We the lawyers of BARANDA Abogados perform our work as a team. With the purpose of achieving a high level of efficiency and efficacy, as well as the best and most appropriate response, we support our clients’ requirements becoming part of a certain specialized practice area.

LABOR LAW AND SOCIAL SECURITY.

Designing and implementing personnel management policies is increasingly becoming more important taking into account the value and contribution of each worker in relation to the demands from the market, the regulating body and the community. The opportunity for each one of them to assume his/her responsibility, feel being part of the company and using his/her best efforts in contributing to its development and success, is part of our challenge. We specially highlight:

• General advice on labor-related issues.
• Individual employment agreements.
• Collective bargaining.
• Social Security
• Risk prevention.
• Contentious affairs.
• Labor audits.
• Labor trials.

CORPORATE LAW AND COMPANY LAW.

The successful development of every company, business venture and organization necessarily demands a timely and appropriate advice. With the purpose of eliminating or reducing contingencies and risks, we provide a preventive support. This is particularly important given the context in relation to the state and the communities, as well as the competitiveness and interaction increasingly more complex and globalized. We specially provide support regarding:

• Company Law.
• Corporate Governance.
• Commercial Law.
• Contracts.
• Guarantees.
• Development and implementation of investment projects.

CONSUMERS’ RIGHTS.

Laws protecting consumers’ rights and a greater consumer and state awareness of them have been increasingly developing both in Chile and in the world. Our team is formed by specialized and qualified lawyers with professional capacity in order to provide a sound assistance on these matters.

CORPORATE COMPLIANCE.

Given the current scenario and the progress of the state’s regulation, assistance regarding compliance becomes indispensable. In Chile it is worth mentioning, among other rules, laws N°20.393 and N° 20.223. Some of the matters that we cover are:

• Set Good Practices and adhesion to a code of conduct.
• Compliance program, internal control and risk management systems.
• Prevention and mitigation of corporate fraud risk.
• Corporate criminal liability.
• Records management liability.
• Compliance matters audits.
• Internal research support.

INTERNATIONAL.

We support our national and foreign clients to accompany them permanently in their projects inside and outside our country.

• International investment (both to and from Chile).
• International contracting.
• Advice on projects and developments in Latin America and Brazil.
• Immigration and visas.
• Expatriates personal taxation

LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

We represent the interests of our clients before ordinary courts and arbitral tribunals of justice.

• Civil matters.
• Criminal matters.
• Reorganization (insolvency) and liquidation (bankruptcy) of companies and renegotiation of individual persons.
• Arbitration (national and international) and mediation:
  • Company matters.
  • Commercial matters.
  • Civil matters.
  • Labor related matters.
  • Consultation of Indigenous people.
  • Community Management.
• Consumer Protection Trials

LEGAL REPORTS.

At the request of our clients, we prepare legal reports on the following matters:

• Labor affairs.
• ILO Convention Nº 169, Consultation of Indigenous people and Citizen Participation.

REPORTS ON CURRENT EVENTS.

• Editing of reports and newspaper articles (News & Legal Report) and Reports on current legislative and regulatory issues.