Miguel A. Lopez partners with his clients to successfully deliver on any business strategy or legal dispute that might arise in the employment context. Whether helping clients enter a new line of business, hire talent in a new market, or work through a complex personnel dispute, Miguel’s approach is to always protect his client’s long-term position and overall business objective. Miguel advises companies ranging in size from national, publicly traded companies to venture-backed start-ups.
In addition to his day-to-day legal counseling, Miguel maintains an active litigation practice that focuses on the commercial end of employment law. Miguel is lead counsel on high-stakes litigation concerning trade secrets, non-compete and non-solicitation restrictions, executive agreements, and incentive compensation. He litigates in federal courts across the country, as well as in New York state court, JAMS, and AAA.
Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets (UCTS). Companies count on Miguel to protect their work product and trade secrets from misappropriation, and to enforce their non-solicitation, non-competition, and non-disclosure agreements. Miguel regularly seeks and obtains preliminary injunctions against individuals and competitors. His deep plaintiff-side experience helps inform his defense of employers in disputes that arise from their recruitment of key talent.
Executive and Incentive Compensation. Miguel represents companies in disputes with their C-suite executives and revenue-generating salespeople over commissions, severance, and equity compensation. These disputes often intersect with Miguel’s unfair competition practice, such as when an executive or salesperson breaches their fixed-term agreement, notice period obligations, or duty of loyalty.
Independent Contractors and Contingent Workforce. Miguel advises his clients on independent contractor, freelance, and employee-leasing arrangements of all types. He has advised on, drafted, and revised inter-company shared services agreements among portfolio companies or commonly owned affiliates, with an eye to the allocation of work product ownership as between business entities.