GT Law Launches Labour and Employment Practice in Mexico
As part of the launch, Greenberg Traurig has incorporated 6 associates into a team led by shareholder Leslia Palma and of counsel Marité Villanueva
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has launched its Labour and Employment Practice in its Mexico City office, with the addition of eight lawyers led by Leslie Palma (pictured left), who joins as a shareholder, and Marité Villanueva (pictured right), who joined in October as Of Counsel.
Palma and a group of six associates join from Holland & Knight’s Mexico office. Villanueva joined Greenberg Traurig from Lottus Education, where she was head of human resources and labour affairs.
José Raz Guzmán, managing shareholder of the office and co-chair of the LatAm practice, said: “Since our founding in Mexico more than 10 years ago, our office has evolved and expanded to meet client demand. The addition of a strong team of lawyers with expertise in labour, benefits and compensation matters is a natural progression of our growth, and part of our commitment to maintaining the highest level of client service that distinguishes our firm.”
“We are happy to bring on board two outstanding lawyers as shareholder and of counsel, and a diverse team of associates, to further advance our Diversity and Inclusion initiatives,” added Juan Manuel González Bernal, managing shareholder of the office and co-chair of the firm’s global Infrastructure Practice.
“This new practice group in Mexico City is part of our ongoing global strategy to meet and exceed clients’ legal needs and related demands for top-tier talent in an increasingly connected international marketplace,” said Greenberg Traurig executive chairman Richard A. Rosenbaum. “We are delighted to have assembled such a talented and experienced team of lawyers to work across our unrivalled platform of more than 2,300 lawyers in 40 locations. Thanks to talent like this, as a united firm, we have achieved seven years of record revenues without mergers and without sacrificing our unique collaborative culture. This model helps us differentiate ourselves from other firms for the benefit of our clients and our valued professionals.”
Palma brings more than 20 years of experience in which she has focused on advising leading international and Mexican corporate clients on labour and employment matters, including individual and collective bargaining, executive compensation, labour-management relations, reductions in force and other employee changes. Palma’s legal work has earned her many awards.
Villanueva comes from an in-house position, so she can advise clients with a better understanding of their needs and concerns. She has assisted corporate teams in managing strategic layoffs, lawsuits, contingency plans to avoid employment liabilities and union negotiations. She has also helped analyse employee structures to create workplace efficiencies in merger and acquisition projects and has assisted employers in designing human resources processes.
The other six team members joining as associates are Karla Alejandra Peña Copka, Alma Isabel Díaz Cano, Jorge Arturo Andazola Martínez, Claudia Elsa González Ramírez, Víctor Adrián Reyes Tafoya and José Alberto Ortiz Pérez.
