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Begoña Vilar is a partner at Abdon Pedrajas, a niche firm dedicated to labor and employment law. She is an experienced employment lawyer with more than 20 years of experience advising on Spanish labor law and specifically she has wide experience on ongoing employment law advice to Spanish and foreign companies and to human resource departments, strategic analysis and development of strategies and solutions for the avoidance of industrial disputes. Also, has experience in termination of contracts; collective redundancy procedures; collective bargaining; legal proceedings; senior executives and advice on industrial disputes of all types.
She has provided on-going labor and employment advice to national and international companies in various sectors such as the pharma industry, food, hospitality, the chemical sector, automotive and technology.
She has wide experience in all kinds of employment law related advice, both collective and individual, negotiation proceedings and reorganization processes, including both movement of working centers and productive sections, and statements by a business announcing redundancy plans. She has expertise in advising international companies based in Spain. And she has participated in many insolvency proceedings and collective dismissals.
Begoña Vilar is recommended as a specialized labor lawyer by international legal directories, including Chambers Europe and Best Lawyers in Employment.
Academic training
Bachelor of Laws in the University of Barcelona (2000)
Degree on the course of Law practice Barcelona Bar Association (2001)
Board of Directors management Course, Barcelona Bar Association 2024
Career path
She was a partner at DS Avocats (2023-2025), leading the labor practice in Spain, with a focus on labor law for foreign companies based in Spain. Previously, she was head of the labor practice at the firm Gómez Acebo & Pombo (2019-2023), where she advised multinational companies on labor law.
She was also a partner at Laways (2015-2019), leading the labor practice of this Law Firm, and previously, she was an associate at Cuatrecasas law firm in the labor department of its Barcelona office (2006-2015), advising companies on labor law, contracting and transactions, and all types of labor and bankruptcy proceedings. And she initially worked as a lawyer in the labor practice at Mullerat (2001-2006).
Languages
Spanish
Catalan
English
Portuguese