Camilo Cuervo Díaz
Partner
Overview
Camilo Cuervo Díaz is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Bogotá office, where he focuses his practice on structuring, transformation and business crisis management processes in labor and social security law. He has extensive experience in business consulting, collective bargaining and labor litigation for some of the most important companies in Colombia. He represents various groups and business sectors regarding the settlement of conflicts and labor matters at the national level.
Mr. Cuervo Díaz has served as a university professor since 2004 and as a lecturer for various organizations, including universities, chambers of commerce and academic institutions across a range of levels and sectors. He also served as governor of the Colombian Labor Lawyers Association. He is the academic coordinator of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce's business education programs in the areas of Labor Law and Social Security. In addition, Mr. Cuervo Díaz has been a research professor in the Department of Labor Law at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana since 2005, as well as a professor in the university's Master's in Commercial Law program in Cali.
Mr. Cuervo Díaz is a columnist for Revista Semana and is regularly consulted by the media as a commentator, analyst and expert on labor, political and economic matters. He also serves as an arbitrator appointed by companies in arbitration proceedings convened by the Ministry of Labor to resolve various collective labor disputes.
Credentials
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, LL.M., Labor Law and Social Security
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Specialization, Labor Law
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, J.D.
- Colombia
- Colombian Labor and Social Security Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2008-Present
- Director of Labor Unit, Cuberos, Cortes, Gutierrez Abogados, 2008-2023
- Chambers Latin America – Latin America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Labor & Employment, 2019-2027
- The Best Lawyers in Colombia, Labor and Employment Law, 2024-2026
- The Legal 500 Latin America, Labor Law, 2022-Present