Biography
Carolina Tavares Rodrigues Mazzarella
Senior Counsel – Labor and Employment – LATAM Region - GE Vernova
Born in São Paulo, SP, Brazil; admitted to legal practice in 2003, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Carolina has nearly twenty years of experience in the labor and immigration area, focusing on: consultancy related to labor and immigration legislation; review and drafting of all sorts of employment, consultancy and services agreements; drafting and review of national and global policies on all topics involving employees and service providers; assistance in hiring and firing employees and executives; assistance in the opening and closing of operations; coordination of labor litigation; audits of labor practices, etc.
Education: Law School of Largo de São Francisco, University of São Paulo (graduated in 2003), International Institute of Social Sciences (postgraduated in labor law in 2005).
International Recognitions: Recognized as Employment Counsel Latin America in 2020 at the Lexology Global Counsel Awards // Recognized as “Women in Law Awards” by Lawyer Monthly Magazine in 2014 and 2016 // Mentioned as “associates to watch” in the Labor and Employment area in the years 2010 and 2011 by Chambers and Partners Latin America // Recognized in the Labor and Employee benefits area in 2008, 2009 and 2010 by PLC Which Lawyer.
International Experience: Over the past decade, Carolina has been the Brazilian representative at several conferences all over the world held by the International Bar Association, PLI – Practising Law Institute, American Bar Association, Littler Mendelson, PC, etc.