Diego R Viana

Practice Areas

Employment and Labor

Financial Institutions

Manufacturing

Mining

Career

Diego Viana is a partner in Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga. He is the leader of the Labor team in Uruguay, having a vast experience in labor litigation and collective bargaining (both at company and sector levels).

He has an active and renown role in negotiations with the banking union, mainly due to the advice he provided to Banco Santander S.A. within the collective bargaining of said client. He also participates in the Wage Council of the Meat Processing Industry and advises the five plants that the Marfrig Group has in the country. In addition, he provides advice related to subcontracting and his practice also covers all types of labor disputes, whether collective or individual. Since August 2012 he has been teaching Labor Law at the School of Business and Economics of the University of Montevideo.

Professional Memberships

Member, Colegio de Abogados and Asociación Uruguaya del Derecho del Trabajo