Álvaro Zaldívar

Practice Areas

Alvaro has wide-range expertise in the Life Science and Financial sectors and is particularly skilled at advising foreign companies in a range of human resources issues, both contentious and non-contentious, and at conducting cross-border legal investigations.

Alvaro is an associate in our Employment group in Madrid. He advises leading national and international institutions in all types of employment issues, including employment contracts, Top Management, individual and collective dismissals, non-competition agreements and other restrictive covenants and employment law issues in connection with due diligence matters and transactions.

Clients highlight the key role that Álvaro plays in the Employment team of Simmons & Simmons. "He is always able to give you a quick and concise response in urgent situations," says one client, while another adds: "We understand each other very well and know how we both work" (Chambers Europe 2017). Another client says: "Álvaro Zaldívar is a lawyer who responds magnificently in both the manner of his response and its timing, and who is, in spite of his young age, a person of great talent." (Chambers Europe 2018).

Alvaro is a member of the Madrid Bar Association and has completed an LLM in Employment Law at Garrigues. He is fluent in English, French and Spanish and since joining Simmons & Simmons in 2013, Alvaro has completed secondments at our offices in London and Dubai.