With a ‘strong grasp of labour issues’, Aninat Abogados’ labour and employment practice is experienced in corporate-related labour issues, labour litigation, collective bargaining processes, and migration issues. Heading up the department, Rodrigo Ugarte has ‘an excellent command of labour issues’ and is an expert in collective bargaining, corporate labour matters and labour litigation. In the firm’s associate group, senior Leyla Alul focuses on labour law and litigation (as well as immigration), while Mariana Ramírez is ’detail oriented, committed and timely’. In August 2024, the associate team experienced the departures of senior Leyla Alul and Mariana Ramírez.
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- ‘The Aninat team stands out for being up-to-date on legal changes, for providing support in highly complex situations, for making recommendations aligned with our business, and for having a very good command of labour law matters.’
- ‘They have a very good team leader. Rodrigo not only has knowledge and a great deal of experience, but he also gets directly involved with all his clients, which is very valuable these days.’
Key clients
- Empresa de Servicios Externos de la Asociación Chilena de Seguridad Asociación Chilena de Seguridad Citroën Chile Agroindustrial Natura Pods Chile Mundo Crédito Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur Inmobiliaria Sinergia Comfrut Nursery Kantar Worldpanel Chile Citroën Chile Embotelladora de Aguas Jahuel Inversiones Empack
Work highlights
Defended Empresa de Servicios Externos de la Asociación Chilena de Seguridad against a labour lawsuit, which was brought by a former employee, alleging discriminatory dismissal and sexual harassment by a co-worker.
Practice head
Rodrigo Ugarte