About
Provided by Hughes & Hughes
The Labour Department has a solid reputation and is wide known for its capacity for getting involved with the clients business and anticipating the client’s needs. Our law office provides legal advice to the major employers of our country, which are leading in their respective fields of activity.
Our lawyers are highly skilled in advising clients in business start-ups, due diligence and audit processes. They are permanently involved with Human Resources Departments, including advice in day to day issues, up-date of new regulations or modifications in all labour and social security aspects, safety and occupational issues and training seminars.
The Department is specialized in negotiation and in drafting of all kinds of business agreements and with the procedures required for expatriate staff to obtain working permits.
The team is strongly qualified in preventing labour conflicts and in providing creative and suitable solutions in all labour areas, both individual and collective. Its members are experienced litigators and expert negotiators, obtaining outstanding results for our clients, both in individual lawsuits as well as in collective conflicts.
The deep experience acquired by our team has resulted in full expertise in this practice area, to the extent that members of our Firm have often taken active part in the development of rules and regulations.
We have also become benchmarks for the media, who contact our lawyers for information and press notes.
Chambers Review
Hughes & Hughes is a well-established full-service firm recognised for its work in the Uruguayan labour and employment field. The team boasts experience advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, labour disputes, collective bargaining and personnel restructuring. The department regularly acts for local and international clients from the food and beverage, retail, IT and agribusiness sectors.
Work Highlights
- Hughes & Hughes provided counsel to Blend360 on the acquisition of Montevideo Datalabs. The labour team specificallyperformed labour due diligence on the target company and negotiated the share purchase agreement with the sellers regarding all labour-related clauses.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Hughes & Hughes' lawyers are realists and demonstrate clarity when explaining possibilities and risks to clients. They are always available and communicate well within the firm."
"Hughes & Hughes' lawyers are realists and demonstrate clarity when explaining possibilities and risks to clients. They are always available and communicate well within the firm."
Notable Practitioners
Respected partner Enrique Radmilovich continues to provide advice across a broad range of notable mandates, including complex labour disputes and collective bargaining negotiations with trade unions in Uruguay.
"Enrique Radmilovich knows our business very well and understands the bigger picture. He generates links with clients and can help with any kind of issue."
Ranked Lawyers at
Hughes & Hughes
Uruguay
Members
Provided by Hughes & Hughes
Camila De la Vega
Chiara Inzaurralde
Head of Department
Ignacio Ulery
María Durán
Clients
Provided by Hughes & Hughes
Adecco
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Air Liquide
Baluma S.A. (Enjoy-Conrad Punta del Este Resort & Casino
Cardiomovil
Forestal Oriental S.A.
Grupo Roullier Latino (Timac Agro Uruguay S.A)
Inefop
Lojas Renner
Mc Donald´s Uruguay
Pinturas Inca S.A.
S.C Johnson & Son de Uruguay S.A
Samifruit
Siemens
UPM S.A.
Verifone
Yazaki
Industries
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Automobiles & Parts
Banks
Chemicals
Construction & Materials
Consumer Product Manufacturing
Education
Energy
Financial Services
Food & Drink Producers
Forestry & Paper
Health Care
Industrial Engineering
Insurance
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Retail
Software & Computer Services
Transportation
Travel & Leisure