Avelino Álvarez Casas Plaza del Ayuntamiento, 29 Partner 46002 Valencia (Spain) Valencia +34 96 353 66 11 avelino.alvarez@garrigues.com +34 96 394 47 34 Labor and Employment Law Experience Lawyer in the Labor and Employment Department of Garrigues since 2000. Member of Alzira Bar Association. Specializes in collective bargaining: collective agreements (across industries, companies and groups of companies), corporate agreements, material modifications to working conditions, transfers, mobility issues, etc. Business restructurings: collective layoff procedures, individual objective dismissals, mergers, spinoffs, outsourcing and subcontracting. Supplementary employee welfare (individual and collective): pension plans and funds, collective insurance and pre-retirement plans. Labor union law: labor union elections, workplace labor union branches, central works committees and other representative forums. Assistant lecturer on the Master?s Degree in Legal Counseling for Businesses offered by Fundación de Estudios Bursátiles in Valencia and on the Master?s Degree in Labor Law Counseling offered by Centro Europeo de Estudios y Formación Empresarial Garrigues in Madrid. Also teaches collective bargaining on the Human Resources Master?s Degree offered by Centro de Estudios Financieros in Valencia and the labor law practice workshop at ESTEMA (Universidad Europea de Madrid). Academic background Degree in Law, Universidad de Salamanca. Master?s Degree in Labor Law Counseling, Centro Europeo de Estudios y Formación Empresarial Garrigues&Andersen. Course on Community Law, Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies at Universidad de Salamanca. Qualification as legal adviser on consumer issues, Universidad de Salamanca.