has been involved in highly complex corporate restructuring processes and collective bargaining negotiations. Expertise • Corporate restructuring: collective dismissals, collective suspension of employment contracts and/or working time reductions; labor aspects related to corporate reorganizations (mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs or demergers, and business separations) as well as productive decentralization projects (outsourcing or insourcing of activities). • Collective bargaining: advisory services on collective negotiations relating to equality and diversity plans, internal flexibility mechanisms such as substantial modifications of working conditions or geographical mobility, etc. • Administrative proceedings: labor and Social Security inspections, Social Security classifications, etc. • Litigation practice: collective and individual disputes, termination of employment contracts, disciplinary matters, workplace accidents and occupational diseases, professional classification, working time and work-life balance, senior management, misclassified self-employed workers, unlawful assignment of employees, review of administrative acts, etc. • Labor compliance and internal investigations: labor-related aspects of compliance models, internal investigations, and specialized advice on the design, negotiation, and implementation of all types of policies (harassment prevention protocols, codes of ethics, mobility and relocation policies, remote work, digital disconnection, etc.).