Lionel Aguilar
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 1 : Labour & Employment
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Band 1
About
Provided by Lionel Aguilar
Practice Areas
Labour
Career
Lionel is a founding partner of Consortium Legal - Guatemala. With more than 40 years of experience in labor counseling and litigation, during his professional practice he has been in charge of creating and directing new areas of work such as: Criminal Tax Law, Immigration counseling to expatriates of multinational corporations, obtaining the permits and licenses for them to perform work in these territories.
Likewise, he has been the promoter and director of the compliance area focused primarily on the criminal area, thus avoiding the involvement of legal representatives in the criminal proceedings in question. As part of his career, he has developed the manual for labor inspectors sponsored by AID. He has also been a negotiator of collective agreements with unions in the electricity, sugar, banana, industrial and commercial sectors. He has been a participant in labour justice commissions, representative of labour organizations in national and international congresses.
He has participated as an advisor in labor and social security matters to national and multinational groups, banks and local companies; and as a member of three student examiners in labor matters at the Francisco Marroquín University Law School and Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala.
Professional Memberships
Member, College of Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala
Founding member, Guatemalan Labor and Social Security Association
Member, Ibero-American Association of Labor Law and Social Security Lawyers -Guillermo Cabanellas
Languages Spoken
Spanish, English
Chambers Review
Latin America
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 food and beverages. He is particularly noted for his prowess in complex negotiations with trade unions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lionel Aguilar is very professional. He clarifies the situation very well and looks to give me guidance regarding how to resolve a situation so that it is favourable for the company."
"Lionel Aguilar is very professional. He clarifies the situation very well and looks to give me guidance regarding how to resolve a situation so that it is favourable for the company."