Benjamín Vico
Associatebvico@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2212
His practice is focused on labor matters, advising national and international companies on matters related to employee hiring and termination processes, defense in labor litigation, collective negotiations, and structuring and implementation of short, medium and long-term compensation and incentive schemes, including stock incentive plans, panthom units and golden parachutes. Additionally, he has experience in the labor aspects of corporate restructuring processes, including M&A and due diligence.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- A North American private equity firm and its luxury hotel platform, on adapting a foreign incentive plan to Chilean legislation for its implementation in Chile.
- An international company that provides digital solutions for the gastronomic industry, on the preparation of a long-term incentive plan in shares applicable to its employees in Chile.
- A logistics company specialized in industrial solutions and distribution and storage of pharmaceutical products, on its process of regulated collective bargaining, which involved the preparation of its collective contact, and full advice on matters of collective benefits and allowances.
- A regional provider of digital infrastructure services on labor matters related to its expansion in Chile, including the preparation of employment contracts, labor discharges, and the required labor documentation to adapt the workday systems to the new labor requirements.
- A Chilean unicorn food technology company, which produces vegetable alternatives to animal-based food products, on various labor aspects, such as the implementation of benefit plans, outsourcing of services, preparation of internal policies regarding new digital trends in labor relations, among others.
ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Teaching Assistant of Regulatory Aspects of Individual Labor Relations, Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2022).
- Teaching Assistant of Labor Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2017).
- Teaching Assistant of Research Seminar, Labor Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2021).
- Intern, Trademark Branch, Instituto de Propiedad Industrial (2021).
- Intern, Jurisprudence Database Modernization Project, Chilean Supreme Court (2021).
- Teaching Assistant of Intellectual Property and Advertising Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2017-2019).
- Law Clerk, Consumer Law / Labor Law Groups, Carey (2017-2019).
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of the article "On the transmissibility of the action to claim non-pecuniary damages compensation in labor law: a proposal based on the protective principle", Ius et Praxis Law Journal (2021).
RELATED AREAS
EDUCATION
- Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (Magna Cum Laude).
- Academic Exchange, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Canada (2019).
- Course of Law and Artificial Intelligence, Universidad del Desarrollo (2020).
- Course of Law and Education, Universidad Católica de Chile (2022).
- Degree in Labor Law, with a mention in Labor Procedure and Litigation, Universidad Católica de Chile (2023).
ADMISSIONS
- Chile (2023).
LANGUAGES
- Spanish.
- English.
- French.