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Our colleagues Beatriz Sánchez and Almudena Álvarez attended this week the largest AIJA - International Association of Young Lawyers Annual Labour Law Conference ever, held in magical Istanbul! Almudena Álvarez had the honor of moderating the panel on “Changing views and laws on working times?” together with dynamic speakers from different countries.

Our colleagues Nuria Naranjo and Almudena Álvarez participated this week in the Fall Meeting of "ELLINT: Employment & Labor Lawyers International" in sunny Lisbon. After discussing new trends in employment law (among others, are gender-critical beliefs protected from discrimination at the workplace?) and planning upcoming ELLINT meetings, we got to enjoy the sunset at Javá rooftop and the Portuguese cuisine at the famous TimeOut market, as well as a super fun team building activity at Carcavelos Beach. Muito obrigadas pela organizaçao Manuel Ferreira and Paramount Legal team! Our firm is a proud member of this organization of employment and labor law firms across the globe (18 countries!).

Our colleagues Beatriz Sánchez, Marta Roig, Inés López, and Almudena Álvarez have needed more than a week to recover from what it was the largest AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) Annual Congress ever, with almost 800 participants from 68 jurisdictions, which took place Sept 3-7 in our beloved hometown Madrid. Our firm had the honor of sponsoring this memorable event, our partner, Almudena Álvarez, was co-chair of the Organizing Committee, and our associate, Beatriz Sánchez, got appointed member of the AIJA Executive Committee. Under the theme "Thinking Globally - The Role of International Lawyers in a World Searching for Answers" the participants/speakers analyzed various legal issues structured in 5 pillars: i) Technology, ii) Defense & Security, iii) Trade, iv) Energy Transition, and v) Inequality.

Our colleague Marta Roig spent last week at Paramount Legal (Portugal) to learn about Portuguese employment law, while Sophia Hartmann, from Altenburg (Germany), did her secondment with us to experience, among others, a day in Spanish labor court. Thanks to ELLINT's secondment program, the lawyers of our firms can have a true international professional experience by spending some days at another ELLINT office. They discover how other jurisdictions work and get to know better other ELLINT colleagues and, of course, they get to enjoy the city where our ELLINT offices are located.

Our colleagues Nuria Naranjo and Almudena Álvarez participated last week in the Spring Meeting of ELLINT: Employment & Labor Lawyers International in Brussels. After visiting the impressive Palais de Justice and the vicinity of the European Parliament, they gathered to discuss the future of the organization, ELLINT Next and its expansion to LATAM. Olivier Rijckaert and Marian Dewaersegger from Sotra | HR Lawyers wonderfully hosted us.