Rocío García de la Pastora > Guerrero Olivos > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Guerrero Olivos
AV. VITACURA 2939, PISO 8
LAS CONDES 7550011
SANTIAGO
Chile

Work Department

Labour, migration and employment

Position

Rocío García de la Pastora is the leading partner of Guerrero Olivos’ labour, migration and employment practice. She specializes in labour law, complex labour litigation, collective bargaining, strategic labour plans and in corporate labour matters.

Career

Rocío is director of the Chilean Labour Law and Social Security SCHDTSS since 2010, member of the Industry Association of Labour Lawyers, fellow of the Bolonia University, dependent on the OIL and was Instructor in Litigation Techniques at the California Western School of Law and Accesso Training Program, and PhD candidate in the labour program of Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.

In the academic field, she is Professor of pre and post-graduate programs of Labour Law and Labour Litigation at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and was Assistant Professor in Labour Procedural Law at Universidad Central de Chile and Professor of Labour Law at Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello.

Her previous experience includes working in García de la Pastora y Cía. boutique labor law firm (2003-2017), as the Legal Coordination lawyer in the Regional Labour Office (2006-2007) and as labour counsel at the National Academy for Political and Strategic Studies, Defense Ministry (2007).

Languages

Spanish and English

Education

Law, Universidad Central de Chile (2000).

Diploma in Labour Law and Corporate Social Responsibility, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2003).

Diploma in Labour Procedure Reform, Chilean Bar Association (2006).

Diploma in Labour Procedure Reform and Litigation, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (2006).

Diploma in National and International Legal Practice about the Protection of

Fundamental Rights, Universidad Complutense (Madrid) and Bar Association (2007).

Lawyer Rankings

Chile > Labour and employment

(Next Generation Partners)

Rocío García de la PastoraGuerrero Olivos

The ‘highly trusted’ seven-member labour, employment and migration practice at Guerrero Olivos covers pre-emptive labour advice, disputes, and M&A and reorganisation-related labour issues. On the contentious front, the group assists with unfair dismissals, anti-union practices, fundamental rights and work-related accidents; and it also undertakes collective bargaining processes. In migratory and expatriate matters, the team is highly active in relation to the mining and energy industries. Heading the department, the ‘accurate and highly knowledgeableRocío García de la Pastora’s workload incorporates labour litigation, collective bargaining, and corporate labour issues; and within the associate ranks, Tomás Garnham is ‘empathetic, efficient and always available’, while Sergio Fuica is an expert in fundamental rights and labour disputes.