Jorge G. de Presno Arizpe

PRACTICE AREAS

Labor and employment law, social security, and immigration.

ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Barra Mexicana (Mexican Bar Association); board member for various periods; coordinator of the Employment Law and Social Security Committee.

Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de Mexico (Illustrious and National Association of Lawyers of Mexico).

Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, Colegio de Abogados (National Association of Corporate Counsel).

American Bar Association (ABA).

Inter-American Bar Association (FIA); board member and president of the Labor and Social Security Law Committee; president from 2008 through 2009.

Active member of the labor and employment law committees in all of the above-mentioned associations.

Co-author of a book published by the Mexican Bar Association entitled “Falta de liquidez de las empresas y sus consecuencias jurídicas” (Lack of Companies’ Liquidity and its Legal Consequences).

Contributed a chapter on Mexico for the ABA’s International Practitioner’s Deskbook Series: International Labor and Employment Law, A Practical Guide (June 1, 2006).

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor of social security law, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City (1985-1986); collective labor law and rules of labor procedure, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City (1988-1990); collective labor law, Universidad Iberoamericana (1991-2010).

Has been engaged in the practice of labor law (both collective and individual), employment and social security law, trial lawyer and strategist and counselor.

Keynote speaker for different associations and chambers of commerce in the ?elds of employment and constitutional law.

RECOGNITIONS

Chambers & Partners Latin America; Band 1 for many consecutive years to date.

Legal 500; Band 1 for many years to date.

Who’s Who Legal 2014: “He is one of the country’s leading labor lawyers. Has an outstanding reputation in the market and is hailed by clients as responsive, thorough, experienced and well connected in the market”.

Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA): “He has one of the most highly regarded labor law practices in Mexico City”.

Mexican Bar Association, recipient of the 2011 pro bono award for his dedication to serving the community in labor and employment matters.