Luz Marina Iriarte

Practice Areas

Luz Marina Iriarte is a senior associate at PPO, and she is a member of the Labor Law and Social Security teams.

Luz Marina provides counseling to clients in different industries with respect to labor and social security matters. Her practice includes providing counseling in general to ensure compliance with the legal framework in labor and social security material, and more specifically support with respect to the development of hiring policies, the structuring and restructuring of remuneration systems, collective negotiations with labor unions, dismissals and termination agreements. Moreover, he has a vast experience providing counseling to local and foreign companies in contentious labor and social security processes before administrative and judicial entities throughout the country.

Before joining PPO, he worked in different divisions of Bolivia`s Judicial Branch and prestigious law firms.

Luz Marina obtained her Law Degree from Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier in Chuquisaca, and a Diploma in Corporate and Business Law. She also has a Master`s Degree in Tax Law granted by Universidad Gabriel René Moreno in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Career

Luz Marina Iriarte has 13 years of experience in the legal profession. Since joining PPO, she has been working not only as part of the labor law and social security team but also as part of the Dispute Resolution team with very successful results. She has developed an intense legal practice as an advisor to local and foreign companies in labour and civil litigation.

She has also participated in individual and collective bargaining processes. Her experience is mainly related to labour litigation, civil litigation, auditing processes and social security matters and a vast experience in massive processes of termination and labor reorganization with a high level of effectiveness that has generated an essential level of confidence in clients.

Professional Memberships

Public Bar Association (RPA) under Bolivia’s Ministry of Justice.

Personal

Specializing in Labor Law and Litigation, with experience and expertise in the intersection between the business world and the complexities of labor relations.

She has a strong academic background and an outstanding track record, earned through hard work and dedication. Preceded by a reputation as a trusted labor advisor, she has a pragmatic approach and the ability to approach the most challenging employment issues with calm and clarity, skills that are highly valued by the PPO team and clients alike.

Clients

Nestlé Bolivia S.A.

Unilever Bolivia S.A.

Petrex Sucursal Bolivia S.A.

Huawei Technologies (Bolivia) S.A.

Ovando S.A. (ASTARA)

Work Highlights

Negotiations with the union of many companies

Advising on business restructuring processes related to employer substitution and fire and hire

Sponsorship in proceedings in a dozen judicial disputes of different nature

Advising and legal defense in several collective constitutional actions initiated by former workers, with positive results

Industry Sector Expertise

Food companies

Retail

Mining

Pharmaceutical

Oil & Gas

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Bolivia

Experience

Restructuring processes

Companies’ legal defense

Negotiations with workers and unions

Awards

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Education