Naiara Rodríguez-Escudero

Practice Areas

Naiara Rodríguez-Escudero leads the Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice in Madrid and also serves as Regional Chair of Latham & Watkins' Tax Department in Europe. She advises global private equity funds and major employers in Spain on a variety of complex employment matters.

Ms. Rodríguez-Escudero draws on deep experience and a sophisticated understanding of Spanish and European employment law to counsel and represent major employers in their most sensitive and business-critical matters, including:

- Compensation plans

- Employment litigation

- Industrial disputes

- Negotiating with trade unions

- Relocation

- Senior executive contract negotiations

- Social security

- Stock and cash-based incentive programs

- Downsizing and redundancy plans

- Mergers and acquisitions

- Outsourcing

- Restructurings

- Whistleblower and internal investigations

Ms. Rodríguez-Escudero regularly speaks at employment law seminars and publishes articles in the field.