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)Baker McKenzie S.A.S. impresses with its ‘high level of up-to-date knowledge in the face of changes in labour law’. The practice handles a comprehensive range of advisory, contentious, and corporate support matters, with the ability to plug into its wider regional — and global — employment platform for support in multi-jurisdictional matters. Department co-head Tatiana Garcés provides support that is ‘above and beyond’ and is noted for her broad practice that spans labour law, employee benefits, social security and occupational health, among other matters. Fellow group head Evelyn Romero advises on a wide scope of employment and immigration issues and notably leads the immigration practice for Latin America. Additional names include newly promoted (July 2023) partners Maria Cecilia Reyes and Daniela Liévano, as well as intermediate associates Gabriela Delgado and Gerardo Paredes. Associates Natalia Suarez and Alexandra Silveira left for Gómez-Pinzón Abogados (GPA) and Velocity Global, respectively, in August 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Labour and employment
- Dispute resolution > Litigation
- Tax