Immigration Paralegal

• Jan 2023 - Present

Business Office Manager

• May 2022 - Dec 2022

In house Attorney at Unilever in El Salvador

• Apr 2019 - Apr 2022

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: • Business partner for the principal stakeholders areas in Central America. Merge of companies in Central America • Implementation and monitoring of contingent workforce policy to avoid labor risks with third parties. • Accompaniment at business disposal. • Business Partner for the merger of related companies in Guatemala PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: • Business partner for all business areas. Mainly: Human Resources, supply chain, logistics, Procurement, customer development, etc. • Keep the main stakeholders informed of any legal or jurisprudential updates that may impact the business. • Present legal opinions as requested, the main areas being: Corporate, labor, Competition, marketing, intellectual property, litigation, etc. • Draft, review, correct, execute employment or corporate contracts • Review and advice on issues related to sanitary registrations of products • Monitoring compliance with business policies. • Interpret contractual terms and conditions and advise directors regarding contractual obligations and rights. • Develop, implement, and maintain standard templates, forms, and processes. • Advise different teams across the company on mitigating legal risks in any context and work closely with cross-functional teams across the business. Show less

Legal Intern

• Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: • Development and knowledge of corporate law. • Development of comprehensive vision for business decision making in all areas of corporate law. • Mapping, development and implementation of contracts for suppliers with in-house personnel. • Development of training focused on Human Resources on labor rights, rewards policies, contigent workforce, etc. • Development and implementation of contractual clauses for labor exclusion to avoid labor contingencies with third party personnel, responsibilities for contractors and occupational safety. • Work based on goals and results. PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: • Review of labor requirements (contracts, benefits, settlements, etc.), legal opinions to mitigate labor risks to the company. • Preparation, review, management and verification of compliance with commercial, civil and labor contracts. • Advice on intellectual property and competition law issues. • Administrative proceedings before public entities prior to judicial instances. • Legal opinions for any case or problem that the business faces. Show less

JR Legal Advisor

• Feb 2017 - Mar 2018

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: • Knowledge and management of the Public Administration Procurement and Contracting Law (LACAP) and (RELACAP) by its acronym in Spanish. • Implementation and speed-up of the process of hiring, dismissal and voluntary retirement. • Knowledge of the National Direction of Medicine registration process, public bidding processes, international marketing processes, among others. • Legal advice to partners so that the company functions properly in all legal aspects. PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: • Review of national and international commercial contracts, in English or Spanish. • Preparation of individual employment contracts, settlements, bonuses and benefits plan, and confidential agreements. • Preparation of sworn statements for the national entities, and statements to bid with public institutions. • Review and correction of bids according to LACAP and RELACAP. • Drafting and argumentation of resources according to LACAP and RELACAP. • Initiation, substantiation and completion of commercial processes in the Courts. • Responsible for the preparation and presentation of the procedures in public institutions • Translation of legal and pharmaceutical documents, and translation procedures before a notary public. • Control and documentation of debts of the company and the share holders. • File and safeguard of legal documents in the department. Show less

Intern

• Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: • System update by processing and reviewing tax returns. • Knowledge and application of taxes, obligated subjects, tax reports, and other tax documentation. • Knowledge and management of tax laws. • Teamwork, for goals, under pressure. • Knowledge and management of the DET system. • Lead work group to meet goals and objectives. PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: • Responsible for a group of five more people to meet daily and monthly goals and review the work they were doing. • Processing of tax returns and reports. • Data entry and processing in DET system. • Attention and advice to the taxpayer. • Receipt and processing of tax returns and reports. Show less