Daniela Caicedo
Brigard Urrutia
More informationBrigard Urrutia’s labour and employment practice is noted for its ‘sense of immediacy, willingness, and promptness’. Among its other distinguishing features, the group’s ability to draw on the wider international-facing firm, as well as its membership of global labour and employment law alliance Ius Laboris, ensures that it is a popular choice to advise multinational clients. Department head Catalina Santos handles advisory and contentious work, including restructuring processes, collective bargaining and transactional support matters. The team also draws on director José Alejandro Sierra (sports law, and labour and employment), and senior associates Daniela Caicedo (’empathic and business oriented’) and Camilo Mutis (‘understands the sense of urgency’). Since publication, both Caicedo and Mutis have been promoted to associate practice directors (effective as sof January 2024), allowing Sierra to focus more fully on sports law and gaming matters.
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‘The labour and employment work team is excellent, and contributes all of its experience and knowledge. I highlight its excellent customer service and response times.’
‘We value the team's warmth and quality of work and proactive responses.’
‘The team has solid knowledge of labour regulation and practice. The consultancies have been assertive, the procedural strategy and the execution applied to the required cases have been to the satisfaction of our HR team.’
‘We appreciate the sense of immediacy, willingness and promptness with which its professionals meet our requirements. It understands the sense of urgency and the complexity of a dynamic and changing industry; I would like to highlight associate Camilo Mutis in this regard.’
- ‘The team provides quick and efficient responses and demonstrates high levels of professionalism.’
- ‘Daniela Caicedo is a great professional. Very empathic and business oriented.’
Key clients
- Exxon Mobil
- Austin Ingenieros Colombia
- Cardinal Health
- NBCUniversal Networks International Colombia
- Apple
- Intel
- 3M
- International Committee Of The Red Cross
- The Walt Disney Company
- Universal Linc de Colombia
Work highlights
- Represented Oncológos del Occidente, and its partners, in employment litigation initiated by its former general manager.
- Represented Austin Ingenieros Colombia in more than 30 employment claims, which were mainly initiated by former employees requesting the declaration that two extra legal benefits (transportation and meal allowance).
- Advised Cardinal Health on defining the employee transfer mechanism that was most convenient to its interests, following the sale of a part of its business in Colombia to Cordis.
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Catalina Santos
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Practice head
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Catalina Santos