Lorena Arámbula > Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile

Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas
CRA. 7 NO 71-52
TORRE B, PISO 9
BOGOTÁ
Colombia
Lorena Arámbula  photo

Work Department

Labour and Employment

Position

Partner

Career

Lorena is a partner and heads the Firm’s Employment and Labor group. She is regularly ranked as a leading lawyer in the field by major legal directories. She combines her position as head of the labor and immigration team with her commercial and corporate practice.

Her scope of experience covers the full range of labor and employment work, including ongoing advisory and compliance work, immigration, compensation and stock option plans, and the labor aspects of major local and cross-border transactions. She is also regularly involved in sensitive litigation proceedings before Colombia’s labor courts. She advises on compliance with Colombian labor, immigration, and business laws and regulations, including the incorporation, acquisition, and start-up of businesses, hiring packages, the design and implementation of broad-based equity compensation plans and the full range of share and options plans, including performance-based packages.

Lorena and her team are constantly recognized for their proactive solutions to local and foreign-based companies in these delicate processes, ensuring that employers are fully protected against any future claims.

Languages

english and spanish

Memberships

  • College of Work Lawyers.
  • International Bar Association.

Education

Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2008, Specialist Diploma, Social Welfare

Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 2000, Diploma, Labor Law

Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 1998, Specialist Diploma, Financial Law

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 1996, Law Degree

Lawyer Rankings

Colombia > Labour and employment

(Leading individuals)

Lorena ArámbulaDentons Cardenas & Cardenas

A strong performer in corporate support work, Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas utilises its full-service model and extensive international network to shine in advising multinational companies on M&A-related issues, corporate restructurings and local litigation proceedings. Department head Lorena Arámbula provides support on advisory and contentious labour and employment matters; she also brings to bear significant transactional expertise due to her active corporate and commercial practice. In August 2022, senior associate Laura Mateus was promoted to director of the labour practice; she advises on labour, social security and immigration law. Since publication, Mateus has been raised to the partnership – effective as of April 2024.