Mr Ernesto Cárdenas > Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados Offices
Av. Pardo y Aliaga 652 piso 8
San Isidro
Lima 15073
Peru
Mr Ernesto Cárdenas
Work Department
Labor
Position
Ernesto Cárdenas specializes in labor contracting, immigration, collective bargaining and social security matters.
Career
He advises companies in the hiring of national and foreign personnel, social security matters, labor cost reduction, salary planning, termination of labor ties, collective bargaining, as well as in inspection processes and in administrative and judicial proceedings related to his area of specialization.
Ernesto is a professor at the Graduate School of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas and at Universidad ESAN. He has been assistant professor in several labor law courses at the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2003-2004).
He has been recognized in the Labour & Employment section of the international guide Chambers & Partners Latin America and in Legal 500.
Languages
Spanish, English, French.
Memberships
Lima Bar Association
Peruvian Society of Labor and Social Security Law
Education
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – Lawyer, with outstanding mention (2007).
Lawyer Rankings
Peru > Labour and employment
(Next Generation Partners)Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados‘ 18-strong labour team continues to provide comprehensive assistance to clients on a diverse range of employment matters. Typical recent mandates include representing clients in litigation against unions, navigating the implementation of remote work initiatives post-Covid-19, and offering counsel on administrative and judicial proceedings stemming from employment relations. Practice co-head Mario Pasco
focuses on collective bargaining, litigation and auditing/taxation cases; while co-chair José Balta is a labour law expert and routinely handles immigration, workplace discrimination, contracting and lay-off processes. Providing additional partner-level input, Ernesto Cárdenas is noted for regularly assisting clients with large payrolls develop strategies for defining work-and-tax structures related to worker benefits. At associate level, seniors Claudia Cermeno (individual and collective labour law, social security, and health and safety at work); and Mariana González-Prada (labour and employment, immigration and social security matters) provide key support.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute resolution: Litigation
- Dispute resolution: White-collar
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Intellectual property
- International trade (IT&C)
- Life sciences and healthcare
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law and regulation
- Tax
- TMT (Technology, media and telecoms)