Practice Expertise

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Areas of Practice

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WSG Practice Industries

WSG Leadership

  • Employment and Labor Group - Group Leader
  • WSG Coronavirus Task Force Group - Member

Profile

Jose Balta leads our Labor area, and specializes in advising national and foreign companies on labor issues.

He counsels on collective negotiations and general advisory to companies on contracting and terminating employees. He also advises on obtaining the residency for foreign citizens in Peru.

He participates in labor inspections and the most important judicial procedures in Peru on his area of expertise.

Jose has been a professor in the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in several Labor Law courses since 1996. He has published various articles, as well as the book Acoso sexual en las relaciones laborales privadas (Sexual harassment in private labor relations) (ARA Editores, 2005).

Bar Admissions
Lima Bar Association

Education
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lawyer (1990)
Cornell University NY, Master of Professional Studies (Industrial and Labor Relations) Fullbright Scholarship (1994)

Areas of Practice

  • Labour

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