PAGBAM Schwencke Chile‘s four-member labour and employment practice has significant experience in litigation, company closures, union negotiations, collective bargaining, social security and migration. The team also covers cross-border employment work, along with discrimination and harassment issues. Heading the group, labour law specialist Gonzalo Aravena Frontaura is a November 2022 counsel-level hire from Jara Del Favero Abogados (replacing former counsel and team leader Constanza Ríos Ghio, who departed the previous month). Key senior associate Fernanda Laborde Poblete also maintains a noteworthy and wide-ranging employment, immigration and social security practice.
Testimonials
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- 'The firm provides a personalised service and they show a good disposition when contacting them.'
- 'I appreciate the speed with which I can be contact them.'
Key clients
- CAF Chile
- Tivit Chile
Work highlights
- Represented CAF Chile before the Labour Court of Santiago in a claim filed by ten former employees.
- Advised Viñedos Veramonte on a collective bargaining process held with its main union.