Mr Gerardo Valencia > Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C.
AV. EJERCITO NACIONAL 8943-B,
12TH FLOOR
Mexico

Work Department

Labor & Employment

Position

Gerardo Valencia is partner of the Labor practice area in Cuesta Campos. He has focused his practice in labor law, and has a broad experience on labor legal advice and litigation from a corporate perspective.

Career

Gerardo Valencia joined Cuesta Campos in 2014. With over 15 years of experience in labor law and social security, he has focused his practice in advising and counseling important multinational and local companies from different industries, from the key strategic aspects to the fulfillment of regulations, including: incorporation of companies in Mexico and foreign subsidiaries, collective negotiations, implementation of internal processes for regulating employee’s relations, merger and acquisitions assessments, review of schemes for contracting with outsourcing and its application according to labor and tax rules, negotiation with suppliers to verify and require compliance with obligations, Social Security counseling, including actions for nullitybefore Federal Court of Justice for Tax matters, analysis and implementation of employer substitution processes, training for high-level officials in the administration of their personnel, as well as the solution of disputes through outside trial agreements,such asindividual and collective litigation beforeLabor boards and courtsthroughout the country.

His labor experience includes litigation, design and implementation of preventive strategies for various companies, negotiation of union contracts, transfer of employees and strike negotiations, among others.

Languages

Spanish and English

Education

Universidad de Guadalajara. Law Degree, 2007
Universidad del Valle de México. Corporate Law Seminar, 2011

Lawyer Rankings

Mexico > Labour and employment

Gerardo Valencia coordinates the labour and employment work at Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C., whose recent slate of work has had a focus on labour law compliance with Mexico’s international trade agreements. Other market segments on which the practice is frequently engaged include, due diligence on transactional matters, industry-specific compliance regarding employee relations, on-site health and safety conditions, and collective negotiations with national unions. The firm’s broad client base in this area has seen recent additions in both the IT and automotive sectors.