Dismissals are being brought to court in Spain in the American style and are already clogging up the courts | El Mundo

The team has been formed by David González, Diana Linage, Laura Roda and Nicolas Otero, partner, counsel and associates of the Corporate team; Mariana Díaz-Moro and Carla Fandiño, partner and associate of the Tax team; Irene Fernández-Puyol and Marta Rey, partner and associate of the Public team; Lourdes Escassi, Carmen Abad, Laura Calva and Ignacio Luis Campos; counsel and associates of the Labour team; Bárbara Sainz de Vicuña and Diego Ibañez; counsel and associate of the IP team; Andrew Ward, partner of the Competition team; Isabel Silva, Joaquín Beltrán and Patricia González de Huelbes, associates of the Banking team.

The team has been formed by David González, Diana Linage, Laura Roda and Nicolas Otero, partner, counsel and associates of the Corporate team; Mariana Díaz-Moro and Carla Fandiño, partner and associate of the Tax team; Irene Fernández-Puyol and Marta Rey, partner and associate of the Public team; Lourdes Escassi, Carmen Abad, Laura Calva and Ignacio Luis Campos; counsel and associates of the Labour team; Bárbara Sainz de Vicuña and Diego Ibañez; counsel and associate of the IP team; Andrew Ward, partner of the Competition team; Isabel Silva, Joaquín Beltrán and Patricia González de Huelbes, associates of the Banking team.

The GA_P team was formed by David Riopérez, Luis Pinedo and Víctor Villaverde, partner and associates of the Corporate practice, Mariana Díaz-Moro and Carla Fandiño, partner and associate of the Tax practice, respectively, Lourdes Escassi, counsel of the Labour practice, and Mercedes Corbal and Cristina Bonfanti, associates of the Intellectual Property practice.

The Gómez-Acebo & Pombo team was formed by Álvaro Mateo, Inés López, Carlota Mazzuchelli and Gemma Serra, partner and associates of the Corporate team.

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo's labour partner comments on the limits placed by judges on ‘extra’ compensation and the greater rigour required in the justifications.

In 2024 dismissal claims have skyrocketed, reaching the volume of the financial crisis, surprising in a context of economic growth.

A collective dismissal begins with a "communication in which the employer must detail all the reasons" that lead to this process, begins to explain Madalena Caldeira, coordinator of the labor law department at the Lisbon office of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, in statements to Observador (which presents information in general terms without commenting on any specific case). If the company does not have a workers' committee, employees may, although it is not mandatory, form one within five working days that “will represent them in the subsequent phases of the dismissal.”

The GA_P team was formed by Álvaro Mateo, Andrés Castro and Marta del Toro from Corporate; Aitor Soloeta and Luis Cuesta from Tax; Isabela Crespo and Isabel Bandín from IP; Vanessa Fernández-Lledó and Paloma de Carlos from White Collar Crime and Internal Investigations and Diego Rizo from Employment.