Ms Daniela Liévano > Baker McKenzie S.A.S. > BOGOTÁ, D.C, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
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Ms Daniela Liévano
Work Department
Employment and Compensation
Position
Partner
Career
Daniela is Local Partner at the Bogota office of Baker McKenzie. She graduated from the law school of Universidad de los Andes and, subsequently, pursued a postgraduate degree on Labor and Employment Law at the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. Afterwards, she coursed a Master in Laws at Columbia University in New York City. Daniela is currently admitted to practice law in Colombia and in the state of New York, United States. She joined the Firm in September, 2011.
Daniela is the head of the labor litigation team and the diversity, equity and inclusion team, which are part of the Employment & Compensation practice group.
Also, Daniela manages complex matters such as normalization of pension liabilities, employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, payments based on equity, labor related issues on ESG strategies, massive lay-offs, among others. She also handles day-to-day issues such as the creation and implementation of ordinary and extraordinary compensation schemes, collective negotiations with unions, corporate policies on different employment, labor and human resources matters, management of supply chain and third parties, multijurisdictional working schemes, management of expatriates, employment payroll audits, among others.
Rankings:
- Next Generation Partner, Labour and Employment, Legal 500 Latin America, 2024
- Rising Star, Labour and Employment, Legal 500 Latin America, 2023.
- Rising Star, Labour and Employment, Legal 500 Latin America, 2022.
Languages
Spanish - English
Memberships
- Alumni of Universidad de los Andes.
- Employment lawyers association.
- New York Bar Association.
Education
- Columbia University, United States (LL.M Harlan Fiske Stone Award) (2016).
- Universidad Javeriana, Colombia (Post Graduate Degree Labor and Social Security Law) (2014).
- Universidad de los Andes, Colombia (J.D.) (2013).
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Labour and employment
(Next Generation Partners)The labour and employment practice at Baker McKenzie S.A.S. impresses with its ‘strong client knowledge and ability to provide immediate responses’, according to some. A prominent player in large-scale, cross-border, transactional support work, where it can link up with lawyers from across its global platform, the group also handles collective negotiations, high-stakes litigation and advisory matters, among others. Department co-head Tatiana Garcés contributes three decades of experience in advising on individual and collective labour law; she recently advised Huntsman International on the labour and employment aspects of the separation of its two business segments. Fellow co-head Evelyn Romero additionally leads the immigration practice for all of Latin America and is noted for her broad coverage of advisory, contentious and corporate support matters; she acted for Snowflake Colombia on the labour and employment aspects of its acquisition of an entity with a subsidiary in Colombia. The group also benefits from the growing experience of next-generation partners Maria Cecilia Reyes, who was promoted to partner in July 2023 and specialises in pensions, compensation and benefits, and labour negotiations; and Daniela Liévano, who was promoted to partner in January 2024 and heads the group’s litigation division. A deep pool of associates includes senior Gabriela Delgado, who co-ordinates the termination and redundancies’ team; and intermediate María Paula Dueñas, who leads the constitutional and administrative litigation units for the department.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Labour and employment
- Dispute resolution > Litigation
- Tax