Labour & Employment
Latin America Guide 2025 : Chile
Band 1
About
Provided by Munita & Olavarría
The vocation to deliver a specialised and comprehensive service in labour matters and with close ties to our clients motivated the founding partners to create a Firm specialised in labour law almost ten years ago. Ever since, the mission continues within the team, which has become a successful company committed to providing personalised and highly service in labour and immigration law and generating value in organisations through the quality improvement of their industrial and human relations.
Munita & Olavarría's team of lawyers takes pride in its decades of experience collaborating together, advising clients on their HR management needs. Our attorneys have the necessary skills to provide a customized and generalized service for our clients in advisory matters and litigation both in Chile and globally.
Our work experience has allowed us to obtain successful results in all areas related to work and employment. In addition, our firm has a particularly strong profile for complex employment litigation, labour-related administrative procedures, collective bargaining processes, union matters, and collective actions filed by unions.
The firm is a member of Ius Laboris, an international alliance of top law firms specialising in labour and employment law, pensions, and social benefits.
Munita & Olavarría’s team is always open to new challenges, to growth and to create strong ties with our clients, promoting lasting and successful relationships.
Chambers Review
Munita & Olavarría is a market-leading labour and employment boutique that handles a wide array of contentious and non-contentious matters. The team is highly equipped to represent clients in labour litigation, including harassment claims and employee termination disputes. Other areas of involvement for the team include handling collective bargaining processes, as well as immigration matters. The Santiago-based group routinely assists household names and multinational companies across a wide range of sectors, such as construction, banking and pharmaceuticals.
Work Highlights
- Munita & Olavarría advised DHL on the hiring process of employees in Chile.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Munita & Olavarría have always protected our company with the best advice for complex situations. Their team is all very well trained and can handle all kinds of cases providing very quick responses."
"Munita & Olavarría is the best law firm for labour and employment issues. The team are extraordinary and we use them for our most emblematic cases."
"Munita & Olavarría have always protected our company with the best advice for complex situations. Their team is all very well trained and can handle all kinds of cases providing very quick responses."
"Munita & Olavarría is the best law firm for labour and employment issues. The team are extraordinary and we use them for our most emblematic cases."
Notable Practitioners
Co-head of department Cristián Olavarría retains his reputation as one of the leading figures in the Chilean labour market and is equally strong on both contentious and non-contentious labour and employment law mandates. He is regularly instructed by large employers in the financial services and transportation sectors to advise on complex matters such as trade union relationships.
"Cristián Olavarría always provides interesting ideas when resolving issues in the day-to-day of our organisation. He has tremendous practical knowledge of labour matters in Chile."
"Cristián Olavarría delivers an excellent service, and the level of sophistication of his practice is very strong."
Pre-eminent labour and employment practitioner Enrique Munita receives high praise from market commentators for his long-standing presence in all areas of Chilean employment law. He frequently acts on behalf of major national and international employers facing challenging labour issues from restructuring processes to collective bargaining.
"Enrique Munita is a very experienced lawyer who is always available for his clients. You can always rely on him."
"Apart from being a great professional, I also highlight Enrique Munita's human qualities."
Partner and co-head of department Paola Casorzo handles a wide array of labour matters, including restructuring advice for employers as well as representation in harassment claims.
"Paola Casorzo is a very good and technical lawyer who provides detailed and prompt advice."
Ranked Lawyers at
Munita & Olavarría
Chile
Members
Provided by Munita & Olavarría
Andrés Labbé
Beltrán Larraín
Catalina González
Enrique Polanco
Felipe Tapia
Felipe Vargas
Florencia Herrera
Gabriel Bastias
José Tomás Honour
Marcela Salazar
Matías Cristi
Nicole Davidoff
Pilar Salas
Rodrigo Ibáñez
Romina Gálvez
Vicente Gutiérrez
Clients
Provided by Munita & Olavarría
Abbott
BCI
BHP
Banco Santander
CISCO
Embotelladora Andina
IBM
Latam Airlines
SQM
Industries
Provided by Munita & Olavarría
Airlines
Banking and Financial Institutions
Chemical
Education
Health
IT companies
Insurance
Manufacturing
Mining
Pharmaceutical
Retail
Technology
Transportation