Ricardo Castro

Ricardo Castro leads as Head of the Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Mexico's Baker McKenzie offices. Ricardo is also 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, the Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Singapore, Switzerland and other countries. He lectured on employment-related matters for business and union leaders in the state of Nuevo Leon. Ricardo represents the maquila sector in Mexico before the National Council of the Export Maquila Industry. He also represents businesses before the Mexican Permanent Labor Mission in the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. · Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.

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Ricardo Castro leads the Employment & Compensation Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. in Mexico. He is a professor of labor law at Universidad de Monterrey and 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 internationally. He also represents the maquila sector before the National Council of the Export Maquila Industry and businesses before the Mexican Permanent Labor Mission in the International Labor Organization in Geneva. His practice focuses on strategic labor planning, individual and collective employment litigation, preventive human resources consultancy, cross-border transactions, employee benefits, executive compensation, executive mobility, pension plans, social security, and union negotiations, with experience in labor relations in the automotive industry.

Practice areas

EmploymentCompensationLabor LawLitigationHuman ResourcesCross-Border TransactionsEmployee BenefitsExecutive CompensationExecutive MobilityPension PlansSocial SecurityUnion Negotiations

Office

Mexico

Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. · Ricardo Castro leads as Head of the Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Mexico's Baker McKenzie offices. Ricardo is also 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, the Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Singapore, Switzerland and other countries. He lectured on employment-related matters for business and union leaders in the state of Nuevo Leon. Ricardo represents the maquila sector in Mexico before the National Council of the Export Maquila Industry. He also represents businesses before the Mexican Permanent Labor Mission in the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mexico

Expertise

Strategic labor planningEmployment litigation (individual and collective)Human resources preventive consultancyCross-border transactionsEmployee benefitsExecutive compensation plansExecutive mobilityPension plansSocial securityUnion negotiationsAutomotive industry labor relations

Education

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management (2002)
Universidad de Málaga (Business Administration) (2001)
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (1986)
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (LD) (1981)

Languages

EnglishPortugueseSpanish