Corporate/M&A
Venezuela
24 years ranked

Global 2026
Provided by MENPA - Mendoza, Palacios, Acedo, Borjas, Páez Pumar & Cía.
Corporate finance, taxation, international sanctions, M&A, securities, project finance, banking.
Professor: graduate courses on foreign investment and exchange controls, Universidad Central de Venezuela (1987-89). Joined Mendoza Palacios (1982), Partner (1995).
Director: Proninsa S.A.S.; Corporacion Grupo Quimico; Banco Industrial de Venezuela (1994-95); Venepal (1998-2004); Caracas Industrial Chamber (1994-96). Arbitrator: Caracas Chamber of Commerce. Member: International Bar Association; Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce (Tax Committee).
Education: Universidad Central de Venezuela (Lawyer, 1982). Harvard University (Master of Laws, International Tax Program, 1984); Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (Master in International Law and Diplomacy, 1986). Writer of fiction, with three published novels on Venezuelan affairs.
Languages: Spanish, English and some French.
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