McConnell Valdés LLC

The labour and employment group at McConnell Valdés LLC remains a market leader, assisting major multinationals, including Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Toyota and T-Mobile, across such sectors as pharmaceuticals, health, aerospace, telecoms, consumer goods, medical devices and the automotive industry, with day-to-day employment matters, the labour aspects of high-value transactions, and high-stakes labour litigation. The practice is headed by group chair Anita Montaner-Sevillano, who specialises in business immigration matters, and who brings skill to disputes involving workers’ compensation, wage and hour collective claims, whistleblower and retaliation claims, and labour audits, and group vice-chair Miguel Rivera-Arce, who draws on experience managing union issues, labour arbitration and collective bargaining agreement negotiations. Skilled litigator Reinaldo Figueroa-Matos represents employers in administrative proceedings before local and federal agencies.