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EMPLOYMENT LAW AREA MADRID | SEVILLA | SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA I CÓRDOBA | HUELVA LABORAL 3 4 5 Abstract The Firm 4 Philosophy 5 Employment Law Area Presentation 7 List of services 8 Members of Madrid Office 11 Members of Sevilla Office 15 Members of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Offices 23 Figures 28 Offices 30 6 The Firm MONTERO|ARAMBURU has had an office in Santa Cruz de ABOGADOS was founded in Tenerife since 1980 and another in Seville(Spain) in 1971 as a tax Las Palmas de Gran Canaria since boutique and continued as such 2003. until 1992. The firm boasted over 150 lawyers At that time, the firm experienced a covering all areas of law. The firm’s diversification process that resulted clients come from a broad spectrum in the full-fledged legal service both in terms of their operating provider and multi-disciplinary law sector and the size of their firm that it is today. operations. As such, they include large industrial corporations, Since its beginnings, influential wine production MONTERO|ARAMBURU companies and top real estate ABOGADOS has achieved high firms, but also traditional family prestige, not only locally but companies and “SMEs” operating throughout all of Western in a variety of fields. Of course, Andalusia, where it has offices clients also include renowned established in Seville, Cordoba and professionals and entrepreneurs Huelva and, since 2014, in Madrid. in addition to partners in deeply Its area of influence also extends to rooted social non-profit companies the Canary Islands, where the firm and institutions. 7 Philosophy Some of the main factors governing the CONTINUAL TRAINING SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE firm’s professional practice include: Offering our lawyers continual MONTERO|ARAMBURU welcomes training is a number one priority for vocational lawyers as well as our law firm. Our lawyers attend enthusiasts, competitors, optimists and CLIENT ORIENTATED PRACTICE regular internal courses which those highly skilled in comradeship. MONTERO|ARAMBURU is orientated provide updates on the most They represent some of the towards dealing with clients rather recent developments in legal fundamental principles of the firm, than simply matters. By offering matters concerning all areas of marked by a constant search for a customised service and paying speciality. These courses look at excellence and leadership skills constant attention to the individual current jurisprudence as well as all needs of the client, we have been new legislation, from when it is being able to establish long-lasting, stable created to mere preliminary draft working relations with our clients. In laws. MONTERO|ARAMBURU also turn, our clients confidently place their edits a daily bulletin which includes trust in our law firm which enables us all of the information required by its to provide them with a smooth and lawyers regarding fully up-to-date legal efficient legal service that can either be knowledge. proactive or in advance CTECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE OF THE ECONOMIC SECTORS For MONTERO|ARAMBURU, technology The firm’s extensive professional is vitally important for the functioning experience, as well as its vast array of the firm. Therefore, we have of clientele, mean that we are able to introduced the latest technology offer expert advice about the nature for communicating and processing and specificities of practically all information. We are now storing all economic sectors. Previous knowledge documentation (internal and external) of the areas in which our clients in digital format and are no longer operate minimises the time and keeping hard copies effort required for resolving specific problems. 8 EMPLOYMENT LAW AREA 9 PRESENTATION At MONTERO|ARAMBURU, we have Our team of specialists from the The services rendered by the an Area specialised in Employment Employment Law Area gives advice to Employment Department are Law, which has always had great private and public companies, councils, complemented with those offered significance in society but, in recent associations, universities, foundations by the Employment Management years, has acquired special relevance and sporting entities, executives, self- Department, which has been due to the constant legislative employed workers and trade unions, consolidated in recent years and amendments and changes in case law which allows us to meet all the legal that aims, primarily, to offer our applied in the employment framework needs put forward because we can clients all the advice they may need and to the adoption of measures in advise the interested parties taking in the management of recruitment employment and Social Security into account not only the viewpoint and preparation of their employees’ measures that aim to adjust the of our client at that time but also from payslips pursuant to the current working conditions of workers to the the perspective of the counterparty. employment regulations, which permits current economic situation. Therefore, they will be able to make cost optimisation for the companies the best and most appropriate decision and a huge saving of time with an at all times, and they will have the improvement in their organisation. In particular, the Employment Law best legal defence in view of any court Department comprises highly qualified proceeding or dispute that may arise. lawyers with in-depth and up-to- date knowledge. Each of its members is specialised in a certain sector of The main purpose of the advice we Employment Law, enabling them to give is to guide the client on the offer clients detailed and thorough employment aspects so that they advice any issues that arise in day- maintain an adequate balance in the to-day work. Additionally, that framework of employment relations, specialisation is complemented with a ensuring, on the one hand, the strict in-depth and constant learning of each observance of current law and, on the of the components of this Area, as they other hand, the knowledge of all the update their knowledge regularly to rules or regulations that may affect offer exhaustive and effective solutions their normal development in one way to the issues raised by clients. or another. 10 LIST OF SERVICES MONTERO|ARAMBURU offers a > In recurrent employment advice control of new technologies by employees, comprehensive advisory service matters: Resolution of the consultations data protection within the employment adequately to resolve the complex issues formulated on employment law and Social framework, etc.). that arise on a daily basis and that Security issues that may arise in the often entail the intervention of lawyers development of the professional activity with different legal specialisms for their of companies, self-employed workers and >> In recruitment matters resolution. Therefore, it makes perfectly employees, senior management staff and Drafting of common and special coordinated multidisciplinary teams trade unions (in particular, in recruitment, employment contracts (exclusivity and full available to the client to address those licences and permits, leave, contract commitment agreements, post-contractual matters in a comprehensive manner. suspensions, remuneration, election non-competition clauses, confidentiality of employee representatives, strikes, clauses, minimum term agreements, etc.) Additionally, to provide the client disciplinary proceedings, redundancies, as well as contracts of economically direct and flexible treatment, the occupational risk prevention, employment dependent self-employed workers. MONTERO|ARAMBURU’s Employment enterprise groups, framing in the Department deals with the client Social Security System, contribution Preparation and drafting of contractual immediately in any issue that they groups, etc.); issuance of reports or novation agreements and expatriation formulate in relation to the matters opinions on complex or disputed agreements, performing all the processes entrusted and it communicates any issues; completion of “due diligence” for the effective provision of services relevant procedural milestone immediately to detect the main contingencies of the abroad by the affected workers as well so that the interested party may analyse company under analysis, determine as management and processing of it in detail and adopt, as applicable, the their consequences and establish the secondments of workers to Spain for the appropriate decisions carefully. necessary recommendations for their provision of their services in companies standardisation; preparation of action located in our country. Employment advice is given in Protocols and Internal Company Policies coordination among the lawyers of the (on workplace harassment, use of work Advice, through the Employment different offices when the issue raised tools, etc.); completion of “compliance”, Management Department, on the bonuses, by the clients requires a certain level of whose final objective is to achieve the incentives and deductions from which experience or specialisation, therefore fulfilment of the employment obligations the client may benefit at any given time, making the most of the synergy and by the companies, establishing, for that processing of the registrations and de- experience of the members of the purpose, the appropriate protocols to registrations of employees in the Social Employment Department team. make it possible to guarantee adequate Security System through the Network corporate management avoiding possible System, management of fit notes or By way of illustration, the services that administrative