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Puy Abril

Puy Abril

Work Department

Partner

Position

Puy Abril has more than 15 years of experience. Throughout her career, she has balanced her role as a researcher and a lecturer with her role as a labour law adviser for companies. Her role as a consultant has allowed her to learn first-hand on the problems that arise out of employment legislation and to offer suitable solutions by thoroughly analysing each of the cases presented to her. PhD in Labour Law and Social Security Law (Summa Cum Laude/Premio Extraordinario).

Her main area of expertise within the field of labour legislation focuses on Collective cases, Equality, Diversity and Work-Family Life Balance: design, negotiation, and implementation of equality plans and work-family life balance policies. In the last year, she has advised several important Spanish companies in the implementation of their equality plans.

Career

Labormatters Abogados (2021 - today) | Partner Andersen (2019 - 2021) | Senior Associate Udima Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (2009 - 2020) | Professor of Labor Law. Ceca Magan Abogados (2016 - 2019) | Associate Lawyer Chávarri Abogados (2016 - 2016) | Associate Lawyer CEF Centro de Estudios Financieros ( 2007 - 2015) | Academic Director of the Labor and Human Resources Area at CEF

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

“Extraordinary PhD Prize for the Thesis entitled “Information, consulting, and negotiation in collective dismissals”, under the advice of Professors Antonio V. Sempere Navarro and Guillermo L. Barrios Baudor. Prize “Young Researchers” granted by the Social Council of the University Rey Juan Carlos in cooperation with the publishing house La Ley for the research work entitled “The company’s duty to inform in collective dismissals” XII Legal Research Prize on “Individuals with a disability, old individuals, immigrants, children, refugees or other groups lacking suitable protection” granted by Fundación AEQUITAS (General Council of Spanish Notaries) for the work entitled “Self-employment and Disability: Literature Review and Proposals for Reform”, created jointly with authors Barrios Baudor, G. Cano Galán, Y., Lasaosa Irigoyen, E., and Megino Fernández, D. Member of the Writing Committee of the Magazine Revista de Derecho Laboral by the publishing house VLEX. Member of the CEOE (Spanish Confederation of Corporate Organisations)’s Equality and Diversity Committee Member of the Law Society of Madrid Member of the Asociación Nacional de Laboralistas-National Association of Labour Specialists (ASNALA in Spanish). Best Lawyers Recommended Lawyer

Education

Degree in Law by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Public Examination Applicant for the Senior Board of Work and Social Security Inspectors. Professional Master’s Degree in Labour Law Advice, CEF. Master’s Degree in Labour Law and Social Security Research through Case-Made Law, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. PhD in Labour Law and Social Security Law (Summa Cum Laude/Premio Extraordinario by reason of the thesis entitled Information, consulting, and negotiation in collective dismissals), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos