Laura de los Santos Hidalgo

Laura worked as an Associate in the Labor department of Baker McKenzie Madrid from 2012 to 2014. Between 2014 and 2015, she completed an LL.M. at the University of Pennsylvania (USA), which allowed her to acquire a global vision of the legal practice, as well as to study the particularities of the Common Law system. From 2015 to 2017, she worked as an Associate at Cuatrecasas. In 2018, she rejoined the Labor team at Baker McKenzie with the ability to provide a more specialized and cross-sectional advice to Spanish and American clients.

Laura is specialized in Labor Law. Specifically, she has extensive experience in the following areas: (i) hiring and social benefits; (ii) negotiation of employment contracts; (iii) negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and collective dismissals; (iv) labor litigation; (v) human resources; (vi) labor and social security aspects of mergers and acquisitions; (vii) employees’ compensation and benefits; (viii) work councils; (ix) employees' representatives election procedure; (x) occupational hazard prevention; (xi) negotiation of equality plans; (xii) remote working policies; (xiii) whistleblower channels and investigations; and (xiv) top executives’ remuneration, transfers and terminations.

Laura has a Bachelor' s Degree in Law (E-1) from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) and an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania, Law School. Additionally, she has completed other non-legal courses at University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School (Philadelphia) and at Harvard Business School (Boston).

Laura is empathetic, with a great capacity for adaptation and analysis. She is passionate about emotional intelligence and how its knowledge creates true team-players.

Corporate Experience

• Senior Associate, Baker McKenzie, Madrid (Spain), since 2018 

• Associate, Cuatrecasas, Madrid (Spain), 2015 - 2017 

• Junior Associate, Baker McKenzie, Madrid (Spain), 2012 - 2014

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor, IE University, Madrid (Spain), since 2023

• Visiting Professor Law, Universidad Carlos III (UC3M), Madrid (Spain), since 2017

• Visiting Professor Law, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), Madrid (Spain), 2016 and 2017

Academic Background

• Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Pennsylvania, Law School, Pennsylvania (USA), 2014 - 2015

• Wharton Business Law Certificate (WBLC), University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Pennsylvania (USA), 2014 - 2015

• Graduate Degree in Law (E1), Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), Madrid (Spain), 2014 - 2015

• Negotiation Workshop: Strategies, tools and skills for Success and Advanced Negotiation: Making Difficult Conversation Productive, Harvard University, Massachusetts (USA), 2014