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Angélica María Carrión Barrero

Angélica María Carrión Barrero

Work Department

Labour & Employment Counselling Area

Position

Managing Director and founding Partner of the firm with a professional career of more than 24 years. Angélica has developed a flexible work style that allows her to support diverse teams and in different sectors, with the ability to listen and respond diligently, proactively seeking solutions that meet the interests of the parties. Since 2000, she has led processes in important national and international impact and sophisticated transactions, which have allowed her to consolidate a strategic vision focused on the client. She is responsible for delivering top-tier labor counseling services by providing legal, strategic, and practical guidance. Her role ensures timely client support and involves leading collective bargaining processes in sectors such as banking, oil and gas, and mining.

For several years, Angelica has been a university professor on labour law matters.

Member of the Community of Women's Leadership on Boards of Directors.

During 2024-2025 period, she was elected as Governor for the “Colegio de Abogados del Trabajo” (Colombian Labour Bar Association) showing her leadership in the field and position as a reference lawyer in the labour law arena.

Career

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana – Faculty Of Law. Professor for the postgraduate degree in Labour Law. (2015 – Present).

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

•Colombian Labor Lawyers Association. Member of the Governing Board;Member since 2000.

•Colombian Human Resources Association “ACRIP” - Bogotá. Member of the labor lawyers committee.

•International Bar Association. Member since 2015.

•National Business Association Of Colombia - “ANDI” – Legal Chamber. Member since 2015.

•Women’s Law Network.

Education

Lawyer from Universidad Externado de Colombia (1996). Specialist in Contractual Law and Judiciary Negotiable Relations (1999).

Master in Labour Law and Social Security at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in alliance with the European Institute of Business Studies in Spain with outstanding performance.

Master in Labour and Social Security Law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana graduated with Magna Cvm Lavde honours and Order of Academic Merit.

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