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Kelly Villamizar
Senior Associate

Kelly Villamizar

Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

Kelly is a Senior Associate for the Firm in the Dispute Resolution practice and the Energy & Climate Change team in the Mining sector. She is a lawyer with one specialization from Universidad Externado de Colombia in Employment Law and Industrial Relations.

Kelly has more than 7 years of experience in her practice areas advising national clients in the industrial and mining sector on employment contracts, management of individual and collective relations, labor and administrative processes, participation in collective bargaining, assistance in the drafting of collective labor bargaining agreements and pacts, among other matters.

Professional Experience

  • 2022 – present, Senior Associate, CMS Rodríguez – Azuero, Cúcuta, Colombia. 
  • 2021- 2022, Senior Associate, Vergel Riascos Abogados S.A.S., Cúcuta, Colombia.
  • 2021, Professor I, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Cúcuta, Colombia.
  • 2021, Specialized Legal Adviser, Cámara de Comercio de Cúcuta, Cúcuta, Colombia,
  • 2015-2021, Senior Associate, Vergel Riascos Abogados S.A.S., Cúcuta, Colombia.
  • 2019, Human Resources Leader, Cerámica Italia S.A., Cúcuta, Colombia.
  • 2015-2019, Junior Associate, Vergel Riascos Abogados S.A.S., Cúcuta, Colombia.

Education

  • 2018 – Specialization in Employment Law and Industrial Relations, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
  • 2015 – Lawyer, Universidad Libre de Colombia, Cúcuta, Colombia.

Insights by Kelly

Employment, Labour & Pensions - Litigation

15 Aug 2025 1 min read

Relevant aspects from the first draft of the project: labour legal reform of 2023

03 Mar 2023 10 min read
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