Labour & Employment
Latin America Guide 2025 : Chile
Band 4
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+56 22 729 06 00About
Provided by Porzio Ríos García
The firm has a solid prestige in the areas of labour, employment, immigration and social security Law. Our Labour & Employment Department has been recognized consistently as one with the best quality service and most experienced in Chile.
Our expertise includes regulatory compliance, collective bargaining and labour relations involving unions; Individual and collective contracts; unfair dismissal litigation; health and safety regulations, employee benefits, personal taxation, social security and pension law; Global mobility, immigration laws, executive transfers and visa processing; labour revisions, M&A processes and harmonization of corporate benefits as well as training workshops in labour matters.
The Firm’s Labour & Employment department is composed of an experienced staff of lawyers from the best law schools of Chile, most of them with graduate studies.
Previous experience of the lawyers of this department involves not only involvement related to labour matters in the private area, but also in the public sector, including relevant positions in the Chilean government.
Chambers Review
Porzio Ríos García is a well-regarded Chilean labour and employment department that advises clients on a vast array of matters, including collective bargaining, social security and unfair dismissal claims. The law firm is frequently called upon to assist clients with internal labour audits and regulatory compliance.
Work Highlights
- Porzio Ríos García advised an energy company on the termination of the employment contract of one of the company's main executives in Chile.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Porzio Ríos García have a great, well-rounded and expert team which provides excellent and clear strategies, making complex issues simple to understand."
"Porzio Ríos García have a great, well-rounded and expert team which provides excellent and clear strategies, making complex issues simple to understand."
Notable Practitioners
Co-head of department Ignacio García regularly assists employers from the energy, insurance and oil and gas sectors with employment contracts, termination matters and RIF negotiations in Chile.
"Ignacio García is a born leader, with an unique vision of the business environment."
Fernando Villalobos comes widely recommended by interviewees for his litigation skills in trials before Chilean labour court as well as his advice on employment and trade union matters.
"Fernando Villalobos has earned my complete trust, as his advice is measured, precise, wise, and always oriented towards the benefit of the client."
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Industries
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Mining, international transport and logistics, cosmetics, IT, retail, energy, among others.