Juan Carlos Pró-Rísquez
Juan Carlos received his law degree magna cum laude from Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1990 and received his Master of Laws from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas in 1994. He is currently completing his Doctorate of Laws at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Juan Carlos joined Macleod Dixon as a partner in October 1999. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced at two other international law firms for about ten years. He specializes in labour law, specifically as applied to oil and gas companies, service companies, pharmaceutical companies and airlines.
Juan Carlos has extensive experience negotiating collective bargaining agreements on behalf of employers. He has been a negotiator in the Collective Labour Bargaining Unit within the following Venezuelan industries and business: Chemical-Pharmaceutical industry, Textile Confection industry, Brinks, Servicio Panamericano de Proteccion, S.A., Asea Brown Boveri, S.A., Snaks America Latina, S.A., Inveca Pittsburgh, C.A., and Siemens, S.A. Juan Carlos has also been involved in litigation before labour and tax tribunals and proceedings before administrative authorities regarding labour matters. He has a strong background in negotiating and writing individual labour contracts and labour settlements, as well as the distribution contracts, labour planning, non-labour contracts and expatriate transfers. In addition, Juan Carlos has consulted on matters regulated by the Organic Labour Law, Organic Prevention Law, and Social Security Law.
Juan Carlos participates regularly as speaker in several conferences regarding Labour Law in Venezuela.
- Universidad Central de Venezuela, Doctorate of Laws (ongoing)
- Southern Methodist University of Texas, Master of Laws, 1994
- Universidad Central de Venezuela, law degree, magna cum laude, 1990
- Caracas, 1991
- Spanish
- English
- Member, International Bar Association
- Member, Miranda State Bar Association
- Member, National Federation Associations of Human Resources and Industrial Relations
- Member, Venezuelan Federation of Human Resources
- Author: Approach to the Regime of Employer's Responsability for Occupational Illness in the Venezuelan legislation and jurisprudence. Book of the Supreme Court of Justice: Labor Law and Social Security Law: Labor Norms, Judicial Decisions, and Studies. Normative Series Nº7. Caracas, 2006
- Author: Regulations to the Workers Nutrition Law and New Regulations to the Organic Labor Law. (Two separate publications.) Book of the Supreme Court of Justice: Labor Law and Social Security Law: Labor Norms, Judicial Decisions, and Studies. Normative Series Nº 7. Caracas, 2006
- Author: Labour Regime Applicable to Expats and Transferees. Newsletter Labor and Industrial Regulations Law. International Bar Association Legal Practice Division. Volume 16, Nº 2. London, 2006
- Coauthor: Labour and Employee Benefits Handbook 2006/07, Volume 2: Employee Share Plans: Venezuelan chapter. Plc Cross-border Handbooks. Practical Law Company. First Edition. London. Año 2006
- Author of Substantive and Procedural Commentaries to the Stability and Dissmisal in Venezuelan Labor Law. I Latin American Congress on Management, Labor Law and Case Law: Impact in the socioeconomic development. Latin American Institute on Labor Law and Social Security. Universidad Metropolitana. Caracas. 2005
- Author of the Constitutional Free Economy and Company Groups: Analysis of the Legislation and Labor Jurisprudence in Venezuela. “Labor Tests” Book of the Venezuelan Supreme Justice Tribunal. Caracas, 2005
- Author of Conflicts of law: Comments on Preferred Rights and Balancing of Rights within the Venezuelan Constitution. Book in Honour of Juan Bautista Fuenmayor Rivera. Caracas, Year 2005
- Author of Comments on the acquisition plans of shares of stock options and comparison with salary defining principles and characters, in Revista de Derecho 15 of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. Caracas. Year 2005
- Author of Labour Planning in Venezuela. Integral development of the gas industry in Venezuela. Reseña Histórica y Legal. Series of Publications of the Venezuelan Association of Gas Processors (AVPG) No. 2). Caracas. Year 2004
- Author of Commentaries on acquisition plans for shares or stock options and their comparison with the principles and defining characteristics of wages in the Law Review 15, of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, Caracas, 2005
- Co-author: Comments on the Reform of the Venezuelan Organic Labor Law, McGraw-Hill, 1997.Author of the Constitutional Free Economy and Company Groups: Analysis of the Legislation and Labor Jurisprudence in Venezuela. “Labor Tests” Book of the Venezuelan Supreme Justice Tribunal. Caracas, 2005
- Speaker: Labor Planning in Venezuela at the Technical Sessions of the XVI International Gas Convention (AVPG), Caracas, May, 2004
- Co-Author: Privacidad vs. Monitoreo:¿Pueden los patronos controlar legítimamente las comunicaciones de correo electrónico de sus trabajadores, “Aspectos legales del comercio electrónico” Book compiled by Cavecom-e, February 2004
- Author: La Estabilidad Laboral en Venezuela: Comentarios al despido de los trabajadores de PDVSA con motivo del Paro Nacional del 2 de Diciembre de 2002. Book on the Supreme Court of Justice “Estudio sobre Derecho del Trabajo” (Studies on Employment Law). Book payment tribute to José Román Duque Sánchez, 2003
- Author: El Trabajador Internacional, La Jurisdicción No Exclusiva de los Tribunales Laborales Venezolanos y el Recurso de Interpretación de la Ley Orgánica del Trabajo: Comentarios a recientes Sentencias del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia. A tribute to José Andrés Fuenmayor, Colección Libros Homenaje, Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, Caracas, 2002
- Author: La Discriminación Laboral por VIH (SIDA). Aproximación al régimen jurídico venezolano. A tribute to Fernando Parra Aranguren, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 2001
- Robert Goldschmidt Award, graduating in the top 1% of his class
- Professor of Labor Law at Universidad Metropolitana de Venezuela Law School since 2005
- Professor of Private Law III at Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1999-2001
- Professor of Labor Law at Universidad Central de Venezuela since 1998
- Professor of Labour Law and Civil Law at Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1995-1999
