Leoncio Landaez

Leoncio advises corporations, shareholders, directors and senior executives on corporate governance, commercial transactions, employment matters, compliance frameworks and strategic legal risk management. His practice focuses on providing practical and business-oriented solutions in corporate and labour law, including organizational restructuring, executive employment issues, collective labour matters, contract negotiation, corporate compliance programs and intellectual property issues arising from employment relationships.

Prof. Cesar Peña, former Chairman of the Board of LASPAU (Harvard) endorses him:

“Leoncio has developed professional trust among his many clients and also in the community in which he has active participation and is regarded as a citizen to whom consultation is relevant”.

Leoncio Landáez is a Venezuelan attorney, corporate legal adviser, academic and lecturer with extensive experience in corporate, commercial and labour law. Throughout his career, he has advised domestic and international companies on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, employment matters, business structuring, contractual arrangements and dispute prevention strategies.

He has held senior legal and management positions, assisting companies across diverse industries in navigating complex legal and business challenges. His practice combines technical legal expertise with a practical business-oriented approach, enabling clients to align legal risk management with their strategic objectives.

In addition to his professional practice, Leoncio is actively involved in academic research and legal education. He has participated in conferences, seminars and training programs on corporate governance, labour law, legal management and intellectual property. He is also the author of scholarly works and research in the fields of employment law and intellectual property rights, with particular emphasis on employee-created intellectual works and corporate legal management.

His experience encompasses corporate advisory services, labour relations, compliance programs, internal investigations, corporate restructuring, contract negotiation and legal strategy for businesses operating in highly regulated environments.

•Former President and current member of Carabobo State Executives Association

•Former Secretary and current member of Carabobo´s Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation.

•Former President and current member of Venezuelan American Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Venezuelan Central Region.

•Member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

2024 – Compensation Derived from Works Created within the Employment Relationship and the Legislative Conflict between the Organic Labour Law (LOTTT) and the Copyright Law (LSDA)

2024 – Limits on the Economic Participation Rights of Venezuelan Employees in Intellectual Property Created in the Course of Employment

2023 – Alternative Methods for the Resolution of Labour Disputes in the Context of Corporate Economic Hardship: The Unnamed Provision of Article 148 of the Organic Labour Law (LOTTT)

2020 – Employee Retention Agreements: Legal Considerations and Enforceability

2009 – Key Commentaries on the Venezuelan Law for Persons with Disabilities

PARMALAT / VOPAK / DIGITEL / PEPSICO / ALPLA / UNILEVER

Universidad de Carabobo

Master in Labor Law

2019

Universidad de Carabobo

B.A in Law (Abogado)

2003

Universidad Metropolitana

Corporate Law Advaced Studies Diploma (Especialista)

2021

Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Mediation Advaced Studies Diploma (Especialista)

2009

Caribbean International University

International Arbitration Advaced Studies Diploma (Especialista)

2004

Universidad de Carabobo

PhD in Social Sciences

2027

Distinción Honorífica Distinción Honorífica

Universidad de Carabobo

2024

Orden Cristóbal Mendoza. Segunda Clase.

Colegio de Abogados del estado Carabobo

2023

Distinción "Excelencia Universitaria"

Concejo Municipal Naguanagua Estado Carabobo

2016

Orden Cristóbal Mendoza. Tercera Clase.

Colegio de Abogados del estado Carabobo

2016