Biography
Alfonso began his legal career as a member of the Madrid Bar Association in 1997, and the Barcelona Bar Association in 1999.
He started practicing law at several law firms specializing in Labor Law and later worked as a Senior Lawyer in the Labor Law Department of the firm Mullerat from 2000 to 2005.
He is currently a practicing lawyer with the Barcelona Bar Association and serves as Partner and Director of the Barcelona office of Abdón Pedrajas (www.abdonpedrajas.com), a prestigious boutique law firm specializing in labor law.
He regularly advises numerous national and multinational companies from various sectors (insurance, energy, distribution, public enterprises, banking, tourism, services, media, new technologies, etc.) on both contentious and non-contentious labor matters.
He has extensive experience in the design, negotiation, and implementation of labor aspects in collective dismissal procedures and substantial modifications of working conditions, collective bargaining agreements, and in advising senior executives and company directors. He has led hundreds of legal proceedings at all levels of jurisdiction, including business or business unit transfers.
Academic Background
Law Degree, University of Valencia.
He has completed various master’s degrees and specialization courses in labor relations, negotiation, Social Security, and Occupational Risk Prevention at the Complutense University of Madrid and the Center for Financial Studies.
Professional Background
Practicing labor lawyer with more than 20 years of professional experience, having led hundreds of contentious and non-contentious labor cases and advised numerous national and multinational companies.
Speaker at various national and international conferences, including those organized by the Rovira i Virgili University of Tarragona, the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), and the Spanish National Association of Labor Lawyers (ASNALA).
Lecturer of practical classes at the Higher Institute of Law and Business (ISDE) in Barcelona.
Languages
Spanish, Catalan, and English.
Recognized as one of the most prominent Labor Lawyers in Spain by Best Lawyers International – Employment Law (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016).
Member of the Spanish National Association of Labor Lawyers (ASNALA).
Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA).
Member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) and member of the Organizing Committee for AIJA’s 50th Anniversary in 2012.
Active participant in ELLINT (Employment & Labor Lawyers International), a network of boutique labor law firms operating in 12 European countries, offering cross-border legal services to multinational groups.
Regular attendee of specialized congresses and conferences in the fields of labor law, social security, occupational risk prevention, collective bargaining, and European labor law, held in cities such as Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Valencia, Vienna, Mexico City, Edinburgh, Paris, London, Athens, Lisbon, and Dublin.
Co-author of the book “Medidas Laborales para Empresas en Crisis” (Labor Measures for Companies in Crisis), published by Thomson Reuters Aranzadi (2009).
Co-author of “Las complejas relaciones entre el recurso de casación para la unificación de doctrina y el incidente de nulidad de actuaciones frente a sentencias de suplicación…”, in Tribute Book to Professor Abdón Pedrajas Moreno, Tirant lo Blanch Publishing (2012).
Author of “Fundamental Rights and Procedural Aspects in a Penalty Procedure for Benefit Surcharges due to a Work Accident”, Practical Labor Collection for Lawyers 2015, La Ley Publishing.
Contributor to the World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index in both the 2014 and 2016 editions.
Author of “Current Issues of Incentivized Resignations in Corporate Crises”, published in El Laboralista.
Author of “Golden Parachutes for Senior Executives”, published in Togas XV.
Author of “Labor Liability in Subcontracting”, and “Corporate Liability in Cases of Workplace Harassment”, both in Togas Biz.
Author of “Labor Relations in Multinational Companies”, published in Ex. Cat.
Author of “Disciplinary Dismissal and the Violation of the Right to the Presumption of Innocence: Critical Reflections.”
Author of “The Spanish Supreme Court Widens the Interpretation of Transfer of Undertakings”, published by the IBA Legal Practice Division.
Regular contributor of articles and publications on labor matters, including topics such as collective dismissals, senior executives, moral harassment, remote work, and the use of electronic devices in the workplace, in specialized legal journals such as El Laboralista Digital, Observatorio de RR.HH., and Relaciones Laborales.
Contributor of legal opinion articles on labor law in leading newspapers such as La Vanguardia and Expansión.
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Abdón Pedrajas Littler top ranked by Chambers Europe 2025 as leading firm in Spain in Employment Law
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Monographs & Other Publications: 2020 Práctica Laboral para Abogados