Camila Quiroz
Porzio Ríos García
More informationRecent areas of focus for Porzio Ríos García’s ‘excellent team of lawyers’ range from internal investigations, to golden parachute proposals and employee wrongdoing-related criminal assessments. The five-member labour, employment, social security and immigration law practice is also highly active in court litigation, while flexible working from home is another growth area. Name partner and department head Ignacio García has longstanding experience in labour and employment work, his practice covering litigation, global mobility, collective bargaining, cross-border executive transfers, and transactional labour issues; and the work of fellow partner and labour and employment specialist Fernando Villalobos is ’outstanding’. At associate level, Camila Quiroz is an experienced litigator, but Laura Kottmann departed the firm in July 2022 to pursue an LLM.
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'Deals with unusual questions and is direct in its answers, and the lawyers do not waste clients' time with lots of caveats and limitations on their answers.'
'Patiently works through matters and provides clear counsel.’
'Makes sure clients are complying with the law rather than trying to figure out how they can take risks!'
‘Responsive and helps find solutions to problems; it also connects clients with other resources, such as accountants (when needed).'
‘An excellent team of lawyers - follows up on agreements, advises on future risks, gives clients a holistic vision of problems, and helps clients during execution. The availability and speed of response are always exceptional. Real experts.’
‘The work of Fernando Villalobos is outstanding - he is an excellent lawyer, who not only knows and masters all the local laws, but is capable of understanding the values and behaviour of client companies.’
‘Fernando Villalobos is a professional who has focus and leadership skills.’
‘Fernando Villalobos is very responsive and very good.’
Key clients
- Atrápalo
- Agroreserves
- Wesco Inernational
- Eecol Chile
- Anixter
- BHP Billiton
- Vertiv
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints
- Desert King
- Jones Lang Lasalle
- Liberty Mutual
- Milwaukee Tool
- Occidental Chemical Petroleum
- Samsung
- CGE
- Swedish Space Corporation
- Ruby Tuesday
- Versachem
- Bollore
- CGM Nuclear Energy
- Stantec
- Amdocs
- Fairwind
- National Oilwell Varco
- Fibra
- Ferrer
Work highlights
- Acted before the Labour Inspectorate further to an unlawful practice complaint, which was filed by the client company’s union.
- Assisted with a sexual harassment investigation into complaints of harassment that different employees made about the behaviour of an employee in a high-level management position.
- Assisted with the negotiation strategy for the termination of the employment contract of a high-level manager.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Ignacio Garcia
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Fernando Villalobos
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ignacio García