Latin America - Mexico

Sánchez Devanny

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Sánchez Devanny’s labour and employment group has strong relationships with the in-house legal and human resources departments of major domestic and international clients, and acts on complex cases involving union negotiations, as well as ongoing day-to-day issues such as employment agreements, terminations, and fringe benefit planning. The practice has a robust litigation arm, and the firm also supports clients on immigration matters. Practice head Alfredo Kupfer-Dominguez has broad experience across the corporate and labour areas, and is instructed on core labour and employment law matters, as well as being the firm’s go-to lawyer for relevant support to M&A and other transactional matters. Senior associate support comes from the firm’s satellite offices: in Queretaro, Fermin Lecumberri-Cano and Sebastian Rosales-Ortega act for national and foreign clients, with Rosales-Ortega being in charge of individual and collective litigation in the Bajio region. Monterrey-based Francisco Garcia-Lerma left the firm in April 2023. Since publication, the firm has merged into Garrigues Mexico local office to become Sánchez Devanny Mexico – effective as of July 2024.

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Key clients

  • Stellantis
  • Nissan
  • MasterCard
  • Orbia
  • Nu Bank
  • Constellation Brands
  • IBM
  • Airbnb
  • Grainger
  • Robert Bosch

Work highlights

  • Assisted GE/Fieldcore with the negotiation of new terms and conditions of employment for unionised workers represented by the union Suterm.
  • Advising Nissan on an inter-union conflict, where a union (Catem) is challenging the current union (CTM) holding the collective bargaining agreement with the client in its manufacturing plants in Aguascalientes.
  • Advised SC Johnson and Son on the collective labour structure at its plant in Toluca, where workers rejected the current union.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alfredo Kupfer Dominguez