Labour & Employment
Latin America Guide 2025 : Venezuela
Band 1
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+58 212 264 6244About
Provided by D'Empaire
D’Empaire continuously assists clients to reduce litigation risk and ensure legal compliance under employment law.
D’Empaire is considered one of the leading Venezuelan law firms in collective contract negotiations and conflict management with labor unions, as well as in planning for and dealing with work stoppages. We have extensive experience assisting multinational and Venezuelan companies in their labor disputes.
We advise our clients on workers’ compensation and benefit plans, including executive pay. We also have extensive experience in employments contracts terminations and negotiation of settlement agreements.
D´Empaire has substantial litigation experience before trial courts, courts of appeals and the Supreme Court on the full range of labor and employment law matters, including wrongful termination, individual employment contracts, and workplace accident litigation.
We also assist our clients in the conduction of labor and employment audits to identify potential sources of labor liabilities as well as supply chain audits to ensure our clients subcontractor´s compliance with statutory and corporate labor standards.
Together with the corporate team, our attorneys in the labor and employment area have assisted clients in connection with due-diligence reviews and have worked extensively on restructurings and other labor issues in connection with M&A, business and financing transactions.
Chambers Review
D'Empaire houses a stellar labour and employment practice that advises key multinational players from sectors including healthcare, banking and finance, and food and beverage. The team has significant expertise in advising on employee transfers, labour restructuring, and labour mobility issues. The department is also adept at handling individual contentious labour matters involving high-level executives as well as collective bargaining proceedings.
Work Highlights
- D'Empaire assisted Bimbo in restructuring its management structure, which involved the sensitive negotiation of employment terminations and the signing of in-court settlements with top-level executives, including the company’s general manager and head of HR.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"D'Empaire is very professional, has deep knowledge, and is up to date with legal developments. They get back to us very quickly and resolve our problems."
"The D'Empaire team is excellent because it gives us the opportunity to work and benefit from its experience in order to achieve excellent progress in the labour case that we worked with the firm on."
"D'Empaire is very professional, has deep knowledge, and is up to date with legal developments. They get back to us very quickly and resolve our problems."
"The D'Empaire team is excellent because it gives us the opportunity to work and benefit from its experience in order to achieve excellent progress in the labour case that we worked with the firm on."
Notable Practitioners
Stellar partner Alejandro Disilvestro offers extensive expertise in advising clients on collective bargaining, employment termination, and labour restructuring mandates.
"Alejandro Disilvestro is very good, on time, and highly knowledgeable."
"Alejandro Disilvestro is an excellent and reliable advisor."
Notable partnerVictorino Márquez Ferrerboasts extensive experience handling the labour and employment aspects of closing local operations, such as employee transfers, personnel restructuring, and terminations, along with compensation scheme policies.
"Victorino Márquez Ferrer is someone who listens and shares his knowledge and experience over time."
Ranked Lawyers at
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