Alejandro Disilvestro > D'Empaire > Caracas, Venezuela > Lawyer Profile

Alejandro Disilvestro

+58 212 2646244 adisilvestro@dra.com.ve

Work Department

Labor and Employment

Position

Partner

Career

Alejandro advises major corporations on labor law matters. Alejandro has vast experience in collective contract negotiations, conflict management with labor unions, sensitive terminations of top-level employees, litigation and employment issues in connection with business transactions.

Representations include:

• McDonald’s (Alimentos Arcos Dorados de Venezuela) in several judicial and administrative labor proceedings.
• Syngenta in the termination of key level employees.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb in continuing labor advice (global mobility, litigation, sensitive terminations, monitoring of judicial proceedings).
• United, in issues regarding employees’ expatriation.
• Masisa group (Andinus and Fibranova) in the negotiations of collective bargaining agreements.
• Servipork in the termination of its general manager and member of the board of directors and ensuing litigation.
• Energizer in the termination of its workforce in Venezuela.

Alejandro has acted as member of the board of directors of some of the largest companies, foundations and chambers of commerce in Venezuela.

He is currently ranked as “Band 1” by Chambers & Partners (2019 Venezuela Labor & Employment Rankings) and The Legal 500 describes him as a “specialist in resolving labor disputes” (2018 Venezuela Labor & Employment Rankings).

Languages

Spanish, English and Italian

Memberships

Bar Association of the Capital District, Caracas, Venezuela.

Education

He studied law at Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (J.D., 1984), and received a master’s degree in procedural law from the same university (1989).