Patricia de la Torre
Counsel, Spain
Patricia is Counsel of the Employment Department in the Madrid office.
She joined Osborne Clarke in February of 2012 from another major Spanish legal practice. She has more than thirteen years´ experience in labour law practice.
She advises companies regularly on employment matters in sectors such as Healthcare, Retail, and Technology.
She drafts and negotiates agreements in connection with both individual and collective employment matters, takes part in due diligence processes and participates in the subsequent restructuring programs involving changes to terms and conditions of employment (i.e. collective dismissal of workers). As a litigator, she has advised major clients on complex contentious and non-contentious employment litigation proceedings.
In 1997 Patricia graduated in law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and specialised in EU law at Universidad CEU San Pablo in 1998. She is a member of the Madrid Bar Association and of ASNALA (Employment Law Association).
Insights
Employment and pensions
The Supreme Court rules out the possibility of reviewing the concurrence of the justifying reasons for collective dismissals terminated by agreement through individual lawsuits
The Fourth Chamber, in its judgment of July 2, 2018 (No. 699/2018), unifies the interpretations of the High Courts of...
23/11/2018
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Employment and pensions
Salary or compensation nature of the payment of housing rent agreed in an international mobility contract, in order to assess its possible inclusion in the calculation of severance pay
The Social Chamber of the Supreme Court in its ruling 3135/2018 of July 19, opts for the salary nature of...
19/10/2018
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4m
Employment and pensions
Developments in European legislation on the posting of workers
The new Directive introduces changes to the regulation on the provision of cross-border services and strengthens guarantees for posted employees.
23/07/2018
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3m
24/04/2018
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3m
28/09/2017
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3m
