Miguel Ángel Díaz Gómez

Partner

Miguel Ángel Díaz is a partner in the Labor and Employment Law Department of Garrigues, where he advises clients in the areas of labor relations, human resources, social security, and health and safety in the workplace, and is noted for his technical expertise, strategic vision, swift response, and innovative approach. He provides strategic advice on labor law matters and human resources to large companies and multinational groups, with international experience in the US. He regularly participates in business restructurings and collective bargaining processes at both industry and company level, and specializes in litigation in the labor jurisdiction, in both collective and individual proceedings. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2020. Experience Miguel Ángel Díaz has been a partner in the Labor and Employment Law Department of Garrigues since 2023, and joined the firm in 2010. He advises on strategic and highly complex labor law, human resources, social security and occupational risk prevention matters, assisting Spanish and multinational companies in a wide range of sectors: technology, mining, consulting, industrial, third sector, etc. He seeks to tailor his advice at all times to the objectives and needs of each client, ensuring a direct and personalized service, and is noted for his technical expertise, strategic vision, swift response, and innovative approach. Over his professional career, he has participated in numerous projects, with broad expertise in the following areas, among others: Litigation. Collective labor relations: collective bargaining, collective labor agreements, etc. Restructurings, collective dismissals and temporary layoffs.
Labor compliance.
Corporate policies and Codes of Ethics.
Equality, diversity and work-life balance.
Distance working, digital disconnection and new technologies.
Remuneration and compensation.
Working time and recording of working hours.
Union elections.
Outsourcing and insourcing processes.
M&A.
Labor due diligence reviews and audits.
Labor and social aspects relating to sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and non-financial
reporting obligations.
Senior management.
Social security and supplementary employee welfare (pension plans and funds and group insurance).
Expatriate workers.
International and Community social law.
Specific training for employees and executives.
Labor law aspects of data protection, information security and employer control. Occupational risk prevention and health and safety in the workplace.
Miguel Ángel is fluent in Spanish and English.

Titulaciones

Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Sevilla. Máster en Asesoría Jurídica de Empresas por el Instituto de Estudios Cajasol. Máster Executive en Derecho Empresarial por el Centro de Estudios Garrigues y Harvard Law School. LLM en Transacciones Internacionales impartido por la Universidad Antonio de Nebrija Fordham Law School New York y el Centro de Estudios Garrigues. Programa de Alta Dirección (AD-1)en el Instituto Internacional San Telmo.

Contacto

miguel.angel.diaz@garrigues.com

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Áreas de interés

  • Conflict and collective bargaining
  • Diversity management
  • Industrial and trade union relations
  • La reforma laboral aumentará el número de representantes de los trabajadores en las empresas. Blog laboral Garrigues 2022. Del Jägermeister al despido procedente: conductas polémicas de trabajadores de baja. Blog laboral Garrigues 2021. 'Black Friday': ¿puede prohibir la empresa enviar las compras a la oficina? El Pais 2019. Difundir fake news sobre la empresa puede costar el despido. Blog laboral Garrigues 2019. Las redes sociales abren paso al gran hermano en las relaciones laborales.
  • Blog Laboral Garrigues 2018. La falta de prioridad aplicativa del convenio de centro de trabajo. Blog laboral Garrigues 2017.

Profesor Centro de Estudios de Garrigues

  • Best Lawyer desde 2019