Career
Miguel Arberas is a practicing lawyer and Partner at Abdón Pedrajas Littler, where he has worked as a labor lawyer since 2003. He began his training at a local labor law firm in Bilbao and completed a Master’s Degree in Labor Legal Advisory at the Garrigues Study Center, where he was awarded the Aranzadi Prize.
He regularly advises national and international companies on contentious and non-contentious matters, including business or unit transfers, collective dismissals, collective bargaining, substantial modifications of working conditions, collective agreement derogations, and advisory services for senior executives and professional athletes. He has led hundreds of judicial proceedings at all levels, including the National Court and the Supreme Court.
He combines his professional practice with teaching as an Associate Professor in the Department of Private, Social, and Economic Law (Labor and Social Security Law) at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and as a collaborating professor at the Garrigues Study Center. He also regularly participates in seminars, courses, and specialized forums, including the Madrid Bar Association, Foro Aranzadi del Deporte, Complutense University of Madrid, and CUNEF.
Academic Background:
- Law Degree, Universidad de Navarra
- Master’s Degree in Labor Legal Advisory, Garrigues Study Center (Aranzadi Prize)
Languages: Spanish (native), English (B2)
Awards
Best Lawyer International – Employment Law – (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017).
Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association.
Aranzadi Award upon completion of the master’s program, 2002–2003. Master’s Degree in Labor Law. Garrigues Study Center.
Featured publications
Colaborador en la obra colectiva “Reforma Laboral 2006”, editorial Tirant lo Blanch.
Determinación del convenio colectivo aplicable en un supuesto de sucesión empresarial ex artículo 44 ET. Análisis sobre la prevalencia entre ultra actividad y retroactividad”. Anuario Laboral para Abogados 2013 – Editorial La Ley – Wolters Kluwer.
Protección de datos de carácter personal: video vigilancia en el lugar de trabajo”. Anuario Laboral para Abogados 2017 – Editorial La Ley.
Colaborador en la obra colectiva “Extinción del contrato de abogados en despacho”. Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch 2017.
Columna de opinión en el Diario Expansión “Videovigilar al trabajador: De vuelta a la sensatez” – febrero 2017.
Colaborador habitual de la revista especializada Observatorio de Recursos Humanos con una decena de artículos publicados.