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Cecelia Guzman-Barron

Cecilia Guzmán-Barrón

Partner

US-LatAm Practice Group Regional Co-Leader, Employment

Cecilia Guzmán-Barrón is a great partner for us. She is dynamic, highly knowledgeable, and exceptionally attentive to her client needs
— Chambers Latin America, 2025
Lima
About

Cecilia Guzmán-Barrón brings over 20 years of experience in guiding domestic and international companies through the complexities of labor law, immigration, and human resources. Focusing on developing strategic workforce planning, she empowers organizations in hiring, organizational restructuring, change management, and managing complex terminations.

Cecilia regularly helps clients adapt corporate policies to fit local legal frameworks. She evaluates labor intermediation and outsourcing models, reviews compensation structures, and addresses occupational health and safety issues, including the management of employees with disabilities. Additionally, she has experience in compliance investigations, union relations, and collective bargaining processes.

Bringing a practical and preventive perspective to labor relations, Cecilia offers tailored legal solutions that align with each company’s organizational culture and operational needs. Her guidance focuses on anticipating risks and fostering workplace stability.

Cecilia also leads targeted labor audits and due diligence reviews, represents clients during inspections and administrative proceedings before labor authorities, and handles both individual and collective labor disputes with a strategic, results-driven approach.

In addition to providing specialized training, Cecilia offers executive coaching on navigating critical employee conversations. She advises on cross-border employment matters, including recruiting foreign personnel, global mobility, international remote work, and immigration processes.

Cecilia serves as Peru’s delegate to DLA Piper’s Leadership Alliance for Women and is a member of the Peruvian Society for Labor and Social Security Law.

 
Areas of FocusEmployment
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Spanish
Education

  • Ph.D., Law, Universidad de Salamanca

    summa cum laude

  • J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

    with honors

  • International Labor Organization and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
    III Postgraduate course in Labor Relations (2005)

Awards

Chambers Latin America

  • Band 2, Peru Labour & Employment (2024 – 2025)
  • Band 3, Peru Labour & Employment (2023)
  • Band 4, Peru Labour & Employment (2022)
  • Band 5, Peru Labour & Employment (2020 – 2021)

The Legal 500 Latin America

  • Leading Lawyer, Peru Labour and Employment (2024 – 2025)
  • Recommended, Peru Labour and Employment (2023)
Additional Recognitions
  • Approved, Labor, LACCA, (2024)

 

Publications

  • Co-author, "Stories of Labor Lawyers," Grupo de Estudios de la Organización Social y el Empleo, March 2024
  • Author, "Teleworking from abroad," APERHU Magazine, 2023
 

Seminars

  • Speaker, AI in the workplace: Regulation, ethics and best practices in talent management, 2025
  • Speaker, HR Challenge, Talana, 2024
  • Speaker, Mental fitness: a 360° legal approach to managing mental health in companies, 2024
  • Speaker, ASLA 2024
  • Speaker, Critical Labor Issues in the face of the El Niño Phenomenon, National Society of Industries webinar, 2024
 

News Overview

  • Cecilia Guzman-Barron, partner and leader of the Labor area, comments for Diario Gestión about how to carry out an adequate separation from work. Read it here >>
  • Published in Diario Gestión, partner Cecilia Guzman-Barron -leader of the Labor area- comments on the bills that would have an impact on the labor market. Read it here >>
  • Cecilia Guzman-Barron, partner and leader of the Labor and Immigration area at DLA Piper Peru, comments on the new provisions in the vaccination scheme, mainly in the agricultural sector for Diario Gestión (printed version). Read the note here >>
  • Partner Cecilia Guzmán-Barrón, leader of the Labor practice, gives her point of view on the current uncertainty in labor policies in Peru for Día 1, publication by the newspaper El Comercio. Read the note here >>
  • Partner and leader of Labour area, Cecilia Guzmán-Barrón, gave her opinion on the new approved peruvian law for long-distance working for Diario El Comercio. Read more >> 
  • Partner and leader of Labour area, Cecilia Guzmán-Barrón, gives her opinion on the new "Vaccine Tourism". Read more >> 

Media Mentions

  • Quoted, "Employers would have more control over personal activities in teleworking," Gestión, 2025
  • Quoted, "Legal Radar: Plenary of Congress to approve extension of paternity leave," Gestión, 2025
  • Quoted, "Temporary employment contracts must now be justified: they could become indefinite," Gestión, 2024
  • Quoted, "Private entities could have an Equality Officer," Gestión, 2024
  • Quoted, "Companies can now face fines of up to S/270,529. What are the infractions that can lead to these penalties?" Gestión, 2024
  • Quoted, "Paolo Guerrero seeks to terminate his contract with UCV: Can FIFA support him?" Gestión, 2024
  • Quoted, "Sunafil details criteria to correct infractions and avoid sanctions," Gestión 2024
  • Quoted, "Influencer and worker: How to manage a "double life" at work," Gestión 2024
  • Quoted, "World Mental Health Day: Is there progress in the workplace?," Gestión 2024
 

Prior Experience

  • Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Peruvian Society of Labor Law and Social Security

Academic Experience

  • Leadership, Strategy and Human Resources Professor at CENTRUM Católica (2003 – September 2017)
  • Labor and Social Security Law Master course Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (August 2019 - To date)
  • Professor of various courses in the Labor Department at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2002- up to date)

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member, Lima Bar Association
  • Member, WIP Peru – Women in the Profession Peru
  • Member, Peruvian Society of Labor Law and Social Security. 
  • Member, OWIT Peru - International Organization of Women in Business. 
  • Member, APERHU – Peruvian Association of Human Resources

My latest insights

News

DLA Piper lawyers and practices ranked in Chambers Latin America 2025

20 August 2024 .4 minute read

Past event

Startups: Labor and employment challenges and opportunities

29 August 2024 .1 minute read

Publication

Peru amends its Telework Act: Key considerations

31 July 2024 .2 minute read

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