Criminal cooperation between Spain and the United States is one of the most active in the world. If you think you might be extradited, read this.
The concept of lawfare is no longer a theoretical notion. In this article, Dr. Aldana details the business and reputational impact.
Current practice demonstrates that extradition from Spain to El Salvador is not automatic. Learn all the details in this analysis.
This is a guide for entrepreneurs, investors, and managers with international exposure who are facing or fear an active Blue Notice.
Venezuela Opens to International Investment in 2026. VENFORT Lawyers' Practical Guide to OFAC Sanctions, Key Sectors, and How to Do It.
This article analyzes the applicable legal framework, effective defense strategies, and operational capacity of VENFORT Abogados to coordinate transnational defenses in these types of proceedings.
Lawfare is an operational tool that already affects companies across all sectors. This is our analysis to stay protected.
In this article, we analyze from the perspective of current international criminal law in Spain, how a requesting State should act when its extradition request has been denied.
In this article, we share our legal analysis of the Duterte case from the perspective of international criminal defense.
The amnesty law does not include express provisions on the restitution of assets seized in Venezuela. This is our analysis.
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Attorney-at-law, mediator, negotiation consultant, legal arbitrator and university lecturer, Associate MIT- Harvard Public Disputes Program Harvard Law School, university consortium formed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the research and development of theory and the practice of complex negotiations, mediation of public conflicts and consensus building in public policies. President and co-founder of Cambridge International Consulting, LLC.
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Madrid, Spain
2023- Present
External consultant
CIC - Cambridge International Consulting
Santo Domingo, Santiago and Sosúa
2009 - Present
Co-founder
N. A. Espinal Baez & Associates
Boston, Caracas, Lima and Santo Domingo
2000 - Present
Co-founder
N. A. Espinal Baez & Associates
Santiago, Santo Domingo and Sosúa
1985 - Present
Founder
Aspen Institute
Gernika Peace Research Center
Harvard University
Associate of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program at Harvard Law School
Degree of Juris Doctor
Degree of Juris Doctor
Complutense University of Madrid
Spanish
Español
External Consultant
Attorney-at-law specialized in commercial, compliance and energy matters with more than 17 years of experience in business advice for international companies, having served as legal director in transnational companies both in Latin America and Europe at a national and regional level, for commercial operations, manufacturing, and logistics. Alfonso is recognized for his practicality and creativity in finding solutions, as well as his commercial approach in managing emerging and/or crisis markets, providing tools to develop businesses within a framework of adequate legal protection and mitigation actions of risks that provide continuity to business.
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Madrid, Spain
2023 - Present
External consultant
3M Iberia
Spain and Portugal
2019 - 2023
Legal consultant
Analysis and design of solutions for business models of logistic distribution, applied to long tail markets for both Spain and Portugal.
3M Panama Pacifico COE (LATAM Manufacturing and Distribution Operation)
2017 - 2019
General consultant
Legal support for supply contracts, services and raw materials in Latin America and emerging markets.
3M Venezuela
2014 - 2016
General consultant
Member of the board of directors or Council of the Operating Committee (MOC).
FERRETOTAL - KCP Group
2013 - 2014
General consultant
Development of a legal and financial strategy to adapt the protection of the tangible and intangible assets of the company valued at USD 80,000M.
Matrix Group C.A.
2012 - 2013
Executive counsel
Design and implementation of litigation strategies in the tax and administrative field.
Macleod Dixon LLP
2010 - 2011
Attorney-at-law
Advice to multinational companies on national and municipal tax issues.
Imery Urdaneta LLP
2006 - 2010
Attorney-at-law
Corporate law (litigation) and public law (administrative procedures).
L.L.M. Energy Environmental and Natural Resources Law
University of Houston, Law Center, USA
2012
Diploma in Oil and Mines
Universidad Monteávila - Venezuela
2007
Degree of Juris Doctor
Monteávila University, Venezuela (2006)
Spanish
Español
Of Counsel
Attorney-at-law specialized in commercial, compliance and energy matters with more than 17 years of experience in business advice for international companies, having served as legal director in transnational companies both in Latin America and Europe at a national and regional level, for commercial operations, manufacturing, and logistics.
