Attorney in Labor Law with over 30 years’ experience and leadership in this sector. He has focused his practice on litigation and consultancy in labor matters, providing legal services to important multinational companies. Additionally, he has developed and implemented successful strategies in collective matters.

 

With over 30 years’ experience, Ricardo Martínez Rojas, PhD, focuses his practice on Labor Law and Social Security matters; he has centered his professional career on labor conflicts and the restructuring of companies. His knowledge and mastery of local and international legislation has enabled him to advise high profile national and transnational companies on topics ranging from employee hiring to labor litigation and negotiation at the highest level.

 

Graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, in Mexico City; he has ample professional experience, specializing in labor litigation and advisory in the business sector, representing the interests of national and multinational companies, government agencies and agencies managed in a decentralized manner before the labor authorities; he is currently a partner at De La Vega & Martínez Rojas, S.C.

 

With more than 40 years’ of experience in Labor Matters, his practice has focused on individual and collective litigation for national and international companies, covering several industries, including banks, financial companies, hotels and mining, cement and telecommunication industries.

He has been a partner in several renowned and prestigious Law Firms and is currently a partner responsible for the area of litigation at De La Vega & Martínez Rojas, S.C. He has been a professor and lecturer in several universities, such as the Universidad Anáhuac, Cancún, Panamericana in Aguascalientes and Guadalajara, Universidad Tecnológica de México, Universidad Marista, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Local Conciliation and Arbitration Board of Tepic, Nuevo Laredo Business Center, both in individual and collective matters, and also abroad, in Peru and Costa Rica, for example.

 

Graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Iberoamericana; has a profound professional experience specializing in litigation, coordination of correspondents and mass terminations. She has represented national and multinational companies before the labor authorities and currently collaborates at De La Vega & Martínez Rojas, S.C.

Training and Studies

• Is currently enrolled in the second semester of the Master’s Degree in Private Law at the Escuela Libre de Derecho.
• Certificate Program in Translation of Legal Texts from the Escuela Libre de Derecho.
• Certificate Program in Environmental Advocacy, International Business and the Environment, Alternatives to Environmental Regulation from the American University Washington College of Law.

Areas of Practice
A lawyer at top Firms specializing in labor matters and recognized at the international level; among others, Bufete Pizá Asociados, S.C., Littler, De la Vega y Conde, S.C., Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. and Rizo, Armida y Asociados, S.C.

 

Associate at the De la Vega & Martínez Rojas Firm (2015- to date)
Professional Visitor at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. (2015)
Associate at the labor law Firm of Littler, De la Vega y Conde. (2014)
Department Head of the Unit for the Defense of Human Rights of the Department of the Interior. (2013-2014)

Studies

Certificate of Labor Competence for the implementation and provision of training on Official Mexican STANDARD NOM-035-STPS-2018, Psychosocial risk factors at work - identification, analysis and prevention, issued by MEGARON Desarrollo Institucional [MEGARON Institutional Development].

Certificate Program in International Relations and Networking by the Austrian Institute for Latin America, the Embassy of Mexico in Austria and the Latinomics organization.

Bachelor's Degree: Universidad Iberoamericana. Bachelor’s Degree in Law

Some of our VIPs client such as Aeromexico, Walmar, AVIS, subcontracting topics and specialist in training in NOM-035.

 

Over 19 years’ experience in labor litigation and consultancy, representing top clients in individual and collective claims before the federal and local labor authorities throughout the Mexican Republic, providing advisory services in the areas of HR and Key Executives.


Training and Studies

• Bachelor's Degree from the Law School of the Barra Nacional de Abogados, A.C.

Areas of Practice
Senior Associate at De La Vega & Martínez Rojas, S.C. in the area of litigation specializing in Labor Law and Amparo proceedings..

 

Over 20 years’ involvement in the resolution of Labor matters, both in the integral management of the Labor Relationship and Human Resources areas and as an experienced litigant in Individual and Collective matters throughout Mexico, holding managerial positions in top multinational companies; he’s an expert in business labor strategies in all areas.

Training and Studies

• Bachelor's Degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho
• Degree holder from the Universidad Pontificia de México
• Master's Degree in Labor law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho

Areas of Practice
Director of Litigation, specializing in Individual and Collective Labor Law and Amparo proceedings.

 

Consultant lawyer with ample professional experience, currently collaborating with De La Vega & Martínez Rojas, S.C.; he held the position of Legal Vice-President at The Coca-Cola Export Corporation for all of Latin America. He retired from said company in 2010 after 25 years of service. He was Legal Director at the Syntex Pharmaceutical Company and was a litigating lawyer, focusing on Collective Labor Law in the Air Industry starting on 1965.

