SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 14, 2014) – Littler Global member BDS Asesores, the leading labor and employment firm in Central America, has opened a new office in the Dominican Republic with the addition of local practitioner Angelina Salegna Bacó. Bacó, previously operating her own law practice, specializes in employment litigation, among other areas. This expansion further enhances BDS’ capabilities in the region while enabling Littler to deepen its presence throughout Central and Latin America.
“We are excited to grow Littler’s platform through the service offerings of our Littler Global member firms,” said Tom Bender and Jeremy Roth, co-managing directors of Littler. “Our ability to tap into the resources of local firms ensures that Littler’s physical footprint anticipates and meets the needs of clients wherever they do business. We look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead for us in the region.”
According to Marco Durante, managing partner with BDS Asesores, “Our move into the Dominican Republic is significant and we are thrilled to have someone as talented as Angelina lead the effort. Our increasing work throughout the Central America region, combined with our association with labor and employment powerhouse Littler, allows us to more effectively serve multinational clients.”
Bacó will be instrumental in promoting the Littler and BDS vision in the Dominican Republic. “We are certain that the employer community in our country will benefit from the services of a global law firm like Littler,” she said.
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, El Salvador and Panama, is led by Calvo 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.