The employment and pensions team at CMS Grau is especially adept at advising clients in the aviation, retail, oil and gas, mining, real estate and energy sectors. Jointly led by Claudia Flecha and Cecilia Vargas, the team is experienced in assisting clients across the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, such as human resources restructuring, day-to-day labour issues, employee dismissals, and post-merger and post-acquisition transactional matters. Franco Herrera, who defends clients in administrative and judicial processes, and Maria Lourdes García, who assists clients in collective bargaining processes, are also key associates in the team.
Testimonials
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- ‘The difference is made by the promptness in their response and the immediate disposition to hold meetings to explain the procedures and clarify doubts.’
‘The experience and the good treatment and good disposition towards its clients.’
Key clients
- Petrex
- Compañía Minera Lincuna
- Aurífera Tres Cruces
- Anglo American Quellaveco
- Baker Hughes International Operations del Perú
- Ferrovial Construcción Sucursal del Perú
- ALS Perú & ALS LS
- Rio Tinto Group
- Solgas
- Schlumberger del Perú
- KLM, Compañía Holandesa de Aviación
- Unilever
- Shell Operaciones Perú
- COPA Airlines
- Sentient Natural Colors
- ITOCHU
- ZTE Corporation
- Santiago Queirolo
- Santa Ursula School
- Soluciones Inmobiliarias Morada
Work highlights
- Advised Petrex in more than 550 judicial processes related to the reinstatement of employment, along with another major group concerning the payment of social benefits.
- Reformulated new guidelines applicable to the hiring of the main officers of the UNACEM Group companies in the Latin American region and the US.
- Advised on the implementation of a software tool created by CMS and used as a risk matrix, in order to provide a client with an integrated system to evaluate and monitor the level of compliance with labour obligations.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Claudia Flecha, Cecilia Vargas