 

Industrial Engineer with over 25 year’s international experience in Human Resources and labor strategy in several multinational companies such as Coca Cola Femsa, Danone and Nissan.

Expert in the development of labor and organizational transformation models, generating significant impacts in the results of companies through productivity schemes, labor shielding, human development and strategy.

She has been recognized for two consecutive years as one of the 30 best CHROs in Mexico, in 2018 and 2019, and she is in the top 20 of the ranking of the most powerful women in Mexico according to Expansión magazine in 2018 and 2019.

 

Viviana has built her reputation based on the unconditional dedication to each of her clients' issues and innovation applied to each tax task where she takes advantage of her high technical capacity. In addition, Viviana is recognized for her experience in the real estate and financial sector, particularly in Banks, which stands out for her professional relationship with the tax authorities in this sector.

She is considered as a highly reliable tax consultant for the understanding of the needs of multinational companies, because every time she participates in a project or with a new client she receives recognition for her work. Before being a member of Skatt, Viviana was a partner of a specialized boutique firm; Senior manager of international taxation at Ernst & Young for 12 years and worked at Deloitte for two years. She has more than 20 years of highly specialized experience in national and international tax matters.

 

He was born in the city of Puebla on November 21, 1962. A lawyer from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City. Currently working on his Master’s Degree in Political Communication and Strategic Governance at The George Washington University.


Training and Studies

• He studied piano professionally at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música from 1981 to 1985.
• He was also founder and the first President of the Institute of Telecommunications Law (IDET).
• He has been head professor of Theory of Law (previously, Introduction to Law Studies) for 17 consecutive years at the Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City.

In the professional area

• From 1984 to 1987: intern in the Central Bank Provisions Directorate at the Bank of Mexico
• From 1987 to 1989: Legal Manager of the Petrochemical Sector at Grupo Alfa
• From 1989 to 1994: Director of Authorization and External Private Credit Control; Coordinator of Advisors of the Undersecretary of Internal Rules and Regulations and Budget Control and General Director of Rules and Regulations and Administrative Development at the Sub-ministry of Expenditures of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.
• In 1994: General Corporate Comptroller at Petróleos Mexicanos.
• At the Ministry of Communications and Transports: Chief of Staff from 1995 to 1996, Undersecretary of Communications from 1996 to 1998; and president of the Federal Commission on Telecommunications from 1998 to 1999.
• From 1999 to 2000: Undersecretary of Social Communication at the Department of the Interior.
• 2001: Founding Partner of Javier Lozano y Asociados, S.C., a Law Firm specializing in consulting focused on projects relating to technology and regulation in telecommunications and media management and strategy matters.
• From 2003 to 2005: Representative of the Government of the State of Puebla in the Federal District and General Coordinator of the Commission on Transparency in the Provision of Public Services of the State of Puebla.
• From 2006 to 2011: Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare during the Government of President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa.
• From 2012 to 2018: Senator of the Republic for the State of Puebla (President of the Commission on Communications and Transports; Secretary of the Commission on Labor and Social Welfare; Secretary of the Commission on Culture and member of the Commission on Radio, Television and Cinematography, of the National Defense Commission, of Constitutional Points, Foreign Relations for Europe; president of the Commission on Culture and member of the Permanent Commission.
• From February to August, 2017: Head of Office for the Governor of the State of Puebla, Antonio Gali Fayad.

Other Activities:

• He currently collaborates as a columnist in El Universal [newspaper] and in the electronic portal SDPnoticias.com.
• He has participated as consultant and strategist of the pre-campaign, constitutional campaign and transition teams of Felipe Calderón (coordinator of the war room) and Tony Gali (general campaign coordinator) as well as in the campaign of José Antonio Meade (spokesman).

 

Rogelio joins Mercer Mexico after a successful career as a Global Human Resources Executive. He has collaborated with companies such as PepsiCo (Mexico, the USA, Venezuela and Chile), L’Oreal (France), Santander (Spain), CEMEX (Mexico), Coca-Cola FEMSA (Mexico), Mead Johnson Nutrition (LatAm) and was Global CHRO at Grupo AJE (Peru), managing 15,000 employees in 24 countries. Before joining Mercer, Rogelio was a partner at the following consultants: Training Lab, The RBL Group and Alto Partners in Mexico.