Alfonso is recognized for his practicality and creativity in finding solutions, as well as his commercial approach in managing emerging and/or crisis markets, providing tools to develop businesses within a framework of adequate legal protection and mitigation actions of risks that provide continuity to business.
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Madrid, Spain
2023 – Present
Of Counsel
3M Iberia
Spain and Portugal 2019 – 2023
Legal consultant
Analysis and design of solutions for businesses models of logistic distribution, applied to long tail markets for both Spain and Portugal.
3M Panama Pacifico COE (LATAM Manufacturing and Distribution Operation)
2017 - 2019
General consultant
Legal support for supply contracts, services and raw materials in Latin America and emerging markets.
3M Venezuela
2014 - 2016
General consultant
Member of the board of directors or Council of the Operating Committee (MOC for its acronym in English).
Ferretotal - KCP Group
2013 - 2014
General consultant
Development of a legal and financial strategy to adapt the protection of the tangible and intangible assets of the company valued at USD 80,000M.
Matrix Group C.A.
2012 - 2013
Executive counsel
Design and implementation of litigation strategies in the tax and administrative field.
Macleod Dixon LLP
2010 - 2011
Lawyer
Advice to multinational companies on national and municipal tax issues.
Imery Urdaneta LLP
2006 - 2010
Lawyer
Corporate law (litigation) and public law (administrative procedures).
L.L.M. Energy Environmental and Natural Resources Law
University of Houston, Law Center, USA
Master
2012
Diploma in Oil and Mines
Monteávila University - Venezuela
2007
Law Degree Universidad Monteávila, Caracas, Venezuela (2006)
Magna Cum Laude
Spanish
English
Of Counsel
Attorney-at-law, mediator, negotiation consultant, legal arbitrator and university lecturer, Associate MIT- Harvard Public Disputes Program Harvard Law School, university consortium formed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the research and development of theory and the practice of complex negotiations, mediation of public conflicts and consensus building in public policies. President and co-founder of Cambridge International Consulting, LLC.
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Madrid, Spain
2023 – Present
Of Counsel
CIC - Cambridge International Consulting
Santo Domingo, Santiago and Sosúa
2009 – Present
Co-founder
N. A. Espinal Baez & Associates
Boston, Caracas, Lima and Santo Domingo
2000 – Present
Co-founder
N. A. Espinal Baez & Associates
Santiago, Santo Domingo and Sosúa
1985 – Present
Founder
Aspen Institute
Gernika Peace Research Center
Harvard University
Associate of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program at Harvard Law School
Degree of Juris Doctor
Lawyer
Complutense University of Madrid
Spanish
English
At VENFORT we have a team of international lawyers specializing in inheritance law.
We support our clients in the acceptance, management and processing of inheritances. Our service offers the possibility to include experts in negotiation for complex cases between co-heirs or between shareholders with assets of a decedent's estate. The aim is to ensure the financial well-being of our clients and to protect their family assets.
"Experts in devising defensive and offensive strategies, with a high success rate in trials and dispute resolutions for private clients."
We have a team of attorneys specialized in criminal law in Spain and Venezuela with more than 20 years of experience. We have effectively led high profile trials in both countries for our clients, in the area of economic criminal law and international criminal lawin which our team of litigation attorneys and prestigious former prosecutors have stood out.
We are experts in representing victims and citizens under investigation by international courts. Our clients include executives of financial institutions, transnational corporations and embassies.
1.- DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES:
2.- INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW:
3.- EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS AND EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT.
4.- ARREST WARRANTS AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS BEFORE INTERPOL.
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROCEEDINGS:
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELING.
"Comprehensive advice and tailor-made solutions for each company."
VENFORT's Corporate Law Department has specialists with extensive experience both in Latin America and Spain. Our close relationship with our clients has allowed us to elaborate and execute strategies focused on negotiation that allow integral solutions of high value for our clients.
In addition, we advise leading companies in the financial, energy and commodities sectors.
