Mr Enrique Álvarez > Lloreda Camacho & Co. > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Lloreda Camacho & Co. Offices
CALLE 72 NO 5 – 83, PISO 3
BOGOTÁ
Colombia
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Mr Enrique Álvarez
Work Department
Enrique heads the Competition, Antitrust, Unfair Competition and Consumer Practice as well as the Labour, Social Security & Immigration Department and the Foreign Investment and Exchange practice.
Position
Partner
Career
Enrique is Partner of Lloreda Camacho & Co., since2001. He has more than 20 years of experience in corporate law, competition, foreign investment, labour, M&A, privatizations, joint ventures and regulatory matters. He represented domestic and foreign companies in merger control and abuse of dominance investigations, as well as in complex antitrust and unfair competition litigation. He has also advised clients in a number of antitrust clearance proceedings before the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce.
Before joining the firm, Enrique worked as Legal Vice President of the National Association of Industries – ANDI. In that position he was part of the drafting team of Law 50 of 1990 (labour reform) and of Law 100 of 1993 (universal health care law).
Languages
English - Spanish
Memberships
Enrique is member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Legal Services of the National Association of Industries – ANDI.
Education
Enrique has a Law Degree from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and a Master’s Degree in Labour Law from Universidad Bolivariana, in Medellín, Colombia. He also participated in an International Fellowship in Active Labour Policies of the International Labour Organization (ILO-ONU) in Geneva, Switzerland. He has been professor of International Labour Law and Occupational Health of the specialization program in Labour Law of the Universidad Bolivariana, as well as a guest speaker at various seminars.
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Labour and employment
Lloreda Camacho & Co.’s labour and employment lawyers receive plaudits for their ‘practicality, systemic vision and knowledge of Colombia’s business reality’. The wider firm’s formidable life sciences and IP offerings are reflected in its labour work, where it is particularly active in representing clients from the pharmaceutical, consumer and advertising industries on a mix of corporate support, regulatory compliance and employee termination-related claims. All-round regulatory partner Enrique Álvarez steers the practice with strong support from Rafael Abuchaibe, who serves as associate director of the labour practice.
Colombia > Life sciences
For some, Lloreda Camacho & Co. is ‘the firm with the highest level of specialisation in Colombia in health, pharmaceutical and consumer law issues’. The interdisciplinary life sciences team draws on experts in regulatory affairs, patents, compliance, data privacy and competition law, which equips it to provide life sciences companies with full-service advice that spans health regulations, labelling, marketing, data exclusivity protection and clinical studies, among other areas. Head of the patent and life sciences department, Ana María Castro
, is widely recognised as a leader in the Latin American market, and one client testifies that ‘her vision not only encompasses the local, but also provides a regional and global perspective’. Among Castro’s key relationships, she manages patent portfolios for Gilead Sciences, Incyte Corp and F Hoffmann-La Roche. Administrative law partner Daniel Cardona specialises in advising domestic and multinational companies in the pharmaceutical and food sectors on health legislation; he recently acted alongside Castro to advise Takeda on the process of obtaining marketing authorisation for its Qdenga vaccine. Rounding out the names at partner level is regulatory specialist Enrique Álvarez, who co-heads the life sciences practice and is noted for his strength across a wide range of fields, including consumer law and regulatory affairs. Maria Alejandra De Los Ríos, who serves as associate director of the data protection and commercial contracts practices, also supports the life sciences unit.
Colombia > Competition and antitrust
During 2023/24, Lloreda Camacho & Co. advised a string of multinational corporations on merger reviews, antitrust training sessions and day-to-day compliance matters, with Live Nation, Merck and Novo Nordisk among its representative clients. The group also has experience in contentious work, where it utilises its firm-wide strengths in life sciences and TMT to specialise in antitrust litigation and competition investigations pertaining to those sectors. Enrique Álvarez maintains a broad regulatory practice, which spans competition, life sciences and labour law — among others — and co-heads the group alongside established younger partner Darío Cadena. Associate Diego Matiz left to study abroad in September 2023.