LÓPEZ & ASOCIADOS STRENGTHENS ITS LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE, AS A RESULT THE FIRM APPOINTS TWO NEW PARTNERS: ROCÍO LAGOS AND ANA MARÍA RUBIANO
Bogotá, Colombia. September 2019.- As a response its client’s needs, the firm decided to strength its Labour and Employment practice. As a result Rocío Lagos and Ana María Rubiano have been named partners.
Rocío Lagos is the head of the Labour Relations group. With over 13 years of work at the firm, she has been formed under the principles of the "López & Asociados School", thus generating great confidence and clearness to clients. Rocío largely participates in the collective negotiations attended by the firm.
She is responsible for collective bargaining processes with trade union organizations in different sectors of the Colombian economy, which include the food, transportation and financial sector, among others.
In the academic side, she is professor at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, holder of the Chair of Collective Labor Law at the Faculty of Legal Sciences, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Colombian Bar Association (2019-2020).
Rocío has been recognized for her labour practice by Chambers & Partners, since 2014.
Ana María Rubiano is the head of the labour law consulting area of the firm. She joined the firm in 2009 and has developed great abilities to manage clients and complex situations. She has deep knowledge of labour legislation, which allows her to properly guide her work team. Ana María is permanently in contact with most of the firm's clients, enabling her to have a broad spectrum of the current market reality.
Her practice is focused in substantial law and procedural law, with a special focus on the areas of Labour Law (Individual and Collective), Social Security and Tax Law. She has experience in the field of corporate labour consultancy, preparation and response of demands, guardianships and petition rights. Also in tax advice and consulting.
She obtained her Juris Doctor Degree at the Pontifical Javeriana University and a specialization in Tax Law at the same University. She obtained a master’s degree in Labour Law and Social Security from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Spain. And she is also a candidate for the Master of Labour Law and Social Security from the Pontifical Javeriana University. She is a member of the Colombian Bar Association. She is professor in labour law at the Pontifical Javieriana University and at the Los Andes University.
These new incorporations underline our continued investment in those areas that are increasingly important to our clients, such as labor relations, collective bargaining processes, labour legislation, procedural law, and social security. These also reflects our commitment to ensure that the diversity of our partnership develops to reflect the rich pool of talent across our firm today.
“The voices of this group, and other newer generations in the firm, are essential in shaping our future in a fast-changing market environment.” – Juan Pablo López, Managing Partner.
At López & Asociados, we bring a team approach to every case regardless of each matter. Every lawyer at our law firm has been carefully selected to uphold our hard-earned reputation for top-tier legal representation. In addition, we take pride in our out-of-the-box approach to generate creative solutions to problems. We promise to represen tour clients the same way we would want to be represented ourselves. We are committed to excellence.
With participation at the Colombian legal market since 2005, López & Asociados is a firm devoted to practicing labour law and social security law. The firm is focus on consulting work and representing companies, and do so by aligning ourselves with the strategic vision of its clients. The firm has a team of well-prepared lawyers, with the strongest academic credentials in the country, most of them acting as professors at the most respected law schools and universities in Colombia.
The team comprises more than 140 people. Duly qualified and trained professionals, ready to provide top quality services to the market.