Marlene is an associate in the Labor, Social Security and Immigration Pracice Area. She is specialized in Labor Law and Social Security, Labor Procedural Law and Immigration. In addition, Marlene is specialized in Gender and Public Policy; she is one of the few labor specialists with this sub-specialization.
She has significant experience in providing counsel on structuring personnel compensation plans, hiring of expatriates and immigration system, downsizing, employment audits, and administrative procedures in labor and aviation matters. Marlene has led in the field important labor audits to companies in the mining sector, which has allowed her to know in depth the activities of our clients; likewise, Marlene has successfully been in charge of labor administrative procedures of great relevance and has also been responsible of complex sexual harassment investigation processes.
Marlene’s double specialization in labor law and gender allows her to occasionally collaborate as a consultant of the Women’s Affairs and Vulnerable Populations Ministry in aspects related to the development of entrepreneurial and productive activities of women, having participated in several meetings with members of different international organizations to this end.
Her professional career has been featured by a prestigious international publication, Chambers & Partners, which have recognized her as an ‘Associates to Watch’ for labor area.
Finally, as to academics, Marlene participates as guest lecturer in Labor Law courses at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, where she intervenes in subjects related to sexual and psychological harassment at work, labor leaves and discrimination. Marlene has also participated as lecturer in national conferences in labor matters and is the author of specialized articles about Labor Law, which have been published both in Peru and abroad.
Since its incorporation in 1980, Rubio Leguía Normand has constantly been recognized due to the outstanding quality of its legal services, as well as for its high ethical and professional standards.
The profile and sophistication of its clients, as well as the recognition from leading international publications (such as Chambers & Partners, International Financial Law Review – IFLR, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer, among others), is clear evidence of the foregoing.
Furthermore, Rubio Leguía Normand is the only Peruvian law firm to have ever won International Financial Law Review –IFLR’s Law Firm of the Year Award for two consecutive years, and the first Peruvian firm to be awarded Chambers Latin America’s Client Service Award.
The experience and international standards of its attorneys makes it a regular player in milestone transactions, such as the first issuance of ADR’s by a Peruvian issuer, the largest issuance of sovereign bonds by Peru, the most significant privatization of a state-owned entity, the first IPO of a Peruvian issuer in London’s Stock Exchange and all IPOs of Peruvian businesses in recent years, among many others.
