Mr Manuel Lara > Deloitte Legal Guatemala > Guatemala City, Guatemala > Lawyer Profile

Deloitte Legal Guatemala
5TA, AVENIDA, 5-55 ZONA 14
EUROPLAZA WORLD BUSINESS CENTER. TORRE 4, 7° NIVEL Oficina 702
Guatemala

Work Department

Deloitte Legal Guatemala

Position

Senior Manager

Career

Attorney at Law with experience in corporate matters, labor, migratory, as well as in judicial proceedings in labor and social security issues.

He provides consulting services to local and international companies in due diligence matters, the evaluation of companies to be acquired, both from the buyer and seller perspectives, designing labor contracts, settlements, employers substitutions and the defense of labor lawsuits of international entities and performance of audits to determine the compliance of the regulations in Guatemala.

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

Member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala (AMCHAM), Labor Affairs Committee.

Speaker in labor issues at the Asociación Bancaria de Guatemala (ABG).

Education

Law degree from the Universidad Rafael Landivar of Guatemala.

Studies in Master´s degree in Corporate Law from the Universidad Rafael Landivar.

Professor of Labor Law at the Law School of the Universidad del Istmo.

 

Lawyer Rankings

Guatemala > Labour

Leveraging the firm’s sizeable global and regional network, Deloitte Legal Guatemala‘s labour practice focuses on advising international companies, with a client base spanning the food and beverages, consumer products and manufacturing sectors. As a result, the team is highly active in assisting with immigration matters, including obtaining residency and work permits, and performing labour due diligence on the targets of M&A transactions, although it is also skilled in labour disputes. The firm’s tax and business process solutions division also provides support with payroll issues, labour compliance, and salary and benefits administration. Estuardo Paganini leads the practice, assisted by manager Manuel Lara.

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