Mr Andrés Valdés KC > Baker McKenzie Chile > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Baker McKenzie Chile Offices
AVENIDA ANDRÉS BELLO 2457, PISO 19
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SANTIAGO, CÓDIGO POSTAL 7510689
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Mr Andrés Valdés KC
Position
Partner.
Career
Biography:
Andres Valdes heads the Labor & Employment Practice Group of the Santiago office. He has more than 18 years of experience in advising Chilean and foreign companies in the areas of employment contracts, litigation, immigration, social security and pension funds, international executive transfers, workforce reductions, CBAs and union negotiations. He also has experience in corporate law matters, leading the acquisition of local businesses by foreign investors. He has provided pro bono advise to education foundations in Santiago.
Practice Focus:
Mr. Valdes focuses his practice on labor and employment matters in Chile. He advises different types of clients in a range of business sectors including services, industry, retail and mining. He has also provided labor and employment advice to foreign clients in cross-border deals.
Related Expertise:
- Corporate Governance
- Employment & Compensation
- Financial Institutions
- Managing Business Change & Disruption
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Languages
Spanish - English
Memberships
- Chilean Bar Association – Member
Education
- Duke University School of Law (LLM) (1998)
- Catholic University of Chile Law School (LLB) (1992)
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Labour and employment
(Leading individuals)The four-member labour and employment practice at Baker McKenzie Chile routinely taps into the wider firm’s global network of labour lawyers, particularly in relation to cross-border executive transfers and multinationals’ employment issues. The group’s expertise further encompasses employer-side litigation, including claims over unlawful dismissal, employee benefits, discrimination, and sexual harassment. Other key areas are collective bargaining, executive compensation, pensions, stock options, social security, workplace policies, and immigration. The department’s ‘specialised and experienced lawyers’ are led by Andrés Valdés, who acts for clients from the retail and mining sectors (among others); key associate support comes from senior José Ignacio Muñoz who handles labour, employment and employee benefit matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- TMT
- Consumer and advertising law
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Life sciences
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- Capital markets
- Environment
- Public law
- Tax