Carlos Alvarez Pereira > Alvarez, Lievano, Laserna S.A.S > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Alvarez, Lievano, Laserna S.A.S Offices
CARRERA 14 Nº 94-44
OFICINA 201, TORRE B
BOGOTÁ D.C
Colombia
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Carlos Alvarez Pereira
Work Department
Labour Law
Position
Partner and founder at Alvarez Liévano Laserna
Career
He has performed as Chief of the Labour Division and Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice – Labour Cassation Chamber, and President of the School of Labour Lawyers. Mr Alvarez is a business advisor in labour, employment and social security matters since 1964. He is a founding partner of the firm.
Mr. Alvarez has advised companies in labour and employment issues for more than forty years. He has been the leader of retirement plans, collective bargaining processes and restructuring plans. He has litigated in a large number of lawsuits before the ordinary Labor judges as well as cassation proceedings before the Honorable Supreme Court of Justice.
Languages
Spanish
Memberships
Member of the Ibero – american Labour Law and Social Security Association and member of the School of Labour Lawyers.
ANDI has recognized him as the most representative and important labour lawyer in Colombia.
ACRIP has recognized him for the contributions to the human resources community and his commitment to labour law and the country.
Education
Lawyer of the universidad Javeriana, specialised in labour, employment and social security law, in the same university, and specialised in Evidentiary Law and Cassation in the Institute of Juridical Sciences.
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Labour and employment
(Hall of Fame)‘A strategic ally in collective and individual labour law matters’, Alvarez, Lievano, Laserna S.A.S stands as a benchmark in the market. The specialist boutique is particularly revered for its impressive record in collective bargaining work, but it shines across the full spectrum of advisory and contentious matters, where it routinely represents major domestic and multinational clients from all of Colombia’s main economic sectors. Key contacts include high-profile labour law veteran Carlos Alvarez Pereira; experienced specialist Claudia Liévano; Felipe Alvarez Echeverry, who is noted for his aviation sector expertise; Maria Lucia Laserna Angarita, who ‘takes the trouble to get to know the business’; and litigation head Carlos Arturo Barco Alzate. Senior associate Andrea Ortega is also recommended. In November 2022, senior associate María Fernanda Echeverry left to join Grupo Bimbo.