Raúl Fernández

• Labor and Employment

Raúl Fernández focuses his practice on labor law and social security law. He has represented national and international companies in many complex labor litigations. He has also advised on regulated and non-regulated collective bargaining, and health and safety work, as well as day-to-day and strategic corporate employment matters.

He has written three books: La prueba en el proceso laboral (Evidence in Labor Proceedings), El poder disciplinario del empleador (Employers’ Disciplinary Power) and Las facultades y deberes del juez en materia probatoria en el proceso laboral. Análisis crítico (Judges’ powers and duties regarding evidence in labor proceedings. Critical analysis.) He has authored over 10 chapters in collective books and over 20 articles published in specialized journals. He speaks regularly at national and international seminars and conferences on labor law and social security law.

He is an assistant lecturer of labor law and social security law at Universidad de Chile, having been admitted through a public competition based on examination and experience in 2014. He is a guest lecturer in diplomas and master's degrees for labor law and social security law at Universidad de Talca, Universidad de Concepción and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has taught on the training course for judges at the Chilean Judicial Academy.

Recently he has led:

• Compañía Minera Inés De Collahuasi in ongoing consulting, training, representation in labor litigation, workplace investigations, and collective bargaining.

• Compañía Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca in consulting on employment issues, labor law, litigation, and legal strategy.

• Telefónica Cybersecurity Tech and Cloud Chile SPA in corporate labor issues, representation in labor litigation, workplace investigations, and collective bargaining.

Universitat de València

Doctor of Laws (outstanding)

2024

University of Melbourne

Master of Employment and Labor Relations Law (Becas Chile Scholarship)

2020

Universitat de València and Universidad de Talca

Master in Labor Law and Social Security Law (best student)

2013

Universidad de Concepción

Bachelor of Laws (President of the Republic Scholarship; valedictorian and best student in private law courses)

2010