Carlos García Barcala Plaza de la Escandalera, 3 Partner 33003 Oviedo (Spain) Oviedo +34 98 520 86 00 carlos.garcia.barcala@garrigues.com +34 98 520 12 52 Labor and Employment Law Financial Institutions Experience Carlos García Barcala is the partner in charge of Labor Law Department for Garrigues in Asturias, Castilla y León and Galicia, Firm in which he has developed his career after working in Arthur Andersen . He specializes in labor law, and has extensive experience in relation to labor litigation, restructuring of workforces, mass layoffs, (reductions in force (ERE), processes of modification of working conditions, etc...) and collective bargaining. He is Professor of the Master degree in legal practice of the University of Oviedo and member of the bar association of Oviedo. Also, part of the mediators corps of the non judicial dispute-settlement service of Asturias Servicio Asturiano de Solución Extrajudicial de Conflictos (SASEC)-, on the proposal of the Asturian Federation of Employers -Federación Asturiana de Empresarios (FADE). The partner of Garrigues is a regular speaker at numerous conferences, courses and seminars concerning labor and employment law (Cámara de Comercio de Oviedo y Valladolid, Federación Asturiana de Empresarios, etc.). Academic background Degree in Law, University of Oviedo. Master’s Degree in corporate Legal Advisory Services (MAJ), Instituto de Empresa (IE) in Madrid. Master’s Degree in European Union Law, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Specialist Course in Labor Relations, Colegio Jurídico del Instituto de Empresa (Madrid).