Alfonso Canales Undurraga

Practice Areas

Alfonso Canales Undurraga is the senior partner at GNP_Canales Abogados Laborales and the leader in the following areas of expertise: labour strategy and collective bargaining.

Career

During his career, he has specialized in Labour Law, especially in the strategic planning of human resources and matters of collective law (collective bargaining and trade unions).

Previously, he was a partner at the Uribe, Hübner y Canales (UH&C) law firm between 1996 and 2018. Subsequently, he left to own to form our firm.

He was Deputy Director of the Labour Directorate between 1985 and 1986 and Prosecutor of the National Oil Company (ENAP) in the Magallanes Region. He was also director of SalfaCorp between 2007 and 2010 and Vice President of the Tabancura Educational Foundation (SEDUC) between 2002 and 2012.

Academic Experience

Alfonso has been a tenured professor of Labour Law at the Universidad de Los Andes for more than 30 years.

Professor of the Master in Labour Law, Universidad de Los Andes.

Professor of Collective Negotiation, at the ESE Business School of the Universidad de Los Andes.

Education

LL.B., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Studies on controversies at the Kellogg School, Northwestern University, Chicago, United States.

Studies include International Labour Law and International Labour Standards, International Labour Organization, ILO.