Pérez-Llorca incorporates Juan José Soto Arias as partner in Mexico

Pérez-Llorca continues its commitment to Mexico with the incorporation of Juan José Soto Arias as a partner in the Labor and Employment area in the Mexico City office. Soto has more than 25 years of experience in the field of labor and employment advice to national and foreign companies.

Jorge Mondragón, Country Chair of Pérez-Llorca in Mexico, has highlighted the relevance of this incorporation: “Juan José’s arrival reinforces our ability to offer our clients comprehensive global advice on labor and employment matters, in a context in which talent management and regulatory compliance are at the center of the business strategies of large companies that operate or have decided to operate in our country”.

Juan José Soto Arias

With more than 25 years of experience, Juan José Soto Arias has a solid track record advising national and foreign companies in all areas of labor law, from M&A transactions to individual and collective labor litigation. In addition, he is a professor of Labor Litigation Law at the Universidad Panamericana and has taught at various academic institutions such as the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad del Nuevo Mundo, Universidad Humanitas, Universidad del Valle de México and New Element University.

Labor Area

Soto Arias joins Pérez-Llorca’s Labor and Employment team in Mexico to strengthen a practice that, according to the firm, “is gaining more and more weight in the Mexican economy” and which is currently composed of Luis Enrique Cervantes, Labor and Employment partner, and Santiago Villanueva, Social Security partner.