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Coca-Cola FEMSA
Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured, highlighting key individuals and their role within the department? Legal manager, Maricel Álvarez Chavarría, is a key leader since he...
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The Coca-Cola Company’s largest bottler, Coca Cola FEMSA, was founded in 1991 as a joint venture between the US beverage company and Monterrey-based FEMSA. Today the company earns around $11bn...
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Silvia Barrero, legal and corporate affairs vice president, leads an eight-lawyer in-house legal team for Coca-Cola FEMSA in Colombia. She leads the legal team drawing on more than 15 years...
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Operating in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama since 2003, Coca-Cola FEMSA currently has a substantial presence in the region with its five plants and 32 distribution centres that allow...
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Coca-Cola FEMSA was set up in Argentina in October 1991, with Coca-Cola FEMSA de Buenos Aires being acquired by the company later in 1997. Coca-Cola FEMSA is the largest franchise...
With a presence in Colombia for over a decade, Coca-Cola FEMSA currently operates seven bottling plants located in major production centres in the country and employs approximately 5,000 people that serve 46.9 million customers. Featuring highly experienced lawyers, such as vice president for corporate and legal affairs Silvia Barrero and legal manager Carolina Arevalo, the team is responsible not only for supporting all operational activities of Coca-Cola FEMSA in the country, but also for advising on the company’s long-term strategic projects. Recently, for example, the team gathered praise for its successful work in obtaining legal permits for the construction and start-up of the Tocancipa Plant, which represents one of the largest projects in Latin America. Internally, the team has received acclaim from senior management for ensuring compliance within the company – by means of an accurate legal management plan – as well as for introducing innovations to existing technology tools and systems. Faced with the challenge of having to deal with accelerating regulatory change in Colombia, the team provides proactive training for company employees on new laws and regulations, so they can be applied to daily operations.
