Caracas

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey S.C.

Squire Sanders offers companies, families and individuals doing business in Latin America access to a sophisticated team of international lawyers who, combined with state-of-the-art technology, can help clients to achieve their business goals. Our nationally recognized team of professionals is fluent in English and Spanish as well as in other languages. Members of our Caracas office are graduates of Venezuelan universities as well as universities abroad. They are able to provide integrated services in the civil system as well as the Anglo-Saxon common law system. As a result, they can understand, take part in and promote locally the changes and innovations required to respond to the local realities and demands of the marketplace.

Squire Sanders provides services to multinational companies with investments and operations in Latin America. Our services include the creation of distribution channels, acquisition of local companies, debt or credit restructuring and labor law counseling. We represent both private and state-owned companies in their business transactions, especially in the formation of mixed companies and in the financing of projects with international banking institutions, credit multilateral agencies, and local and international securities markets. We also have counseled local companies on outsourcing processes and on the implementation and development of infrastructure projects using various financing options such as “Build, Operate and Own” and “Build, Operate and Transfer.” Areas of expertise include:

• Antitrust/Competition
• Arbitration
• Banking & Finance
• Energy
• General Corporate
• Government and Regulatory
• Labor and Employment
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Project Finance
• Tax

The Squire Sanders Legal Counsel Worldwide Network is in more countries in Latin America than any major law firm. The network consists of Squire Sanders offices in Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Santo Domingo and São Paulo as well as other established firms in major Latin American cities, all dedicated to sharing resources to provide high-caliber legal services to clients with interests in the region. Clients also receive access to legal counsel from the fully integrated Squire Sanders global platform, which spans Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States.