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Ricardo Castro-Garza
Ricardo Castro-Garza
Baker & McKenzie Abogados, S.C.
Monterrey




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Ricardo Castro is a professor of labor law in the business law master’s program of the Universidad de Monterrey, and is also a member of its board of directors. He has been a member of the labor mission in Mexico since 2004, representing the Mexican business sector in Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, China, United States, India, Poland, Czech Republic, Singapore, Switzerland, and others. He lectured on employment-related matters for the State of Nuevo Leon for business and union leaders. Mr. Castro is a representative of the maquila sector in Mexico before the National Council of the Export Maquila and Manufacturer Industry. He also represents businesses before the Mexican Permanent Labor Mission in the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

Practice Focus

Mr. Castro’s practice focuses on labor-strategic planning and on individual and collective employment-related litigation. He also advises on preventive consultancy in human resources matters, particularly in complex, cross-border transactions. He is also knowledgeable advising on employee benefits and executive compensation plans, executive mobility, pension plans, social security matters, and negotiations with unions. Mr. Castro is also experienced in labor relations in the automotive industry, especially on individual and collective benefits.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Participated in labor-strategic planning as the representative of national and foreign companies, such as British American Tobacco, IBM, PEMEX, Sara Lee, Delphi, Sanmina-SCI, Magna, Siemens and others.
  • Participated in labor-strategic planning for the successful collective termination in the companies Goodyear and Champion.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Associacion Nacional de Abogados de Empresa - Member
  • American Chamber of Commerce in Monterrey - Labor Commission
  • Colegio de Abogados de Monterrey A.C. - Member
  • Camara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformacion - Member
  • Canadian Chamber of Commerce - Member
  • Asociaciones de Maquiladoras - Labor Commission
  • Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos en Finanzas - Member

Admission

Mexico (1981)

Education

Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (2002)
Universidad de Málaga  (Administración de Negocios) (2001)
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey  (LD) (1986)
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon  (LD) (1981)

Baker & McKenzie Abogados, S.C. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.
 
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