Littler Global Gains Ground in Central America with BDS Asesores’ Expansion into Honduras

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 20, 2014) – Littler Global member BDS Asesores, the leading labor and employment firm in Central America, has expanded into Honduras by combining with ISO-certified Ulloa & Associates, the largest law firm in the northern region of Honduras. Ulloa & Associates, led by managing partner Marielena Ulloa, one of the country’s leading labor and employment attorneys, will be instrumental in expanding Littler Global’s presence throughout Central and Latin America.

“Through the expansion efforts of Littler Global member BDS Asesores, we are quickly covering the most important regions for employers with operations in Central and Latin America,” said Tom Bender and Jeremy Roth, co-managing directors of Littler. “Honduras is an important jurisdiction in Central America and utilizing the expansive resources and service offerings of BDS Asesores and Ulloa & Associates, Littler Global is well positioned to serve the legal needs of local businesses and their workforces.”

Ulloa counsels employers on a variety of labor and employment matters, including compliance and registrations with relevant employment authorities; inspections by the local labor board; negotiation and intervention in mediation processes between employers and employees; workplace safety and labor liability prevention; employee social security benefits; internal bylaws and codes of conduct; and employee termination. Her clients include several large multinational manufacturers who have operations in northern Honduras. Ulloa will be joined by her colleagues Gualberto Espinal Monteilh, Aníbal Eduardo Hernández Melgar, and Wilfredo Misael García Castillo.

According to Marco Durante, managing partner of BDS Asesores, “Marielena has extensive experience working with institutions and labor authorities in Honduras at the local and national levels, as well as with international organizations. Her previous leadership position at the preeminent law firm in Honduras provides instant name recognition and credibility on the ground.”

“This move affords me with the opportunity to leverage my deep ties to the local business and legal communities while offering my clients access to a global platform of services,” said Ulloa. “I look forward to collaborating with Littler Global member firms to serve our clients’ needs throughout Honduras and the broader Central and Latin American region.”

This latest move underscores Littler’s commitment to expanding its presence in strategic markets throughout the world. Littler Global now has offices in Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

About BDS Asesores

Ranked by Chambers & Partners, BDS Asesores is the leading firm of attorneys specializing in labor law and corporate immigration, both in Costa Rica as well as in the Central American region, and is ISO-certified in Central America and the Caribbean. BDS Asesores, which has 18 attorneys spanning offices in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Panama, is led by Durante and partners Francisco Salas Chaves and Alejandro Trejos Gómez. The firm maintains specialized practices in the areas of public and private labor law, litigation and payroll management and focuses on providing preventive and corrective counsel of individual and collective labor conflicts of multiple organizations, local and multinational companies. Visit the Littler Global page for more information.

About Littler

Littler is the largest global employment and labor law practice, with more than 1,000 attorneys in over 60 offices worldwide.  Littler represents management in all aspects of employment and labor law and serves as a single-source solution provider to the global employer community. Consistently recognized in the industry as a leading and innovative law practice, Littler has been litigating, mediating and negotiating some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record for over 70 years. Littler Global is the collective trade name for an international legal practice, the practicing entities of which are separate and distinct professional firms.