Attorney at Law - Counsel

Dr. Gustavo Gauthier

Gustavo Gauthier focuses his practice on Labor and Social Security Law, including litigation and advisory practice as regards collective bargaining and labor disputes.

He concentrates on the analysis of complex cases and situations which require a strategic perspective, in the sphere of both individual and collective labor relationships, and the corresponding advisory practice as regards negotiation and resolution of collective and individual conflicts.

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Experience

Gustavo has extensive expertise in providing labor advice to companies and Government and private agencies as regards individual and collective labor rights and relationships.

Furthermore, he has significant expertise in payroll restructuring, together with negotiation with union counterparties and with the Labor National Agency.

He has participated and still participates as a company representative in the negotiations with the National Wages Council of varied sectors such as: air transport, fuels, renewable energies, food, vehicles, auto parts, afforestation and drugs.

Practice Focus

Expert in Labor and Social Security Law and in particular in the regulation of the new ways of working.

His practice focuses on the design of strategies for negotiation and on the development of solutions for complex and novel matters which require innovation in the legal sphere.

Furthermore, he specializes and is especially devoted to the challenges posed by new technologies and the new ways of working, including the so-called “legal tech” and smart contracts.

Education

• Master of Law, option Labor and Security Law, Universidad de la República.
• Doctor of Law and Social Sciences, Universidad de la República.

Academic Activity

• Deputy Professor of Labor and Social Security Law at the School of Law, Universidad de la República.
• Professor of the Post-Graduate Degree of Applied Labor Law, Universidad de Montevideo.
• He was Clerk of the Dean of the School of Law, Universidad de la República.

Publications

Author of the following renowned books: “Teletrabajo. Introducción al estudio del régimen jurídico”; “Disrupción, economía compartida y Derecho” (Coordinator); “Tercerizaciones” (Coauthor); “Manual de horas extras” (Coauthor).

Author of multiple articles in journals and books related to his practice focus, published in Uruguay, in Latin American countries and in Spain.

Memberships

Institute of Labor and Social Security Law (Instituto de Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social) of the School of Law, Universidad de la República, Uruguayan Labor and Social Security Law Association (Asociación Uruguaya de Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social), Uruguayan Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados del Uruguay)