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Over the past two years Adecco Group’s compact seven-person legal team in Chile has been fundamental to the success of the wider company, due to its ongoing involvement in virtually all commercial affairs that the business conducts within the country. Headed by the proactive and highly motivated legal director Magdalena Strahovsky, the team’s superior industry expertise can be seen in its flawless execution of key M&A transactions and its strategic advice on Adecco’s aggressive expansion into new sectors in Chile, which include medical, agro-industrial and mining areas amongst others. Having joined the business in August 2015 after gaining experience in private practice, Strahovsky has overseen significant changes to the structural organisation of the department, including integration of the risk prevention department (which had previously been a separate entity) as part of the legal unit, and the division of functional responsibility within the team, so that each lawyer focuses on a particular area of specialisation. Besides Strahovsky, who has impressed colleagues with her deep understanding of the specifics of Adecco’s business, the team features a number of outstanding lawyers who have received extensive praise in this year’s research. Paulina Espinoza, who heads legal support for labour matters, has been singled out for her efforts in ensuring that Adecco is ‘a place where each employee has the guarantee that his or her rights are protected’ according to Strahovsky. Recently hired lawyers Felipe Leigh (who focuses on commercial affairs) and Rocío López (who also deals with labour matters), have also impressed with their in-depth knowledge of each respective area of specialisation.