Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque

Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque traces its origin to 1942 and is one of the oldest and largest firms in the country. It offers a full range of legal services, and is well-known for its commercial and intellectual property practice, the latter being one of the largest in Venezuela. The scope of its client base is worldwide, with a broader base in the American continent. It serves many of Venezuela’s top-of-the-line private companies along with a large number of foreign companies and financial institutions doing business in the country.

The professional services rendered by the firm cover the following main areas of practice: banking & finance, corporate/M&A, litigation and alternative dispute resolution, energy & natural resources, exchange control regulation, healthcare, intellectual property, labour & employment, public law, real estate and tax.

The firm also has specialists to provide services on: insurance and reinsurance, which covers maritime, aviation and multimodal insurance; environmental law; entertainment; telecommunications, information technology and e-commerce, transportation (aviation and maritime); consumer protection; registries and notaries; tourism; and immigration.

Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque continues to be a leader within intellectual property practices in Latin America, focusing on: patents, trademarks, models, designs and geographical indications; copyrights and neighbouring rights; domain names; licensing, franchising and merchandising; and unfair competition.

Throughout the years, Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque has represented clients in major merger and acquisitions; joint ventures; in project financing for public and private projects and large contract negotiations with public and private corporations.

Most of its fee earners, including its partners, speak English and others speak French. A large number of its professionals have studied abroad, giving them an international perspective on business and allowing the firm to provide global counselling of quality and reliability, both to our local and our international clients.

Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque’s main office is located in Caracas, Venezuela’s political, economic and cultural heart, and has correspondents in the largest Venezuelan cities, including Barquisimeto, Maturín, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Cabello, Puerto La Cruz and Valencia.

International mailing address

CCS 13031

PO Box 025323

Miami, Florida 33102-5323

United States

Caracas office

Centro San Ignacio, Torre Kepler

Av Blandín, La Castellana

Caracas 1060, Venezuela

Tel: +58 212 201 8611

www.hpcd.com

Contacts for corporate and commercial

Fernando Peláez-Pier

fpelaez@hpcd.com

Jorge Acedo P

jacedo@hpcd.com

Contacts for intellectual property

Maria Milagros Nebreda

mnebreda@hpcd.com

Patricia Hoet

phoet@hpcd.com