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Ogletree Deakins is a labor and employment law firm with global reach. With more than 900 lawyers in 53 offices in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, the US Virgin Islands, and across the United States, the firm has the resources and the scope of coverage to assist employers with their labor and employment law needs wherever they are in the world. Ogletree Deakins represents a diverse range of clients, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

Areas of practice: In Mexico, Ogletree Deakins provides comprehensive employment law assistance dealing with every aspect of the employment relationships, including: analyzing and defining a labor-tax-corporate structure for incorporation of entities locally, including the preparation of individual work contracts, collective bargaining agreements, employment manuals, and codes of ethics and conduct; collective bargaining, negotiation, and handling disputes with labor unions all over Mexico; analysis of structural labor risks,  including investigations, employee transfers, personnel reduction, employment law aspects of mergers and acquisitions; compliance regarding employee handbooks and policies, employment benefits and pensions, and all other conditions of employment; all aspects of business immigration for companies placing employees in Mexico or placing Mexican nationals elsewhere in the world, including setting up the appropriate secondment agreements; all aspects of managing employees and employee relations; and employment litigation, including high risk employee terminations.

The firm’s litigation practice includes vast experience with the myriad of rules governing the workplace, such as the Mexican constitution, federal labor law, social security law, federal regulations on workplace safety, health, and work environment, and other state laws and regulations. Ogletree Deakins’ workplace dispute litigation experience includes matters involving protection of trade secrets and confidential business information, as well as restrictive covenants not to compete.

Ogletree Deakins’ Mexico City-based attorneys also have extensive experience advising national and transnational companies to ensure they are in compliance with Mexican labor and employment laws, and have the knowledge required to assist clients from the moment they open their businesses and commence operations, to final workplace closure. The attorneys have vast experience dealing with matters such as day-to-day employment consultation and assistance with the operation of human resources departments; investigation and research into a wide range of matters involving employees; formulation of strategies for employee transfers and/or contract termination, from the planning stage up to implementation involving labor and employment authorities; subcontracting services compliance plans, and incorporation of companies specializing in professional services.

Ogletree Deakins’ attorneys also provide training for legal and human resources departments on legal compliance and best practices under Mexican employment law. The firm focuses on the proper management and handling of personnel and common workplace challenges (service of complaints, inspections, etc), in order to help prevent minor issues from becoming costly missteps.