GNP Canales Abogados Laborales

A ‘firm that never lets clients down’, GNP Canales Abogados Laborales' ’excellent team delivers immediate responses without sacrificing quality’. Exclusively focused on advising on both judicial and corporate labour law matters, the 22-strong practice acts for major companies from the mining, sanitary services, retail, tourism, highway concessionaire and education sectors; it addition fields specialists in labour relations, litigation, due diligence, large-scale collective bargaining and trade union relations, the group also handling training, immigration, inclusion, diversity, and health and safety issues. Welcoming 52 new clients during 2024, the practice’s principal figures are: Alfonso Canales, who is particularly focused on strategic human resources planning and collective law matters (including collective bargaining and trade union relations); Carlos Gutiérrez, whose workload encompasses litigation, collective bargaining, workforce training, and labour-related health issues; trade union expert Francisco Plass; Diego Nodleman, who advises companies on inclusion and diversity; and Lilia Jerez Arévalo, a former head of Chile’s Labour Directorate. At director level, labour law specialist Nicolás Monckeberg Díaz was previously a Minister for Labour and Social Security; while in December 2024, María Luisa García Riffo and Francisco Pinilla V were promoted from senior associates to directors. Former senior associate César Rivas departed to found his own firm in January 2025.