Anna Karina Jiménez
DentonsThe Costa Rican labour and employment team at Dentons harnesses the bench strength of its regional network of seven offices in six countries to advise such global household names as Dole, Merck, Amazon and Starbucks, across sectors ranging from food, health, tech and telecoms to hospitality, software, real estate and retail. The team is headed by Anna Karina Jiménez, who brings expertise to negotiating and drafting employment contracts, preventive advice on employee benefits programmes, internal compliance audits, collective employment contracts, and labour litigation and employer representation in administrative processes. Other key figures include senior associate and preventative risk management specialist Silvia Hernández and associate Adriana Fernández.
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‘As a team, they are always available, and they make sure to offer clear and concrete answers.'
'It is always a pleasure to deal with Silvia Hernández and Anna Karina Jiménez, who provide total support on labour issues.'
Key clients
- VMWare
- Dole
- Pinilla
- Starbucks
- American Tower Corporation
- Amazon
- Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)
- L.L. Bean
- Fresh Del Monte
- Oikocredit
- Smartsheet
- HashiCorp
- Palo Alto Networks
- Amherst
- Convera
Work highlights
- Advising VMWare on day-to-day labour law matters (including recruiting and disciplinary measures) and labour litigation.
- Advising Avantica - Encora on day-to-day labour law matters, including an internal policies project to ensure the company’s compliance with local labour laws.
- Advised Fresh Del Monte on the rules to amend a labour benefit applicable to several company executives.
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Anna Karina Jiménez