Rodrigode la Concha

Counsel

Mexico City + 52.55.3000.4020

Rodrigo de la Concha's practice focuses on labor and employment matters and immigration law. He advises companies establishing operations in Mexico on the implementation of their corporate labor structure, including individual employment agreements, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), manuals, codes of ethics and conduct, and employment regulations, in order to comply with the laws of Mexico.

Rodrigo performs due diligence from a labor, social security, and immigration standpoint, related to corporate restructurings, mergers, public and private acquisitions, and asset and stock purchase operations. He has supported clients with employment transfers, personnel reduction, temporal suspension of labor relations, and executing high-risk employment terminations with or without cause.

He has experience with delicate internal investigations stemming from complaints involving corporate theft, discrimination, and sexual harassment. He has worked extensively on the negotiation and legitimization of CBAs with unions and has advised companies with labor claims before courts and boards and with conciliation centers.

In addition, Rodrigo has experience advising foreign nationals on the issuance and renewal of temporary and permanent residency cards and in securing registrations for companies looking to hire foreign employees in Mexico.

Experience

  • Flottec sold to Nalco WaterJones Day represented Flottec, LLC, a company focused on the development of advanced flotation technology and the supply of flotation reagents and mineral processing chemicals, in connection with its sale to Nalco Company LLC, an Illinois-based supplier of water, energy and air improvement solutions and services for industrial markets and Ecolab Inc. company.
  • WEG acquires industrial electric motors and generators business from Regal Rexnord CorporationJones Day is advising WEG S.A. in the $400 million acquisition of the industrial electric motors and generators business of Regal Rexnord Corporation.
  • The Mexican Ministry of Defense completes its companies merge to GAFSACOMMJones Day advised the Mexican Ministry of Defense (Sedena), through Grupo Aeroportuario, Ferroviario, de Servicios Auxiliares y Conexos, Olmeca-Maya-Mexica (GAFSACOMM), in the merger of the govermental companies Aeropuerto Internacional de Palenque, Señor Pakal, Aeropuerto Internacional de Chetumal, Cuna del Mestizaje, Aeropuerto Internacional de Tulum, Zamá, and Aerolínea del Estado Mexicano, with GAFSACOMM.