Labour & Employment
Latin America Guide 2025 : Colombia
Band 3
Contact number
+57 1 3904461About
Provided by Escandón Abogados
Areas of practice can be summarised as follows:
- Labour Law
- Employment Law
- Pension, Heath Care and Occupational Health and Safety
- Litigation
- Due Diligence
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Proceedings before the Colombian Ministry of Labour
- Proceedings before the UGPP
Chambers Review
Escandón Abogados is an established Bogotá-based firm with a solid track record handling labour and employment cases in Colombia, particularly collective bargaining matters. The law firm possesses expertise advising on pension and social security processes before the UGPP, as well as on individual administrative and judicial labour proceedings. Escandón Abogados represents both private and public clients, often hailing from the retail, food and beverage, and agribusiness arenas.
Work Highlights
- Escandón Abogados represented Drummond in a lawsuit filed by railroad workers claiming the payment of overtime as employees not in management, direction and confidence positions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Escandón Abogados provides very strong analysis and solutions to collective labour conflict matters, and it is a very committed and knowledgeable firm with an in-depth understanding of the business."
"Escandón Abogados provides very strong analysis and solutions to collective labour conflict matters, and it is a very committed and knowledgeable firm with an in-depth understanding of the business."
Notable Practitioners
Alberto Escandón Villota is co-head of department at Escandón Abogados, and gets endorsement by clients who praise his capabilities in the Colombian labour sphere. He demonstrates particular skills in collective bargaining matters.
"Alberto Escandón Villota offers a very strong level of sophistication. He is one of the most knowledgeable lawyers with a lot of experience in collective bargaining."
Co-head of department and labour specialist María Claudia Escandón is highly rated for her handling of an array of labour litigation claims in Colombia.
"María Claudia Escandón is a very warm person, and very direct and pragmatic. She is an excellent professional who handles labour matters very well and is quick to understand the client's requirements."
Ranked Lawyers at
Escandón Abogados
Colombia
Members
Provided by Escandón Abogados
Head of Department
Catalina Carrero
Jeff Danon
Juan Fernando Escandon
Juan Jose Amador
Luis Felipe Gomez
Maria Jimena Escandon
Head of Department
Sandra Vargas
Clients
Provided by Escandón Abogados
Aceites Manuelita S.A.
Aeropuertos de Oriente S.A.
Ajover S.A.
Alcaldia Mayor de Bogotá
Beiersdorf SAS
Caves Colombia S.A.
Centurylink S.A.
Compass Group S.A.
Compañía de medios de Información - CM& SAS
Consultoria Colombiana SA
Dispapeles S.A.
Drummond Ltd.
Empresa de Energía de Boyacá
Foxtelecolombia S.A.
Fundación Universitaria del Area Andina
GTM Transmovil SAS,
Grupo CBC SA
Grupo Flores Katama
Grupo GHL Hoteles
Lupatech Ofs S.A.S.
Manuelita S.A.
Manufacturas Eliot S.A.
Operaciones y Servicios de Combustibles. S.A.S - Masser
Organización Roa Flor Huila SA
Palmar de Altamira S.A.
Palmas del Cesar S.A.
Pash S.A.
Pepal S.A.
Santa Anita de Nápoles SAS
Standard Energy Colombia SAS,
Transmilenio S.A.
Transportadora de Gas Internacional - TGI SAS
Unisono Colombia SAS
Industries
Provided by Escandón Abogados
Agroindustry
Communications
Construction
Education
Energy
Flowers
Health
Hotel and tourism
Insurance
News
Oil and Mining
Pharmaceutical
Retail
Services
Television
Textile
Transports