Norton Rose (Venezuela)

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Despacho de Abogados miembros de Norton Rose SC (formerly Despacho de Abogados miembros de Macleod Dixon SC) is a part of Norton Rose, a leading international legal practice. With more than 2,900 lawyers, we offer a full business law service to many of the world’s pre-eminent financial institutions and corporations from offices in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. On 1 June 2013, Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP will join forces to create Norton Rose Fulbright – a global legal practice with significant depth of expertise in the world’s principal business and financial centres.

Despacho de Abogados miembros de Norton Rose SC originally opened in Caracas on June 1997 to provide legal services at North American standards to our international and domestic clientele. It has grown from four original lawyers to over 65 bilingual professionals (top two in the Venezuelan market in terms of size) and a staff of more than 120, including translators and editors.  

The firm achieved very high rankings as a leading Venezuelan firm (eg, Chambers Global publication The World’s Leading Lawyers, Global Counsel 3000, Who’s Who Legal: Oil & Gas, Euromoney plc and Latin Lawyer).

We have had the privilege of representing many corporations and governments in complex and pioneering transactions in Venezuela, Latin America and throughout the world.  

The well-rounded team of Despacho de Abogados miembros de Norton Rose SC consists of leaders in Venezuela’s legal market, and clients laud the team’s technical knowledge and first-class client service. Although our office continues to have the leading energy practice in Venezuela, it has successfully diversified from oil and gas to become a major full service player in law, within and outside of the Venezuelan border, handling several international projects from Caracas. As a result, our office currently has the privilege of including some of the most relevant international companies and local investors as its clients.

Our professionals provide a comprehensive range of legal services by serving, among others, the following practice areas:

• Banking & finance
• Competition law
• Constitutional & administrative law
• Corporate/commercial
• Electricity
• Energy & natural resources
• Environmental
• Insolvency & restructuring
• Labour & employment    
• Litigation & dispute resolution
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Mining
• Project development & finance
• Real estate
• Regulatory
• Securities
• Technology
• Tax

We meet the needs of our clients through a cost-efficient and effective blend of senior and junior staff who concentrate on specific tasks. Close attention to and high sensitivity for confidentiality is a hallmark of our offices throughout the world.

Our philosophy is based on an uncompromising commitment to service in meeting the diverse needs of our clients. Our goal is to provide business solutions in a timely manner. We possess an in-depth knowledge of local customs and business norms and employ a network of agents and correspondent lawyers throughout Venezuela to meet our clients’ service needs for document filing, monitoring of court cases, and other assignments in all major Venezuelan regional centers.