About

Provided by Consortium Legal

The Labor Law team in all our offices has over 15 years of experience and expertise in developing processes and products aimed at preventive and proactive legal labor advice. We provide labor advisory services to numerous companies in various economic sectors with different compliance requirements, always with the goal of growing their businesses and making them more competitive.


Through a legal service supported by accredited technical specialists, we can reduce long labor disputes while simultaneously boosting morale and employee retention. We believe in preventive advice, so we conduct courses and seminars on labor topics for the company’s attorneys and HR teams, enabling them to avoid common mistakes.


Consortium´s Labour, employment and immigration department is recognized as one of the most important in Guatemala for providing legal advice to multinational corporations on collective bargaining processes, litigation, acquisition and merger integration, retirements and pension plans, contract and expatriate structures, corporate immigration and occupational health & safety matters. The expertise of the department allows to profile them as a department that gives comprehensive and strategic legal advice.  

Chambers Review

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Labour & Employment - Guatemala

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What the Team is Known For

Consortium Legal has a respected labour department with a solid regional presence in Central America. The firm routinely acts as counsel to multinational corporations from the retail, food and beverage, and banking sectors on a broad range of labour issues in Guatemala. The legal team is particularly active in collective bargaining, and has additional involvement in lawsuits relating to terminations and obtaining work permits for foreign workers.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Lionel Aguilar
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Lionel Aguilar
Head of Labour & Employment
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Distinguished department head Lionel Aguilar maintains a reputation as a leading figure in the Guatemalan labour and employment market, acting for clients across a range of sectors including telecommunications and pharmaceuticals. He is particularly noted for his prowess in complex negotiations with trade unions.

Lionel Aguilar comes up with creative solutions and has built trust with us.

Lionel Aguilar is very good handling complex cases, and you feel very protected with him.

José Federico Zelada
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José Federico Zelada
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Partner José Federico Zelada receives notable market recognition for his adept handling of union matters and site closures as well as advice on labour lawsuits.

José Federico Zelada is a lawyer with a lot of experience in all types of cases, even the most complex.

Cristina Sandoval
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Cristina Sandoval
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Up and Coming

Up-and-coming partner Cristina Sandoval is recognised for her expertise in immigration matters, as well as in day-to-day labour and employment issues in Guatemala.

Cristina Sandoval is enthusiastic, professional, transparent, and communicates clearly and effectively. She offers various solutions and approaches to different situations.

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Labour & Employment

Lionel Aguilar
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Lionel Aguilar
Head of Labour & Employment
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Band 1
José Federico Zelada
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José Federico Zelada
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Band 3
Cristina Sandoval
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Cristina Sandoval
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Up and Coming

Members

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Cristina Sandoval

Lionel Aguilar

Lionel Aguilar

Head of Department

Clients

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Archroma

Asofarma

Bananera Tepeyac, S.A. (DOLE)

Banco de América Central

Banco de América Central (BAC)

Citibank, N.A.

Conduent

Corporación Multi Inversiones

Deloitte, U.S.A

Grupo Golan

Haskell

IFF

Industrias Alimenticias Kern´s (FIFCO)

Intouch

Marhnos

Novoswiss, Sociedad Anónima (LUMINOVA)

PepsiCo

Rodio Swissboring

Samsung Electronics Latinoamerica (Zona Libre)

TIGO / MILLICOM

Ternium Internacional Guatemala, Sociedad Anónima

United Airlines

Walmart

Walmart