Work Area: Employment & Labor

Ex-Posse Herrera partner joins Garrigues

Garrigues (Colombia) has appointed Carolina Camacho as partner and head of its labour practice, following her departure from Posse Herrera Ruiz last month.

27 May 2022

Labour lawyer returns to Cariola Díez as partner

Chilean Elite firm Cariola, Díez, Pérez-Cotapos has strengthened its labour offering by hiring the head of human resources at Santiago-based private health group Clínica Alemana.

04 May 2022

Posse Herrera nabs Holland & Knight partner

Elite firm Posse Herrera Ruiz has hired a partner from Holland & Knight (Colombia) to lead its labour and immigration practice.

29 April 2022

Which law firms were the most popular in 2021?

As companies weathered the ongoing economic and social aftershocks offset by the covid-19 pandemic, they relied on external counsel to guide them through the uncertainties of 2021. The latest Who Represents Latin America’s Biggest Companies? research, a study published by Latin Lawyer’s affiliate publication LACCA, reveals the most popular law firms among the region’s largest corporations.

21 April 2022

Dentons Muñoz expands in El Salvador

Dentons Muñoz has absorbed MCM Legal in El Salvador, adding two partners with experience in M&A and IP law.

12 April 2022

D'Empaire appoints partner and counsel

Venezuelan Elite firm D'Empaire has promoted two associates to partner and counsel, bolstering its labour and employment practice.

04 April 2022

Brazil's Baptista Luz boosts female partner count

Baptista Luz Advogados has appointed four partners by hiring the IP head of Highly Recommended KLA Advogados and promoting three lawyers, strengthening its technology, fintech, labour and disputes practices.

15 March 2022

Mijares Angoitia appoints tax and labour partners

Mexican Elite firm Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, SC has announced the promotion of two lawyers to partner, strengthening its tax and labour groups.

24 February 2022

Supreme Court removes billion-dollar labour fine for Petrobras

Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court has ruled to remove a 47 billion reais (US$8.9 billion) fine imposed on oil giant Petrobras three years ago by the Superior Labour Court, following a complaint by workers over a minimum wage programme.

21 February 2022

Barros & Errázuriz lawyer joins Alamos & Squella as labour head

A senior associate has left Chilean Elite firm Barros & Errázuriz Abogados to join two-year-old outfit Alamos & Squella Abogados as partner and head of its labour group.

15 February 2022

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