Felipe Neira
Associate
Felipe Neira is a member of our firm’s Labor Group.
Felipe Neira focuses his practice primarily on matters related to both individual and collective aspects of labor law. He has experience in conflict resolution and social security, covering a wide range of labor issues, both individual and collective, including providing ongoing advisory services to our clients’ management teams and human resources departments.
Practice areas
Labor, Immigration, Compliance, Labor litigation
He has oriented his professional development towards conflict resolution and issues related to labor law and social security, covering a wide variety of labor matters, both individual and collective, including permanent counsel to our clients’ management or human resources areas.
He mainly focuses on the preparation and revision of employment contracts and contract annexes, on the mobility of personnel, on processes of restructuring, terminations, subscription and application of collective instruments, and on the modification of working conditions.
Additionally, he has extensive experience in litigation and in the resolution of legal conflicts, before labor-related administrative institutions, as well as before Labor Courts and Superior Courts of Justice.
Education
Lawyer, University of Chile (2018).
Diploma in Labor Law and Labor Relations in the Company, University of Chile (2019).
Course in Efficient Collective Negotiation Skills, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2019).
Work experience
az, Senior Associate (2024 to date).
az, Associate (2017-2023).
FS Abogados, Paralegal (2015-2016).
Wholesale Management and Corporate Attorney’s Office at Telefónica Chile, Corporate Paralegal (2013-2014).
az, Paralegal (2013).
Vergara Galindo Correa, Paralegal (2013).
Teaching experience and memberships
Assistant of Labor Law at Clínica Jurídica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2023 to date).
Teaching assistant to the Chair of Labor and Social Security Law, University of Chile (2015-2016).
Languages
Spanish and English.
Featured experience
Participation and counsel for an essential activity company in requesting an administrative declaration as a strategic company, where the exercise of the right to strike by trade union organizations is limited.
Counsel and legal defense of a client related to massive layoffs, invoking adverse economic circumstances derived from the COVID-19 pandemic.
CONTACT FELIPE
fneira@az.cl

