Paulina García
Associatepgarcia@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2212
Her practice is focused on labor law and immigration matters, including hiring and termination processes, employee benefit packages and compensation and incentive plans, outsourcing and externalization of services, internal corporate policies, labor due diligence processes, employment matters derived and/or associated to M&A processes, internal investigations and labor compliance, as well as social security matters, among others.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- A global supplier for the food and beverage, energy and industrial markets on a complex internal investigation due to a labor harassment complaint made by an employee against other employees and a consultant.
- A German listed company and global leader in container shipping, on the labor aspects related to the acquisition for approx. USD1 billion of the port terminal and logistics businesses of a listed Chilean multinational company that provides foreign trade services. The operation includes ten terminals in six countries in the Americas, and of the inland logistics business.
- An international sanitary company on the labor aspects related to the acquisition of a local entity and its associated companies in Chile. The advice included labor issues in the due diligence and negotiation of the purchase agreement; and collective employment agreements which involved over 900 employees and several unions.
- An important solar energy company on the internal reorganization process derived from the gradual termination of its global power plant business operations in Chile. This reorganization process included the termination of several employees, redistribution of the remaining duties and the modification of employment conditions. The reorganization process was conducted successfully and all terminated employees signed their labor discharges with no further contingencies for the company.
- A private investment fund on the employment and labor due diligence regarding the acquisition of an important construction and hardware store, which involved more than 2,000 employees, four unions and four collective employment contracts.
- An investment company on an extensive labor due diligence of the assets and operations of a pharmacy chain and the negotiation of the respective share purchase contract, in the context of a private equity operation for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of said pharmacy chain.
- Several companies on day-to-day general labor matters such as terminations, legal consultations, negotiations with employees, internal investigations, updating of documents and policies; and compensation plans, among others.
ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of the Mentoring Program for Young Lawyers of the Chilean Bar Association (2021-2022).
- Teaching Assistant of Civil Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2015-2019).
- Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
RELATED AREAS
EDUCATION
- Law, Universidad Católica de Chile.
- LL.M. in Labor Law and Corporate Governance, University of Bristol, England (2024).
ADMISSIONS
- Chile (2017).
LANGUAGES
- Spanish.
- English.
