María Lucía Laserna
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 3 : Labour & Employment
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About
Provided by María Lucía Laserna
Practice Areas
Lawyer specialized in Labor and Evidence Law. She has seventeen years of experience in Corporate Employment Law and Social Security consultancy, restructuring processes, due diligence and collective bargaining. She manages legal case proceedings and cassation. She is the Leader of the Labor Audit and the UGPP areas. Some of her clients are: colpensiones, Bancoldex, Mercer, Ashmore group, REFICAR, SHANDONG KERUI Petroleum, Mansarovar Energy, CEPSA Colombia, PRODIEL Colombia, Proelectrica, Genser power, Thales Group, Softline, Holcim.
Career
She has a J.D. and a specialization degree in labor law from Universidad Javeriana, and a specialization in Evidence Law from Universidad Sergio Arboleda. She has a Master's Degree in Labor Relations at the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Cornell University (ILR SCHOOL in New York) and currently pursuing an Executive LLM - Master in Laws at London School of Economics
She conducts the Procedural Employment Law research seminar (since 2016) and she is an Assistant Professor of Employment Law research seminar at the post-graduate program in Labor Law at Universidad Javeriana. She teaches labor law at the Company Law specialization program at Universidad de Los Andes. She taught Labor Law Principles (post-graduate program) at Universidad Sergio Arboleda.
Professional Memberships
Member of the directive council of the labour bar association and until 2019 she was general secretary for it.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Partner María Lucía Laserna is highly appreciated by clients for her expertise on labour and employment mandates in Colombia. She has a solid client roster that includes companies in the oil and gas sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"María Lucía Laserna is an extraordinary lawyer. She is strategic, ethical, knowledgeable and always in impeccable compliance with the regulations while representing the best company's interests."
"She is very experienced in social and regulatory mandates, with a holistic approach to labour and employment matters in Colombia."
"María Lucía Laserna is an extraordinary lawyer. She is strategic, ethical, knowledgeable and always in impeccable compliance with the regulations while representing the best company's interests."
"She is very experienced in social and regulatory mandates, with a holistic approach to labour and employment matters in Colombia."