Paz De la Iglesia

Paz De la Iglesia

Partner

Email

paz.delaiglesia@aoshearman.com

Phone

+34 917829996

Offices

Madrid

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Paz brings more than twenty years’ experience, having worked at Uría and Ashurst before leading DLA Piper’s Employment practice in Spain, where she has spent the past few years of her career.
 

She has extensive experience in all aspects of Employment and Social Security law and is specialised in providing advice on the hiring of ordinary employees and senior managers, the carrying out of individual and collective dismissals, defending clients' interests before the Employment courts, collective negotiations, employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions and legal due diligences, etc.

She is particularly recognized by her expertise in the hospitality sector where she has carried out relevant RIFs as well as in the Insurance and Life Sciences sectors.

Paz is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars in employment matters, has contributed to several specialised publications and has also published several press articles on employment issues. She is praised by clients for her technical expertise and practical advice.

She is also a teacher at the University Carlos III, at the Escuela de Práctica Jurídica as well as at ISDE Law Business School.

Published Work

  • Article in Cinco Días: New uncertainties in disciplinary dismissal.
  • Article in El País: "Pack your things, you're fired": the phrase that employers now have to think twice about if they don't want to get into trouble.
  • Article in Expansión: Beware of Corporate Groups
  • Opinion piece in El Mundo: Banks contributed almost €400 million of the more than €1 billion claimed by the State for collective dismissals with a major impact on those over 50 years of age.
  • Opinion piece in Cinco Días: Employees demand work-life balance, companies demand protection against dismissals.
  • Opinion piece in El Confidencial: Workforce reductions, reduced working hours, and the minimum wage: law firms predict a rollercoaster ride in labor law in 2024.
  • Article in Capital Humano: The new Directive on work in digital platforms: the European Union joins a path already traveled in Spain.
  • Opinion piece in Cinco Días: Workers and companies: same labor concerns, but from different perspectives.
  • Contributor to the analysis of the Sustainability Report: The DLA Piper Sustainability Report
  • Contributor to the publication: New ESG developments proposed by the European Union's "Omnibus Package"
  • Opinion piece in Cinco Días: Questions and Answers on the Regulation of Remote Work
  • Article in Elderecho.com: Rider Law: A Further Step in the Presumption of Employment?
  • Contributions to the journal Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social: "Justicia Laboral"
  • Contributions to the revision and update of the section on Spanish law in the International Labor and Employment Laws (BNA Books)
  • Contribution to the ABA Newsletter International Labor and Employment Laws
  • Contribution to the "New Law" section in European Counsel, Practical Law and Management for Lawyers in Europe
  • Article in the labor law journal Quantor Social: "Labor Aspects of Franchises"
  • Article in the Spanish Venture Capital Journal No. 3/2008 (July - September 2008): "The Importance of Labor Audits in Mergers and Acquisitions"
  • Article in Expansión: "The Tax Treatment of Compensation for Termination of Temporary Contracts" November 24, 2008
  • Article in the Labor Information Journal - No. 6/2018 (Thomson Reuters Aranzadi): "Collective Suspension of Contracts Due to Force Majeure" elderly"

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Member of the Madrid Bar Association
  • Member of FORELAB (Madrid Employment Lawyers Association)
  • Member of ASNALA (Madrid Employment Lawyers Association)
  • Member of the Employment Lawyers Section of the Madrid Bar Association
  • Member of the "Women in Hospitality Association", a professional network of female managers in the hospitality industry
  • Member of "Women in a Legal World"
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.