We are specialists in:
External Consultant
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2018 - Present
External Consultant
PDVSA
Caracas, Venezuela
2015–2017
Corporate Manager of Major Projects for the Legal Consulting Department
PDVSA
Caracas, Venezuela
2012–2015
External Consultant
Tax Court
Caracas, Venezuela
2012
Alternate Judge of the Caracas Metropolitan Area Judicial District.
Supreme Court of Justice. Political-Administrative Chamber
Caracas, Venezuela
2010–2012
Deputy attorney-at-law
Expert on "Current Problems of Financial Law".
Complutense University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain (2003 - 2004)
Specialist in Financial Law
Andrés Bello Catholic University, Caracas, Venezuela (2002 - 2003)
Degree of Juris Doctor
Andrés Bello Catholic University, Caracas, Venezuela (1995 - 1999)
Spanish
Español
External Consultant
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2020 - Present
External Consultant
Associated Educational Institutes
Caracas, Venezuela
2015 - 2020
External Legal Counsel
Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2012- 2020
External Consultant
Dubert Attorneys-at-Law
Caracas, Venezuela
2012–2017
Associate
DGA Lawyers
Caracas, Venezuela
2005 - 2012
Associate
León, Rodríguez, Cruz & Associates
Caracas, Venezuela
2003–2005
Attorney-at-law
Corporación Trébol Gas, C.A.
Caracas, Venezuela
2002 - 2003
Legal Assistant
Aveledo, Klemprer, Rivas, Perez, Trujillo, Sanz & Asociados
Caracas, Venezuela
2002
Legal Assistant
Aguilar, Machado, Sosa & Associates
Caracas, Venezuela
2000–2002
Legal Assistant
Expert in Defense of Rights and Promotion of the Duties of Children and Adolescents.
Universidad Central de Venezuela / Alcaldía de Baruta (Mayor's Office of Baruta), Caracas, Venezuela (2018).
XIII Forum on Child and Adolescent Law.
Supreme Court of Justice, Caracas, Venezuela (2016)
Workshop on Social Benefits - Practice and Calculations adapted to the New Organic Labor Law.
Centro de Estudios de Actualización Profesional, Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Labor Updating Seminar - New Organic Labor Law
Centro de Estudios de Actualización Profesional, Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Evidentiary Techniques in the Civil Oral Proceedings
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (2007)
Specialist in Civil Procedural Law
Universidad José María Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela (2006)
Cassation Appeal and Special Adversarial Proceedings in Agricultural Law
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (2005)
Conference on Civil Procedure Law and Evidence Gathering. Code of Civil Procedure. Legal precedents
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)
Degree of Juris Doctor
Santa Maria University, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)
Spanish
Attorney-at-law
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2021 - Present
Attorney-at-law
Public Prosecutor's Office
Caracas, Venezuela
2019–2021
Deputy attorney-at-law
CICPC
Caracas, Venezuela
2015–2017
Legal Assistant
Specialist in Criminal Law
Santa Maria University. Caracas, Venezuela (2023)
Master Consultant Specializing in Corporate Law
Center for Latin American Legal Sciences Studies (CELACJ).
Caracas, Venezuela (2022)
International Certification: Leadership and Political Communication.
CANVAS Ads School. Caracas, Venezuela (2022)
Degree of Juris Doctor
Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho University, Monagas, Venezuela (2018).
Spanish
Partner
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2015 - Present
Partner
Public Prosecutor's Office of Caracas
Caracas, Venezuela
2012–2015
Prosecutor
Criminal Judicial Circuit of Caracas
Caracas, Venezuela
2001–2012
The Judiciary career officer
Postdoctoral Fellow in Transcomplexity Research
Transcomplexity Research Center (Red de Investigación de la Transcomplejidad), Caracas, Venezuela
Doctoral candidate in Criminal Law
Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela (2023)
Expert in Prosecutorial Matters
National School of Prosecutors (Escuela Nacional de Fiscales (National School of Prosecutors). Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Specialist in Criminal Law
Santa Maria University. Caracas, Venezuela (2006)
Degree of Juris Doctor
Santa Maria University, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)
Spanish
Partner
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2019 - Present
Partner
Alan Aldana Attorneys & Associates
Caracas, Venezuela
2016–2019
Associate
ILOCAD
Madrid, Spain
2015–2016
Legal Assistant
Alan Aldana Attorneys & Associates
Caracas, Venezuela
2012–2015
Junior
Alan Aldana Attorneys & Associates
Caracas, Venezuela
2010–2012
Legal Assistant
Expert in Business Management for Lawyers
UCAB. Caracas, Venezuela (2018)
Expert in Corporate Legal Management
IESA. Caracas, Venezuela (2018)
Specialist in Corporate Law
University of Alcalá. Madrid, Spain (2016)
Specialist in Commercial Law
Santa Maria University. Caracas, Venezuela (2014)
Degree of Juris Doctor
Santa Maria University. Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Spanish
Lawyer | Founding Partner
An attorney-at-law with more than 20 years of experience in Venezuela and Spain, where he litigates and advises on international criminal law (extraditions, international courts and INTERPOL) and economic criminal law.
