Mr Salvador Pasquel-Villegas > Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. > Monterrey, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. Offices
Av. Ricardo Margain Zozaya 335, Corporativo Equus - Torre II, Piso 9
Col. Valle del Campestre
San Pedro Garza García, NL, MX, 66265
Mexico
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Mr Salvador Pasquel-Villegas
Work Department
Employment
Position
Salvador Pasquel Villegas joined Baker McKenzie in 1994 and became a partner in the Firm’s Mexico office in 2002. He is a member of the North America Employment and Compensation Practice Group and chair of the Mexico City Labor Practice. He has extensive experience advising on collective bargaining, employment counseling in corporate restructures, labor policy planning related to acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, plant closings, redundancies, executive compensation and employee benefits, as well as investigation procedures, labor compliance, diversity and inclusion programs, and flexible working conditions.
Salvador has also represented Mexican employers before the International Labor Organization (ILO) in 2003 and 2010.
Career
Salvador is a senior strategic advisor in collective bargaining, strike call procedures and collective labor litigation; harmonization of employment benefits, implementation of flexible work programs (including telecommuting, alternative working schedules and sabbaticals), compliance and risk management, employment discrimination, codes of conduct and workplace investigations.
He serves as trusted counsel to international companies on employment and social security matters arising from mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and redundancies, international assignments and termination of high level executives, including expats.
He is seasoned in labour and tax restructurings, outsourcing, design of executive compensation and employee benefits, profit sharing, pension funds, stock option plans, 401K plans, and the representation of Mexican and international corporations before Mexican labor authorities.
Languages
English, Spanish
Memberships
- National Association of Corporate Lawyers – Member
- Mexican Bar Association – Member
Education
- University of Bologna (2003)
- University of Castilla-La Mancha (2003)
- Georgetown University Law Center (LLM) (2000)
- Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Labor Law) (1997)
- Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (JD) (1996)
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Labour and employment
The comprehensive labour and employment offering at Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. is one of the premier choices in the market for major companies undergoing significant workforce reorganisations across jurisdictions. The extensive international network of the firm helps facilitate this, as do the firms multiple office locations in Mexico, covering the central industrial hubs for the full range of key sectors. Beyond restructurings and their corresponding negotiations, the team also handles transactional labour mandates, collective bargaining agreements, labour litigation and employee transfers, among other issues. Based in Monterrey, practice head Ricardo Castro works closely with the M&A department and excels in complex transactional labour matters. Also in Monterrey, Alfonso García Lozano is similarly well versed in transactional work, as well as being one of the key labour litigation contacts. At the Mexico City office, Manuel Calderón‘s broad experience includes complex individual and collective litigation, as well as call-to-strike procedures; he heads the labour litigation department. Javiera Medina-Reza has a strong focus on employee transfers, while also advising on litigation; and Rosario Lombero Gonzalez who ‘stands out for her openness and willingness to understand the needs of the company‘, focuses on compensation, benefits, pension plans, labour and social security matters, and outsourcing. Clients of collective bargaiing specialist Salvador Pasquel-Villegas appreciate his ‘great command of labour, union and current issues‘, and more junior partners Liliana Hernández-Salgado and Gabriel Ortiz-Aguilar are further key contacts in Mexico City. In Guadalajara, María José Casillas González (immigration and labour advisory) is the name to note at partner level, while Humberto Ruiz Correa is a key associate at the Monterrey office.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- City focus - Monterrey
- Energy and natural resources
- International trade and customs
- Labour and employment