Ramon A. Azpurua focuses his practice on corporate and cross-border transactions and investment matters. He advises multinational corporations regarding their business interests and general commercial matters in Venezuela.

Mr. Azpurua has been selected by his peers as one of the top 25 Venezuelan lawyers under 40 in a survey conducted by LatinLawyer (Volume 3, Issue 4) and as a top lawyer in bankruptcy and insolvency matters (LatinLawyer; Volume 3, Issue 5). He is also listed in Chambers Latin America, Chambers Global, LatinLawyer 250 and The Best Lawyers in Venezuela for his corporate/M&A practice.

Mr. Azpurua’s practice covers a broad range of domestic and international transactional matters in a wide variety of areas including franchising, technology, maritime, pharmaceuticals, and oil and gas. His experience includes providing assistance in software licensing and development agreements, asset-based financings, project finance, maritime and environmental permitting, franchising, distribution agreements and technology transfers. Mr. Azpurua’s experience also includes corporate formation, venture financing, mergers and acquisitions, and general commercial contracting.

Mr. Azpurua was co-author of the chapter on Venezuelan environmental law in The International Comparative Guide to Environmental Law from 2004 through 2009 (Global Legal Group), as well as the chapter on Venezuelan labor and employment law published in International Labor and Employment Law, Volume II, International Labor and Employment Law Committee, Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association, from 2001 to 2004.

He was a part-time professor in the MBA program of the Universidad Metropolitana of Caracas (Legal Framework course) and is an international associate of the American Bar Association and a member of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce.

Významné transakce

• Representing a transnational pharmaceutical company in the divestment of several oral antibiotic lines of products sold to local companies in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela.
• Serving as Venezuela counsel to a transnational maritime service company involved in a large industrial accident, rendering advice on the relevant commercial, environmental and labor issues under Venezuelan law; coordinating the criminal defense lawyers of the client and its directors in Venezuela; and rendering assistance to US counsel in arbitration proceedings conducted abroad.
• Representing a transnational plastics company in the acquisition of a local plastic bottle manufacturer in Venezuela.
• Representing a transnational software developer in the negotiation of licensing and service agreements with governmental entities and private companies in Venezuela.
• Representing a US-based aircraft and equipment manufacturer in multiple private financings to local companies.
• Participating in the structuring and rescheduling of project financing for companies engaged in petrochemical activities in Venezuela.
• Coordinating the drafting and implementation of uniform phantom stock award plans and other compensation benefit programs put in effect, concurrently, in more than 30 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Providing legal advice regarding stock and asset purchase transactions, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, exchange control regulations, price control regulations, environmental law, maritime law, and general labor and corporate law, with a strong emphasis in transactional work.