##  [Mercedes Antón Zunzunegi](/en_GB/team/mercedes-anton-zunzunegi) 

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 Mercedes Antón Zunzunegi  Senior associate 

 <mercedes.anton@garrigues.com> - [Bilbao](/en_GB/office/bilbao)+34 94 470 06 99





- Registered lawyer, nº 3677
    
    I. Colegio de la Abogacía de Guipúzcoa



 

 

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Mercedes is a Senior Associate in the Labor Department of Garriguies, a law firm in witch he has been rendering his services since 2001. His work consists of giving recurring legal advice in the areas of Labor Law and Social Security to HR Departments of public and private companies, national and multinational. He studied Law at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, and has a master´s degree in Legal Practice from de Bar Association of Bizkaia.

Since 2000, she has been working as a lawyer belonging to the Gipuzkoa´s Bar Association on behalf of his clients in highly difficult processes related to Labor Law and Social Security. She is in charge of both litigation management and advice on the preparation of procedural strategies, with extensive experience in such areas.

She speaks Spanish, French and English.

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Mercedes Antón is a Senior Associate in the Labor Department, law firm in witch she has been rendering his services since 2001. She is an expert in labor and employment law and social security legislation. She specializes in providing legal advice, among other subjects, in the following:

- Job Safety.
- Labor restructuring processes.
- Processes related to mergers, spinf-offs and contributions of lines of business from the Labor Law point of view.

On top of that, in his professional activity she has participated in highly complex trials, including some related to:

- Collective procedures
- Layoffs
- Fundamental rights and compensation for damages.

 

 

 

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- Degree in Law, Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao 1998.
- Master’s Degree in Legal Practice, Bizkaia Bar Association, 2000.

 

 

 

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Gipuzkoa´s Bar Association.

 

 

 

 





 

 



 

 

### Services

 

[ **Labor and Employment** ](/en_GB/services/labor-and-employment)



 

 



 

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