He has contributed to the development of the Human Resources profession, as president of ERIAC Capital Humano A.C. in Monterrey and as founding Member and First President of the Mexican Federation of Human Resources Associations (FEMARH)

Rogelio has a Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Psychology (Universidad Iberoamericana), a Certificate in Administration and Finance (ITESM), a Certificate in Personnel Management (Universidad Iberoamericana), a Master's Degree in Organizational Management and Human Resources Development (Manhattanville College) and an MBA from the Adolfo Ibañez Business School and the ESADE.

He has a Certificate in Creative Leadership and Facilitation for Innovation from the University of Buffalo State, NY.

He is a professor of Organizational Behavior of the MBA at the UDLAP JGS and an Executive Coach certified by the ICC.

 

Currently holds the position of Wellness, Health and Claims Director at Mercer-Marsh Beneficios.

Ariel has over fifteen years’ experience in the areas of occupational and environmental health, health promotion and organizational well-being.

He obtained his Bachelor’s Degrees in Medicine and in Sociology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He has a Master's Degree in Health Organization Management as well as a Master's Degree in Public Health.

He has completed various certificates and graduate courses in national and international institutions; the most representative being on: Corporate social responsibility; occupational and environmental health; health economics; health and human rights; organizational well-being; occupational toxicology and industrial hygiene, among others.

Ariel has participated in various national and international forums on occupational health and organizational well-being matters.

 

John L. Sander is a Principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He is also co-leader of the International Employment Issues Practice Group, and Chairman of L&E Global, the international alliance of employers’ counsel. His practice focuses on cross-border labor and employment matters for our multinational clients. He is also Adjunct Professor of Law in Global Labor and Employment Law at Cornell Law School.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Sander served in senior in-house roles for more than 16 years at Merck & Co., Inc. and its predecessor, Schering- Plough Corporation. At Merck, he was Vice President and Associate General Counsel, leading the team responsible for labor and employment law matters outside the U.S. Before the merger of Merck and Schering-Plough, he was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Schering-Plough, where he managed the employment law group, responsible for labor, employment, and immigration counseling and litigation within the U.S. and globally. At Schering-Plough, he also at various times served as head of commercial litigation (responsible for product liability, Lanham Act, a wide variety of general commercial litigation and international arbitrations) and as general counsel to the consumer healthcare and generic divisions of the Company, as well as managed the compliance and corporate security functions within the law department. Before joining the Schering-Plough law department, he was a litigator at Cahill, Gordon & Reindel and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker.

 

With more than 25 years of experience in labor and employment law, he has conducted more than 120 negotiations with unions, represented companies in hundreds of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and other claims in court and before administrative agencies such as the EEOC, NLRB, and Department of Labor.

Mr. Stone has defended companies against a broad range of challenges including wrongful discharge claims, wage and hour actions, large multi-plaintiff discrimination claims, as well as counseling large, middle market, and smaller clients in a wide variety of employment and labor law matters. Several matters handled by Mr. Stone and his colleagues have been reported in the national media, including major cases involving the use of neutrality agreements in the automotive industry in Michigan.

 

With more than 25 years of experience in labor and employment law, he has conducted more than 120 negotiations with unions, represented companies in hundreds of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and other claims in court and before administrative agencies such as the EEOC, NLRB, and Department of Labor.

Mr. Stone has defended companies against a broad range of challenges including wrongful discharge claims, wage and hour actions, large multi-plaintiff discrimination claims, as well as counseling large, middle market, and smaller clients in a wide variety of employment and labor law matters. Several matters handled by Mr. Stone and his colleagues have been reported in the national media, including major cases involving the use of neutrality agreements in the automotive industry in Michigan.

 

Director of the Area of Labor Planning. Emphasis on the representation of companies and specialized counseling on individual and collective labor law topics in multiple sectors and areas. A Lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (1993), with a Specialization in Labor Law and Social Security from the same University (1994). Specialist in the Formulation of Public Social Policies in Ibero-America. Universidad de Salamanca– OISS (2017).

Director of the Department of Labor Law at the School of Legal Sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana since 2012. Director of the Specialization in Labor Law at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana since 2014. Director of the Specialization in Social Security at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana since 2014. Member of the Committee of Labor Lawyers of the National Association of Industrialists (ANDI). Chambers & Partners: Band 1 Lawyer in Labor Law and Social Security, consecutively since 2010. Legal 500: Leading Lawyer 2016-2017 and recognized by this publication since 2013, consecutively, as prominent lawyer in the practice of Labor Law and Social Security in Colombia.