Labour, Employment, Social Security & Immigration

Partner and Head of Labour, Labour Procedural, Social Security and Immigration.

César is a leading specialist in Labour Law, Labour Procedural and Social Security Legislation with 25-plus years of experience handling complex processes as a litigator. His client base spans numerous sectors, including mining, fishing, insurance, banking, media, technology, pension funds, and public entities.

He is often involved in highly complex cases. For instance, he was a judicial expert before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights representing the Peruvian Government, in a claim of almost USD 300 million; and acted as a legal advisor to the Commission of the Congress of the Republic that in 2021 presented a report for the reform of the Peruvian pension system. Also was invited by the Constitutional Court as amicus curiae in a claim for over USD 4 billion.

César frequently participates in court hearings before the Labour Jurisdictional Plenary of the Supreme Court and Superior Court, at the national level, in which the judges' decisions are considered precedents for labour law.

He served as Public Prosecutor of SUNAFIL and the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion, as well as Head of the General Office of Legal Counsel of such Ministry, from 2014 to 2018. He was a member of the Official Review Commission to the New Labour Procedural Law and is included in the registry of arbitrators for collective negotiations of the public and private sectors at the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion and is also Arbitrator of the CECONAR of the National Superintendence of Health (SUSALUD) in matters of Complementary Insurance of Risk Work (SCTR).

Since March 2021, César has been appointed as member of the Civil Service Tribunal of SERVIR, reviewing human resources challenges in the Public Sector at national level.

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Lima Bar Association. Peruvian Society of Labor Law and Social Security. Latin American Institute of Labor Law and Social Security. Iberoamerican Network of Social Security Researchers. Member of the Advisory Board of the magazine "Soluciones Laborales". Member of the Advisory Board of the journal "Gaceta Constitucional".

With studies in the Master's Degree in Labor and Social Security Law at the International University of La Rioja (Spain), 2021-2022. Diploma in Industrial Safety and Occupational Health from National University of San Marcos (2014). Master in Business Law from San Martín de Porres University (1999-2000). Lawyer from San Martin de Porres University (1991 - 1996).

Professional Experience

Arbitrator in Collective Negotiations (private and public) of the registry of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion. Arbitrator in matters of Complementary Insurance of Risk Work from the registry of CECONAR of SUSALUD. Technical Secretary of the Official Review Commission of the New Labor Procedural Law 2016-2017. Head of the General Office of Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (October 2016 - January 2018). Public Prosecutor of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (January 2014 - September 2016). Public Prosecutor of the National Superintendence of Labor Inspection - SUNAFIL (January 2014 - July 2015). Partner of Estudio González Hunt (Littler Global) from July 2001 to July 2013. Member of the Legal Management of the “Oficina de Normalización Previsional” - ONP (February 2000 to May 2001). Member of the Labor and Social Security Department of Estudio Laos, Aguilar, Celi & Vinatea (June 1997 to January 2000).

Teaching Experience

National University of San Marcos: Master's Degree in Labor Law (2018 to date), Professor of Social Security Law. San Martin de Porres University: Master's Degree in Procedural Law (2016 to date), Professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru: Master's Degree in Labor Law (2013 to date), Professor of Social Security. San Martín de Porres University: Master's Degree in Labor Law (2012 to date), Professor of Social Security Law.

Publications

In addition to almost a hundred articles published in specialized journals in Peru and abroad, he is the author of the following books:

"Manual de Litigación Laboral" (Handbook of Labor Litigation) (Director), Law Gazette, 2022. "Instituciones del Régimen Laboral Público" (Institutions of the Public Labor Regime), Law Gazette, 2020. "Social Security Pension Regimes in Jurisprudence", Law Gazette, 2019. "Guide to the Civil Service Regime", Law Gazette, 2018. "Manual del Sistema Nacional de Pensiones - ONP" (Handbook of the National Pension System), Law Gazette, 2014. "Manual del Sistema Privado de Pensiones - AFP" (Handbook of the Private Pension System), Law Gazette, 2013.