World Compliance Association
2022 - Present
Director of the Venezuelan committee
Aldana Foundation
2014 - Present
Venezuela
Member of the board of directors
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Spain, Venezuela
2007 - Present
Founding Partner
Lawyers Ollé & Sesé
2006 - 2007
Spain
Attorney at law
DGA Lawyers
2004 - 2006
Venezuela
Partner
Criminal Courts of Caracas, Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
2001–2003
Legal Assistant
Master's Degree in Criminal Procedural Law
Madrid Bar Association (ICAM), Spain (2023)
OFAC Sanctions Certificate
Florida International Bankers Association and Florida International University, U.S.A. (2021)
Certified in the sanctions system by the U.S. Treasury Department, in order to prohibit transactions with companies or individuals sanctioned by this agency.
Expert in Economic Criminal Law
Universidad Complutense, España (2019)
Certificate in Negotiation and Persuasion; Certificate in Leadership and Change
Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A. (2018).
Trained to negotiate, persuade and resolve conflicts efficiently.
Extradition Program in the North American System
Latin American Bar Association, U.S.A. (2014).
Specialist in Constitutional Procedural Law
Universidad Monteávila, Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Certificate in Management for Lawyers
Yale University, Connecticut, U.S.A. (2010)
Master's Degree in Procedural Law
Universidad de Salamanca, España (2005 – 2006)
Specialist in Criminal and Criminological Sciences
Santa Maria University, Caracas, Venezuela (2005)
Expert in International Humanitarian Law
Henry Dunant Institute, Caracas, Venezuela (2004)
Degree of Juris Doctor
Santa Maria University, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)
This study deals with the possibility of prosecution of high-ranking officials, who have been granted special immunity to hold office, in accordance with the Principle of Progressivity of Human Rights. https://bit.ly/3M44lze
Delito de blanqueo ante el fenómeno de la criptomoneda [The Crime of Money Laundering and the Cryptocurrency Phenomenon]: (2019) [The Crime of Money Laundering and the Cryptocurrency Phenomenon]: https://bit.ly/3M057gG
Attorney-at-law
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2021 – Present
Attorney-at-law
Public Prosecutor’s Office
Caracas, Venezuela
2019 - 2021
Deputy attorney-at-law
CICPC
Caracas, Venezuela
2015–2017
Legal Assistant
Specialist in Criminal Law
Santa Maria University. Caracas, Venezuela (2023)
Master Consultant Specializing in Corporate Law
Centro de Estudios Latinoamericano de las Ciencias Jurídicas (Center for Latin American Legal Sciences Studies) (CELACJ).
Caracas, Venezuela (2022)
International Certification: Leadership and Political Communication.
CANVAS Ads School. Caracas, Venezuela (2022)
Specialist in Criminal Law Criminal Law.
Universidad Latinoamericana y del Caribe. Caracas, Venezuela (2022)
Law Degree
Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho University, Monagas, Venezuela (2018).
Spanish
External consultant
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2020 – Present
External consultant
Associated Educational Institutes
Caracas, Venezuela
2015 - 2020
External Legal Counsel
Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2012- 2020
External consultant
Dubert Attorneys-at-Law
Caracas, Venezuela
2012 - 2017
Associate
DGA Lawyers
Caracas, Venezuela
2005 - 2012
Associate
León, Rodríguez, Cruz & Associates
Caracas, Venezuela
2003 - 2005
Attorney-at-law
Corporación Trébol Gas, C.A.
