Labour and employment

Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.

Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. has longstanding strength in labour and employment advice, holding it as a key component of its broad offering to clients in the management of their operations in Mexico. Clients are drawn from both the public and private sectors and the department is well versed in union negotiations and collective bargaining processes across a broad range of the most prominent industries in the country. A host of Fortune 500 companies look to the firm for their day-to-day labour law advice; while on the contentious side of the practice, the team is a strong choice for the full suite of dispute matters. A trio of lawyers jointly coordinate the department: Jorge de Presno, a veteran of the discipline and specialist in both collective and individual labour, employment and social security law; David Puente, who has a similarly broad practice and is the lead contact at the firm’s office in Monterrey; and Luis Álvarez, who was raised to the partnership in July 2023 and is particularly strong on contentious matters, including labour audits related to individual and collective relations. Senior associate Alejandro Hernández is a further contact to note for labour litigation.

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Testimonials

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‘Basham's labour group is highly competent, trained and specialized in multinational clients, in addition to having a deep knowledge of the needs and understanding of international banking.’
‘Abilities to work and manage times as well as the English language.’
‘I have had the opportunity to deal with lawyers from other firms and the Basham team is distinguished by its availability to support.’
‘The experience in carrying out the application of legislation in practice does not stop only at the interpretation of the law, it is also concerned with providing alternatives within the framework of the law.’

Key clients

Barclays Bank
Nacional Financiera SNC
AMPCO Pittsburgh Corp
British Petroleum
UBS Bank
Becton Dickinson

Work highlights

Advising Barclays on litigation brought by former Lehman Brothers employees in Mexico claiming a surrogate employment relationship with Barclays derived from the purchase of Lehman's assets.
Assisting British Petroleum with due diligence support in their Mexican gasoline retail market expansion process.
Acting for UBS Bank in a lawsuit brought by the formal general counsel based on dismissal and sexual orientation discrimination.

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