##  [Benjamín Catalán Peñailillo](/en_GB/team/benjamin-catalan-penailillo) 

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 Benjamín Catalán Peñailillo Associate 

 <benjamin.catalan@garrigues.com> - [Santiago de Chile](/en_GB/office/santiago-chile)+56 2 29419000





 

 

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Benjamín Catalán Peñailillo is an associate in the Labor and Employment Department of Garrigues at the Santiago de Chile office, where he has been practicing his professional activity since August 2022.

His practice is mainly focused on advising local and international clients on individual and collective labor law matters, social security, and immigration law. He has experience in labor litigation, strategic and corporate advisory, collective bargaining processes, immigration matters, and labor issues related to M&amp;A transactions.

He holds a Degree in Legal and Social Sciences from the Universidad de Chile, where he also serves as a teaching assistant in the Department of Labor and Social Security Law

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He has been practicing his professional activity at Garrigues since August 2022.

He has experience in labor litigation, strategic and corporate advisory on labor matters, collective bargaining processes, immigration advice, and labor-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions (M&amp;A) transactions.

Previously, he worked as a paralegal at the law firm Figueroa, Pupkin y Compañía Abogados.

He is fluent in Spanish and English.

 

 

 

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Degree in Legal and Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Chile.

 

 

 

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Since 2018, he has been an assistant in the Department of Labor and Social Security Law at the Universidad de Chile.

Previously, he was an assistant in the Department of Clinical Legal Education at the same university.

 

 

 

 





 

 



 

 

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