José Antonio Segovia, new Labor & Employment counsel at A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman announces the appointment of José Antonio Segovia as new Labor and Employment counsel in the Madrid office.

In the words of Antonio Vázquez-Guillén and Ignacio Ruiz-Cámara, managing partners of the firm, “José Antonio’s promotion reflects our confidence in his ability to continue contributing to the development of the Labor and Employment practice. We are convinced that, in his new role, he will continue to help us provide strategic advice in this area”.

José Antonio Segovia

Segovia has more than a decade of professional experience in labor law, playing a key role in advising national and international clients in highly complex matters, specializing in all types of labor litigation, corporate reorganization processes, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), as well as collective bargaining processes and equality plans, among other matters.

A graduate in law from the Complutense University of Madrid and the Sorbonne University of Paris, and qualified to practice law in both Spain and France, Segovia joined A&O Shearman in 2021, after having developed his career at Garrigues, in the Madrid and Lima (Peru) offices, where he completed a secondment. Previously, he completed a Master’s degree (LLM) in Labor Law and Corporate Governance at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.

For José Antonio Segovia, “this appointment is a milestone in my professional career and I am proud to be able to assume the position of counsel within an international law firm such as A&O Shearman”.