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Baker McKenzie
JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET, 29
C/ JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET, 29
28006 MADRID
Spain
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Work Department

Employment & Compensation

Position

Mireia Sabaté is the managing partner of Baker McKenzie’s Barcelona office, a partner in the Employment and Compensation practice in Barcelona and a member of the EMEA Employment Steering Committee of the Firm. She practices mainly in the areas of labor and employment law. Mireia also regularly teaches at universities, having lectured on labor institutions and litigation at ESADE Law School in Barcelona and conducted training on employment termination at ISDE (Higher Education Law and Economic Institute). She teaches courses on social security law at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. She has also provided training in equity law at the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and in the free transfer of employees at the Barcelona Bar Association.

Mireia regularly counsels clients on employment relationships (ordinary or special), employment contracts, individual and collective terminations (including top executives), implementing restructuring plans, and designing and negotiating collective bargaining agreements, noncompetition and other typical agreements, labor law issues in connection with due diligence matters, variable compensation plans, stock option plans and codes of conduct. She also focuses on labor litigation, social security matters, risk prevention, diversity law and human resources. She has participated in the design and implementation of a number of internal human resources policies for different clients.

Languages

Catalan, English, French, Spanish

Memberships

  • Barcelona Bar Association

Education

  • EADA (Master’s Degree Human Resources Management) (2011)
  • ESADE (LL.M.) (2001)
  • Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) (Degree Labour Sciences)

Lawyer Rankings

Spain > Employment

(Leading partners)

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A key port of call for media and entertainment, financial services, and retail clients, the employment practice at Baker McKenzie handles HR projects, litigation, and contract reviews. David Díaz co-leads the department alongside Mireia Sabaté, both of whom bring a wealth of experience to the team; Díaz concentrates on union-related negotiations and regularly handles litigation before the labour courts while Sabaté is adept at leading on social security matters. Fermín Guardiola is another key team member.