About

After a short time in private practice Carlos Andrés Rodríguez Schrader is making a name for himself as an up and coming in-house lawyer. Since 2015, Rodríguez has worked his way up through the legal team at gategroup working initially on the company’s labour matters as a legal counsel, to his current role as associate corporate counsel for Latin America from February 2018. Rodríguez established the legal department for the company in Colombia from scratch as the company did not have a Spanish speaking representative based in Latin America, and has transformed the legal culture by putting legal matters in the forefront of the minds of management. He has made a name for himself across the company by developing ideas on business strategy with a legal focus, and has created centralised systems for regulation, processes and compliance. A nominator gives high praise to Rodríguez’s work. ‘Rodríguez has worked for Gate Gourmet since 2015. He started as labour relations coordinator and, due to his great performance and outstanding legal advice, he has been promoted to legal counsel, with regional responsibilities. His evolution is extraordinary’.