Firm Profile

Munita & Olavarría

Latin America Guide 2024

Ranked departments
Ranked lawyers
Latin America

Munita & Olavarría

Munita & Olavarría

Contact number

+56 2 2307 8050

Share profile

About

Provided by Munita & Olavarría
Latin America

Senior Partners: Enrique Munita, Cristián Olavarría

Partners: Paola Casorzo, Marcela Salazar, Gonzalo Urcelay

Number of partners: 5

Number of other lawyers: 14

Contacts

Labour & Employment: Enrique Munita, Cristián Olavarría, Paola Casorzo, Marcela Salazar, Gonzalo Urcelay

Firm Overview:

Munita & Olavarría – Ius Laboris Chile, is a law firm specialising in labour and employment law and labour and employment-related issues. Through the years, the team has found pride in their deep knowledge of the Labour and Employment field. The continuous communication with its clients, and the quality of its lawyers, have added to a strong commitment to the mission of providing a constant high-quality service.

Moreover, their members provide legal counseling free of charge to non-profit institutions and play a key role in discussions of new employment regulations and laws. At the same time, the team works consistently on offering lectures and seminars to update on changes in the law and its implications on the country, companies, and the employees´ day to day.

What the firm offers its clients is the trust to rely on their most important Labour and Employment issues on a fully committed team that will take care of every detail and keep them informed, but most importantly, generate value in organizations through the quality improvement of their industrial and human relations.

Munita & Olavarría, from its incorporation, joined the international alliance Ius Laboris, a worldwide organisation of employer's cross-border employment and pensions law advice. Ius Laboris has over 1,500 specialist HR lawyers in 59 countries (including Chile). Ius Laboris offers access to the best local HR law experts in one global team with 20% more employment lawyers ranked by Chambers than any other employment practice.

Clients include many household names as well as multinational companies in all sectors ranging from energy, utilities, retail, and technology to pharmaceuticals, banking, and mining.

Main Areas of Practice:

Labour & Employment: 100%


Labour & Employment:

Labour litigation, developing strategies to address the labour disputes. Internal work, health and safety regulations, and internal policies. Collective agreements, collective bargaining processes assistance and strike support. Labour contracts and terminations, employee benefits. Support the workplace and sexual investigations processes, in disciplinary proceedings, fringe benefits, service provision agreements, personal supply contracts, due diligence, and audits. Corporate restructuring. Mediation and settlement procedures before the Labour Authority. Immigration and visas. Pensions and social security. Wages and benefits taxation. Health and safety at the workplace.

International Work:

Member of Ius Laboris global legal employment worldwide alliance.

Languages:

English, Spanish.

Clients:

The labour and employment practice is referred to a wide range of industries, such as financial institutions, airlines, chemical, transportation companies, retail companies and others: Latam Airlines, Banco Santander, Banco BCI, Embotelladora Andina, BHP, Abbott, KPMG, Boehringer Ingelheim, Globalvia, Cisco, Accenture, Fresenius Medical Care, Metro, Infosys, General Motors, Natura, Michelin, Scotiabank, IBM, Banco de Chile, Banco Consorcio, Uber and DHL, among others.

Ranked Offices

Provided by Munita & Olavarría

Chile - Head office

Munita & Olavarría rankings

Latin America Guide 2024
Chile
Labour & Employment
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Labour & Employment
1
Labour & Employment
1
Band 1
Lawyers
Cristián Olavarría
1
Cristián Olavarría
1
Band 1
Enrique Munita
1
Enrique Munita
1
Band 1
Paola Casorzo
4
Paola Casorzo
4
Band 4
Other Lawyers
Lawyers
Catalina Gonzalez
Catalina Gonzalez
Unranked
Felipe Vargas
Felipe Vargas
Unranked
Gonzalo Urcelay
Unranked
Marcela Salazar
Unranked
Romina Gálvez
Unranked