Frank Martinez, a former senior govt at Prada USA, has joined Fisher Phillips as companion in its New York workplace.
Previous to becoming a member of the worldwide worldwide labor and employment legislation agency that represents employers, Martinez was senior vice chairman and basic counsel for the Americas at Prada USA. He exited the luxurious firm after a two-year run final December. Earlier than that, Martinez was vice chairman of authorized affairs at LVMH, the place he labored for almost 9 years. At LVMH, he served because the lead North American employment lawyer for the group and handled purchasers that included the holding firm and 35 corporations. In that position, he labored with international and regional leaders to advance greatest employment practices whereas balancing group targets. He additionally supervised tons of of investigations.
Additional again in his 30-year profession, Martinez owned and ran his personal legislation agency in New York for a decade, the place he represented each administration and workers.
In that point, he has given recommendation about compliance, preventative practices, worker relations, handbooks, contracts, govt compensation, discrimination, harassment, incapacity, non-competition agreements and different employment-related issues.
Michael Marra, co-regional managing companion of the Fisher Phillips New York workplace praised Martinez’s “skill to offer strategic counsel throughout a variety of employment issues from advanced disputes to govt compensation, in addition to his understanding of shopper wants and shopper service.” Having identified Martinez for 25 years, Marra described him as “simply usually an exquisite particular person. I do know he might be a wonderful match with our group.”
In his new submit, Martinez helps purchasers with office investigations, leaves and lodging, worker relations, disaster administration, worldwide mobility, litigation, worker insurance policies, compensation, and wage and hour practices. He’s working with the agency’s New York group to develop the agency’s retail trade choices and supply complete labor and employment options geared for the sector’s challenges. Fisher Phillips has greater than 675 attorneys throughout the U.S., Mexico and Japan, in addition to a community of attorneys in different jurisdictions.
Martinez earned his Juris Physician from Boston College. He additionally earned a Grasp of Music from the College of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Bachelor of Music diploma from Indiana College, Bloomington.
As for a way his luxurious trend expertise will profit his new employer, the agency’s director of media relations Meghan Warin stated, “Whereas Frank has joined Fisher Phillips to function a strategic enterprise companion to all agency purchasers, we’re assured that we’ll develop our partnership with the luxurious and trend industries by means of his deep data and distinctive expertise.”
At Prada, Nasim Peretsman, who has been with the corporate for greater than 12 years, has succeeded Martinez in his former position.
