Larrain y Asociados Abogados' five-member labour team assists both national and international companies with litigation, corporate-related labour law matters, recruitment, and cross-border employment and migration issues. The group is also experienced in collective bargaining, M&A, remuneration restructuring, sexual harassment investigations and social security issues; while its industry expertise includes the mining and education sectors. The department’s principal figures are collective bargaining specialist Andrés Silva, who advises on collective bargaining and corporate-related labour issues; and director Jorge Parro, who is experienced in disputes before Chile’s Labour Courts and Labour Administrative Authorities. Labour law associates Claudia Espinoza, Alejandra Tapia and María Ignacia Iñiguez complete the group.
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Key clients
- Sociedad Punta del Cobre
- Santo Tomás Educational Group
- FLSmidth
- Fundación Educacional Docere
- Pichara
- Seguros Sura Chile
- Larrain Vial Companies
- Chep Chile
- Unilode Aviations Solutions Chile
- Industrias Vínicas
Work highlights
Advised Santo Tomás Educational Group on its collective bargaining process with a large union, which involved 1,713 employees.
Represented Fundación Educacional Colegio San Agustín in a judicial claim against the Labour Authority in Antofagasta, so as to obtain the annulment of a collective bargaining-related resolution that was imposed.
Defended Pucobre against a lawsuit filed by a former employee before a Labour Court, in order to obtain compensation for moral damages (further to a labour-related accident).
Practice head
Andrés Silva; Jorge Parro