‘Always willing to find solutions for their clients’, Porzio Ríos García's seven-member labour and employment department recently conducted over 50 training sessions for clients in relation to the April 2024 regulation on sexual and workplace harassment, which raised the prevention standards that employers must implement. The wider practice covers labour advisory work, immigration, social security law, compliance, collective bargaining and union relations. It also assists with individual and collective contracts, unfair dismissal litigation, workplace accidents and occupational illnesses, as well as redundancies, employee benefits, pension law, and health and safety regulations. The group’s principal figure is Ignacio Garcia, an adviser on labour contracts, litigation, immigration, social security, pensions, executive transfers, downsizing, and union negotiations; with key support provied by experenced associates Camila Quiroz and Laura Kottmann. Former partner and collective bargaining specialist Fernando Villalobos left the firm in June 2025.
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- ‘Cooperation is very smooth and structured. Everything is in order and on time.’
‘The individuals are always responsive and deliver on time - they are also very polite and have a good attitude.’
‘The service that the firm provides is personalised and the advice is always characterised by being very complete and professional.’
‘Good knowledge of their clients. A very well-rounded team. Always willing to find solutions for their clients.’
‘Very professional and always willing to offer the best options, so as to make informed decisions.’
‘Lawyers with business acumen, innovative newsletters, and free talks on changes in the law. The firm's lawyers are friendly and straightforward.’
Key clients
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Fairwind
- Samsung
- Agroreservas
- Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Saint Days
- Compañia General De Electricidad
- Rivulis
- Eecol Wesco
- Ferrer For Good
- Bollore Logistics
- Reutter
- Stefanini
Work highlights
Assisted an energy company with a strategic plan involving employee benefits.
Assisted a technology solutions company with strategic negotiations with a large number of employees of one of its suppliers.
Assisted a electricity company with its claim before the Labour Court to suspend several unions’ collective bargaining, pending a court decision.
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Leading associates
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Camila Quiroz
Practice head
Ignacio Garcia