During 2023/24, Gamboa, García, Roldán & Co.’s labour and employment practice handled a wide spectrum of matters, from advising on hiring processes and immigration issues through to the termination of contracts and labour litigation. The team is co-led by associate directors Ingrid Barrero Valencia, who handles an array of labour, social security, and (im)migration matters; and Federico Pardo Camargo, who joined from Ernst & Young - Bogotá in July 2023 — corporate partner Daniel García additionally oversees the practice. Former department head, Ivan Cardona Restrepo, left to become an independent consultant in February 2024.

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Key clients

  • Ottobock Healthcare Andina
  • Prestige Colombia and Extractora Cimarron
  • Hoteles Cosmos
  • Frontmet
  • Inversiones Libra
  • Longport Airport Services
  • Bomi Group
  • Mile High Investment
  • Cosco Shipping Lines Colombia
  • Terranum Desarrollo
  • Colfondos
  • Internacional Dental Distribuidores
  • Obidental
  • Remanso y Caudales
  • 95/24 Colombia
  • Tigre Colombia
  • Hunter Douglas de Colombia
  • Israel Aerospace Industries
  • AGP De Colombia
  • Mendebal
  • Confipetrol
  • Camco

Work highlights

  • Represented Cosmos Hotels before the labour courts in 16 claims filed by workers, including unfair dismissal cases.
  • Advised Frontmet on the processes required to formalise the labour relation and migratory status of Venezuelan employees.
  • Represented Ottobock Healthcare Andina in an ordinary labour lawsuit initiated by its former CEO, and also in filing a counterclaim.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daniel García Piñeros, Ingrid Barrero Valencia, Federico Pardo Camargo