Sofía de León

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Experience

Sofía de León is a junior associate at Cuesta Campos, where she is a member of the Labor and Employment practice. Her practice focuses on representing and advising companies in both litigation and consulting matters. She has worked with both national and transnational companies in industries, such as automotive, construction, manufacturing, electronics and technology, among others.

Her expertise includes reviewing and drafting contracts and other documents required for a company’s operations in Mexico, advising on the implementation of NOM-035-STPS-2018, and terminations of employment relationships. She has also handled labor disputes on behalf of foreign companies, both at the mandatory pre-trial conciliation stage and in litigation. She has worked on matters under the former system, before the Conciliation Labor Boards, and under the current system, before the local Labor Courts and the Federal Labor Courts for Individual Matters.

Universidad de Guadalajara

  • Law Degree, 2020-2025.

Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica)

  • Academic Competition, 2024.

Dirección General de Casas de la Cultura Jurídica (Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico)

  • Diploma Course “Human Rights: Approaches to Their Defense”, 2025.

The Hague University of Applied Sciences (The Hague, Netherlands)

  • Academic Competition and Seminar, 2025.

OccuMed

  • Course “Legal Framework of Occupational Health and Work-Related Risks before the IMSS”, 2025-2026.

Tecnológico de Monterrey (Guadalajara Campus)

  • Microcredential: Foundations of AI, Prompt Engineering and LLM Agents, 2026.
  • Preparation and review of documents for national and transnational companies that are starting operations in Mexico or already operate in the country and require advice to comply with their employer obligations. These include Hella Automotive México, Flextronics, Micron Semiconductor México, Plexus Electrónica and Bright Machines.
  • Representation of multinational companies in individual labor lawsuits before the Conciliation Labor Boards and the local Labor Courts.
  • Legal consultancy to companies on the implementation of, and compliance with, Mexican Official Standards (NOMs) on labor matters, such as NOM-035-STPS-2018.
  • Legal counsel and preparation of documents for the termination of employment relationships at national and multinational companies.

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