Alfredo Kupfer Domínguez

Practice Areas

Labour, Social Security and Immigration.

Career

Alfredo heads the firm’s Labor, Social Security and Immigration practice group. He advises local and foreign clients in complex labor and employment matters, including union negotiations, planning for new and existing investments in efficient labor structures, executive transfers and terminations, social security and compensation matters, formation and implementation of pension plans, equity compensation programs, and flexible benefit plans.

Alfredo also advises clients on labor matters in mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and privatizations. He has assisted clients in complex labor relations strategies, as well as collective litigation, including strikes, work stoppages, union certification and inter-union conflicts. Before joining Sánchez Devanny, he was partner at an international law firm. Alfredo headed the Labor Affairs Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico for over 10 years and is currently the Labor Counsel of the Chamber. He is the Under-Director of the National Association of Export Companies (INDEX) and member of the National Association of Company Lawyers (ANADE).

Alfredo was recently appointed by the Mexican Government as panelist to the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism of the USMCA, for disputes between Mexico and Canada. From 2013 to 2018 he was the managing partner in the firm´s Mexico City office. Alfredo was again appointed Chairman of the Human Capital and Labor Affairs Committee of American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico for 2021-2023.

Professional Memberships

Under-director of the Labor Committee of the National Association of Export and Maquila Companies.

President of the Human Capital and Labor Matters Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce and spokesman on labor matters.

Member of the Steering Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce.

Member of the International Labor and Social Security Corporation.

Member of the International Bar Association, Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee.

Member of the American Bar Association, International Labor Committee.

Member of the National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE).