Overview

Ricardo Alonso focuses his practice on labor and employment law, counseling clients in:

  • Negotiations
  • Drafting and interpreting collective bargaining agreements
  • Reorganizations
  • Mass layoff processes
  • Terminations

In addition to handling labor litigation matters and labor administrative procedures, he advises and represents clients in collective labor negotiations, union-related procedures and labor conflicts.

Ricardo also offers training on labor and employment matters and gives in-house seminars and training courses specifically related to negotiation techniques for employee termination. Ricardo is an instructor for Latin America in Cornell University's Negotiation Skills and Collective Negotiation Program, and he has taught courses in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. He is a graduate of Cornell University's Certificate Program on Conflict Resolution, Collective Negotiation and Negotiation Techniques (2014) and the Revalidation of Law Degree in Colombia (2013).

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member

Caracas Bar Association

Recognition

Named, Best Lawyers in Venezuela©

2017

Named, Labour and Employment

Chambers Latin America

2015-2017

Named, Associate to Watch

Labour and Employment

Chambers Latin America

2014

Recipient

Fulbright Scholarship

2005

Recipient, Scholarship

Asociación Venezolana Americana de Amistad (AVAA)

Education

  • LL.M., Georgetown University, 2007
  • J.D., Universidad Central de Venezuela, VZ, 2001

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Bar Admission

Venezuela
Colombia