Labour and employment

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría fields a ‘tremendously experienced team’ in Santiago. The full-service, international firm’s labour and employment law practice is highly experienced in labour-related advisory work, litigation and collective bargaining. The nine-strong group’s expertise ranges from new areas such as diversity and AI, to more traditional labour subjects, including hirings, terminations (mass lay-offs, office closures and senior executives’ severance), HR company policies, discrimination prevention, internal harassment investigations, and privacy and fundamental rights. The practice further assists with due diligence, internal employment audits, restrictive covenants, subcontracting, labour taxation, union relations, and compensation and benefits packages. The group is co-led by Paulina Miranda, an adviser on international employment law, incentive plans, gig economy issues, AI, data privacy, internal investigations and compliance, who ’has extensive experience in labour matters and great negotiation skills’; and labour and social security law expert Sergio Montes, who has notable experience in high-stakes labour trials, collective bargaining processes, and conflicts between companies and their employees and unions. In the firm’s senior associate pool, Aref Cosma acts for major companies from the mining, forestry, agriculture, retail, and technology sectors on general employment matters, as well as the employment law side to domestic and cross-border M&A and reorganisations.

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Testimonials

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‘Exceedingly knowledgeable and provides practical guidance on labour matters. A great firm for the manner in which it partners with the client to bring about the best legal result possible. ’
‘The team delivers quick and close responses to cases, understanding the realities of companies.’
‘They show professionalism and helpfulness and are very friendly.’
‘They are clearly experts in the field. They have a very high-quality delivery and support model. They are not merely on-demand advisers. If a new issue appears in a conversation, only tangentially related to the main topic, they take it, evaluate it, and communicate their conclusions with the sense of urgency that the subject requires.‘
‘It is a tremendously experienced team. Their portfolio of clients and previous experience allows them to provide a reliable service and give well-founded opinions. The response times are always timely and clients further appreciate the diversity within the team.’
‘Paulina Miranda has extensive experience in labour matters and great negotiation skills. Her expertise in labour issues gives clients great confidence.’
‘Paulina Miranda and Aref Cosma make up a magnificent team with great professional qualities. The scope, sufficiency, description and suggestions contained in their responses are very useful for clients.’
‘An excellent team that includes Paulina Miranda and Aref Cosma - good analysis, prompt delivery, business orientation, concrete proposals, and pros and cons on the table.’

Key clients

Codelco Chile
Forum Servicios Financieros
Panamerican Silver
Sojitz Corporation
Decathlon
Vitamina
HCL Technologies
The Walt Disney Company
Diageo
Mondelez
Dell
AD Retail
FEXPRO Chile
Hogar de Cristo

Work highlights

Successfully acted for Codelco División Chuquicamata in a trial in which it was accused of illegal access to employees’ medical information.
Advising Forum Servicios Financieros on labour matters.
Assisted AD Retail with a labour due diligence for its merger with Empresas La Polar.