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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

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 partners)Baker McKenzie Chile‘s four-strong labour and employment department specialises in high-stakes employer-side litigation involving unlawful dismissals, employee benefits, discrimination and sexual harassment. The firm is also home to collective bargaining experts; and clients benefit notably from the practice’s leveraging of its global network for cross-border, executive transfers and multinational company employment matters. The Santiago office’s labour and employment practice group is led by Andrés Valdés, an expert in employment contracts, litigation, immigration, social security, pension funds, international executive transfers, workforce reductions and union negotiations. At associate level, José Ignacio Muñoz, Paulina Vargas and Agustín del Río (an August 2023 hire from Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr) all assist with labour litigation, hirings, terminations, collective bargaining and subcontracting.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Life sciences
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Competition and antitrust
- Consumer and advertising law
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- TMT
- Capital markets
- Environment
- Public law
- Tax