Hogan Lovells

Labor and Employment

Senior Counsel

Luis Ruiz Gutiérrez interned in the Civil Litigation department of the firm González de Castilla, S.C., from 1973 to 1977, after which he joined Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa, S.C. as an attorney and later became a partner in the firm. He has worked on numerous labor matters for different subsidiaries of General Electric, especially on the acquisition and sale of companies and resulting labor repercussions in terms of managing personnel. He has also been involved in FEMSA Coca-Cola bottler plant closings. He has negotiated with various unions to review collective bargaining agreements for companies such as Pfizer, Coca-Cola, Bacardi and General Electric, among others; and has also handled work stoppages negotiated with unions. He wrote his thesis on “El consentimiento viciado del asegurador en el contrato de seguro” (The invalid consent of the insurer in the insurance contract) for the Escuela Libre de Derecho (1980). He also wrote chapter 12 titled “Labor Relations in Mexico,” in the book. He also co-authored An Introduction to Doing Business in Mexico (1995), with William E. Mooz Jr.,  and the Chapter of References de Labour / Employment about México for Latin Lawyer e with Hugo Hernández-Ojeda Alvírezvery year starting in 2011.

Spanish and English.

Luis received his law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho (1973-1978).

He has spoken at various seminars on the topic of strikes for the human resources personnel, plant managers, and legal department of General Electric.