"Marval O'Farrell Mairal's ability to resolve complex issues offers peace of mind to clients, as we can rely on their advice for making critical strategic decisions for our business."
Chambers Latin America, 2025
Marval’s labor department is renowned for handling the market’s most complex, sensitive and strategic matters, including high profile litigation cases. We are the first port of call for numerous international clients due to our strong international practice.
Our labor department has an outstanding non-contentious practice, advising clients on the complete range of matters, from general labor and social security matters, planning and strategy to restructuring, collective bargaining and negotiations with unions and the government.
We are also renowned for our experience in labor litigation and have participated in many of the biggest, most complex and high profile cases in Argentina in recent years. We represent clients before all levels of the courts and have strong experience representing companies before the Labor Ministry.
Our labor and employment practice covers a wide range of matters including:
- Labor issues affecting a wide range of business activities, including construction, manufacturing, energy, finance, retail distribution and other services
- Labor-management and employee relations, including collective bargaining, negotiations, employee stock options and benefit plans, labor disputes, terminations, workplace safety issues
- Draft and amend compensation programs such as stock options, pension plans, restricted stock awards, stock purchase plans, bonus policies and programs with the aim of retaining and incentive executives
- Localization of international policies to comply with Argentine law
- Reorganizations and restructuring, massive dismissals, voluntary retirement plans, preventive crisis proceedings and negotiations at all stages of the processes
- Termination of hierarchical employees and process of corporate fraud
- Labor-related litigation and dispute resolution
- Programs for HR managers and inhouse counsel when new regulations are enacted, to update current case law and legal doctrine and to prevent labor conflicts and reduce potential liabilities and risks
- Expats’ migration matters and compensation structure