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Paulina Rivera Leighton

Senior Associate

Paulina focuses her practice on labour law and social security. She advises national and multinational companies on individual and collective labour law matters. Her experience includes advising on the day-to-day operations linked to the human resources area, litigation and administrative procedures, design and implementation of internal policies, labour due diligence processes, harassment investigations, tax matters linked to remuneration, benefits and severance payments, and everything necessary for a company to start its operations in Chile from a labour perspective.

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Labour and Employment Law.

EDUCATION

  • Law, Universidad Diego Portales, 2014.
  • Diploma, Company Labor Law, Universidad de Los Andes, 2016.
  • Collective Negotiation Skills Course, Adolfo Ibáñez University, 2019.
  • Diploma, Taxation Applied to Business, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 2023.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Associate Barros Silva Varela & Vigil, 2020
  • Associate, Abdala y Cia. Abogados, 2016 – 2020.
  • Associate, Cleveland & Inostroza Abogados, 2015 – 2016.

ADMISSIONS

  • Chile, 2015.

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish and English.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  • Featured by Best Lawyers since 2023, Labour and Employment | Inmigration Law.
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