Mr Ricardo Castro > Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. Offices
EDIFICIO VIRREYES, PEDREGAL 24, 12th FLOOR
LOMAS VIRREYES / COL. MOLINO DEL REY
11040 MEXICO, D.F., MEXICO
Mexico
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Mr Ricardo Castro
Work Department
Employment
Position
Ricardo Castro leads as Head of the Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Mexico’s Baker McKenzie offices. Ricardo is also a professor of labor law in the business law master’s program of the Universidad de Monterrey, and is also a member of its board of directors. He has been a member of the labor mission in Mexico since 2004, representing the Mexican business sector in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Singapore, Switzerland and other countries. He lectured on employment-related matters for business and union leaders in the state of Nuevo Leon. Ricardo represents the maquila sector in Mexico before the National Council of the Export Maquila Industry. He also represents businesses before the Mexican Permanent Labor Mission in the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
Career
Ricardo’s practice focuses on strategic labor planning and on individual and collective employment-related litigation. He advises on preventive consultancy in human resources matters, particularly in complex, cross-border transactions. He has also counseled on employee benefits and executive compensation plans, executive mobility, pension plans, social security matters, and negotiations with unions. Ricardo is also experienced in labor relations in the automotive industry, particularly on individual and collective benefits.
Languages
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Memberships
- Asociacion Nacional de Abogados de Empresa – President
- Cámara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformación – Member
- Colegio de Abogados de Monterrey A.C. – Member
- Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos en Finanzas – Member
- National Association of Corporate Lawyers – Labor Committee Coordinator
- American Chamber of Commerce in Monterrey – Labor Commission
- Labor Relations and Productivity Council – Member
- Maquiladora Association of Nuevo Leon before the Labor Commission of the Confederación Patronal de l – Representative
- Canada Chamber of Commerce (Monterrey Chapter) – Member
Education
- Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management (2002)
- Universidad de Málaga (Business Administration) (2001)
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (1986)
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (LD) (1981)
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