Labor Law

With a team of specialists in all fields of Labor Law having extensive experience in human resources, administrative and judicial instances, the Firm provides services on general labor advising, collective labor agreements, administrative and judicial litigation, and immigration issues (work visas and the corresponding visas for the relatives of foreign workers). Our specialists have conducted outstanding actions in the support to business associations and the analysis and discussion of draft laws, relating to labor and social security issues.

Among the experiences in this area stands out the work of this team of professionals that negotiated and implemented the first mediation agreement promoted by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice in the case of independent sellers of a major manufacturer of mass products, and has successfully defended in the Supreme Tribunal of Justice the issue arisen with shareholders of independent distribution companies that have intended to describe their commercial contractual relationship as a labor one.

In the area of labor litigation (whether judicial or administrative), the Firm has a unique experience, having represented its clients in numerous trials and administrative procedures in which its clients have been a party.

In the area of Occupational Hazard Prevention, the Firm offers comprehensive and specialized services tailored to the specific needs of each client, created in order to facilitate compliance with the rules contained in the LOPCYMAT (Organic Law on Workplace Safety, Conditions and Environment) as well as in other rules regulating safety and social health in companies.

In the field of immigration, the Firm offers advice in the preparation of documents to process any permits and visas required by foreign workers and their families in our country, as well as in the whole process before the competent authorities for obtaining such documentation.

Lawyers

Luis Alfredo Araque

Partner

Patricia Lozada

Associate

Mariana Chirinos

Associate