Munita & Olavarría

A dedicated labour and employment law and human resources legal advisory services firm, Munita & Olavarría is home to ‘a multidisciplinary team that is available to handle various labour-related situations’. The Chilean member of Ius Laboris (a worldwide alliance of employment, immigration and pension law firms), its 20-strong group acts for companies from the energy, utilities, retail, technology, pharmaceutical, banking and mining sectors, on labour agreements, internal policies, collective agreements, and health and safety regulations. Other specialist areas include labour litigation, collective bargaining, terminations, employee benefits, due diligence and audits, as well as corporate restructuring, disciplinary proceedings, immigration, visas, pensions, social security, and workplace and sexual harassment investigations. The wide-ranging expertise of Enrique Munita covers individual and collective labour law-related contractual and corporate matters, along with labour litigation, employee benefit plans and stock options; while the practice of fellow founding partner Cristián Olavarría includes collective bargaining processes, labour trials, social security, and compensation and benefits packages. The practice further showcases Marcela Salazar, whose track record includes leading harassment investigations; and Paola Casorzo, an adviser on employee hiring, terminations, internal human resources policies, employment agreements, due diligence, relocations, and employee transfers. At associate level, Felipe Vargas, José Tomás Honour, Catalina González and Rodrigo Ibáñez are the names to note.