Pietro Straulino-Rodriguez

• Advised numerous international companies on starting operations in Mexico.
• Advised several national and international companies on the implementation of legal corporate labor structures, including the implementation of individual work contracts, collective bargaining agreements, global policies—including Data Privacy— employment manuals, and codes of ethics and of conduct, adapting all of these to be applicable under Mexican laws.
• Represented a major oil and gas company in the Northern State of Nuevo Leon in the Mexican Republic, setting a strategy to negotiate for the termination of the Collective Bargaining Agreement that dated back to 1930. Saved the Company approximately USD $50M.
• Participated in complex negotiations with labor unions for the revision of their collective labor contracts regulating the labor relations with national and international companies in Mexico.
• Participated in the analysis of structural labor risks, employment transfers, personnel reduction, temporal suspension of labor relations (for technicians), as well as the approval of benefit schemes resulting from partial and complete mergers and acquisitions.
• Advised a major worldwide airline on the implementation of worker benefit harmonization in Mexico after a merger, resulting in the collective negotiation with the unions and the workers from both companies.
• Participated in several inter-union conflicts in Mexico, executing various legal strategies for the change of union management without affecting the daily operations of the companies.
• Executed several legal strategies for high risk individual litigation, resulting in significant savings for pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies in Mexico.
• Participated in the research and revision of specific pension laws for local institutions.

Education

• Insituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), 2008
• Escuela Libre de Derecho, Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2005

Admission to Practice

• Mexico

• National Association of Business Lawyers, Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association

• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Covering Your Back in the USMCA: Keeping Your Company’s Background Checks in Check!” – Phoenix – November 10, 2023
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Labor Reform in Mexico: Best Practices for Compliance” – San Diego – May 12, 2023
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Restricting Employees Around the World: Is It Worth It?” – Phoenix – May 6, 2022
• Labor Law Solutions – “PTI Around the World—Europe, Mexico, and Canada” – Las Vegas – December 2, 2021
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Global Solutions, Episode 27: Remote Work Rules in the Americas” – October 26, 2021
• Labor Law Solutions – “PTI International: Labor in Europe, Mexico, and Canada” – December 3, 2020
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “PTI Worldwide: Key Developments Around the Globe” – November 11, 2020
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “The New Reality: Reopening Recommendations for Employers in Mexico” – June 4, 2020
• California Employment Law & Cabernet – ““Headline News”: The Latest Developments in California Employment Law” – Napa – March 5, 2020
• Labor Law Solutions – “What Employers Need to Know About the United States-Mexico-Canada (Trade) Agreement (USMCA)” – Nashville – December 5, 2019
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Investigation Insights: Round 4—Global Investigations” – New Orleans – November 15, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Reporting on Reform: What Employers in Mexico Need to Know” – July 11, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Headline News – Key Developments Impacting Employers” – Las Vegas – May 2, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Safety Symposium – “There Might Not Be a NAFTA, But There Are Still “OSHAs”: Working in Mexico and Canada” – Nashville – December 5, 2018
• Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Pop Quiz – Labor and Employment Exclusive Style” – La Quinta – November 8, 2018
• Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “One Problem, One Continent, Three Countries: Employment Solutions for North America” – Boca Raton – November 9, 2017
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Doing Business South of the Border—Managing Workers in Mexico” – San Diego – May 5, 2017
• Ogletree Deakins Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Symposium – “Managing Employees in Latin America” – Austin – March 23, 2017

• May 17, 2019 – Ogletree Deakins International Employment Update – “Mexico: Mexican National Commission on Minimum Wages Approves an Increase to the 2019 Daily General Minimum Wage”
• January 3, 2019 – SHRM Online – “Mexico: Daily General Minimum Wage Increased”

• April 24, 2023 – SHRM Online – “Employees in Mexico Gain More Paid Vacation Days”
• March 8, 2023 – SHRM Online – “Mexico Boosts Minimum Wage by 20 Percent”

• Best Lawyers in Mexico – Labor and Employment Law (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Who’s Who Legal (WWL) – WWL: Labour, Employment & Benefits (2024)
• Ranked by Who’s Who Legal as one of Mexico’s leading labor lawyers
• The Legal 500 Latin America: Recommended in “Labour and employment” category (2016, 2017, 2019)