Caracas, Venezuela
2002 - 2003
Paralegal
Aveledo, Klemprer, Rivas, Perez, Trujillo, Sanz & Asociados
Caracas, Venezuela
2002
Paralegal
Aguilar, Machado, Sosa & Associates
Caracas, Venezuela
2000 - 2002
Paralegal
Expert in Defense of Rights and Promotion of the Duties of Children and Adolescents.
Universidad Central de Venezuela / Alcaldía de Baruta (Mayor’s Office of Baruta), Caracas, Venezuela (2018).
XIII Forum on Child and Adolescent Law.
Supreme Court of Justice, Caracas, Venezuela (2016)
Workshop on Social Benefits – Practice and Calculations adapted to the New Organic Labor Law.
Centro de Estudios de Actualización Profesional, Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Labor Updating Seminar – New Organic Labor Law
Centro de Estudios de Actualización Profesional, Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Evidentiary Techniques in the Civil Oral Proceedings
Universidad Central de Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela (2007)
Specialist in Civil Procedural Law
Universidad José María Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela (2006)
Cassation Appeal and Special Adversarial Proceedings in Agricultural Law
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (2005)
Conference on Civil Procedure Law and Evidence Gathering. Code of Civil Procedure. Legal precedents
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)
Law Degree
Santa Maria University, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)
Spanish
At VENFORT we have a team of international lawyers specializing in inheritance law.
We support our clients in the acceptance, management and processing of inheritances. Our service offers the possibility to include experts in negotiation for complex cases between co-heirs or between shareholders with assets of a decedent’s estate. The aim is to ensure the financial well-being of our clients and to protect their family assets.
"Experts in devising defensive and offensive strategies, with a high success rate in trials and dispute resolutions for private clients"
We have a team of attorneys specialized in criminal law in Spain and Venezuela with more than 20 years of experience. We have effectively led high profile trials in both countries for our clients, in the area of economic criminal law and international criminal law, in which our team of litigation attorneys and prestigious former prosecutors have stood out.
We are experts in representing victims and citizens under investigation by international courts.
Our clients include executives of financial institutions, transnational corporations and embassies.
1.- DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES:
2.- INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
3.- EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS AND EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT
4.- ARREST WARRANTS AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS BEFORE INTERPOL
5.- INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROCEEDINGS
6.- INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELING.
"Comprehensive advice and tailor-made solutions for each company"
VENFORT’s Corporate Law Department has specialists with extensive experience both in Latin America and Spain. Our close relationship with our clients has allowed us to elaborate and execute strategies focused on negotiation that allow integral solutions of high value for our clients.
In addition, we advise leading companies in the financial, energy and commodities sectors.
We are specialists in:
Of Counsel
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2018 – Present
Of Counsel
PDVSA
Caracas, Venezuela
2015 - 2017
Corporate Manager of Major Projects for the Legal Consulting Department
PDVSA
Caracas, Venezuela
2012 - 2015
Of Counsel
Tax Court
Caracas, Venezuela
2012
Alternate Judge of the Caracas Metropolitan Area Judicial District.
Supreme Court of Justice. Political-Administrative Chamber
Caracas, Venezuela
2010 - 2012
Deputy attorney-at-law
Expert on “Current Problems of Financial Law” Financial"
Complutense University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain (2003 - 2004)
Specialist in Financial Law
Andrés Bello Catholic University, Caracas, Venezuela (2002 - 2003)
Law Degree
Andrés Bello Catholic University, Caracas, Venezuela (1995 - 1999)
Spanish
English
Partner
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2015 – Present
Partner
Public Prosecutor’s Office of Caracas
Caracas, Venezuela
2012 - 2015
Prosecutor
Criminal Judicial Circuit of Caracas
Caracas, Venezuela
2001 - 2012
The Judiciary career officer
Postdoctoral Fellow in Transcomplexity Research
Red de Investigación de la Transcomplejidad (Transcomplexity Research Center), Caracas, Venezuela
Doctoral candidate in Criminal Law
Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela (2023)
Specialist in International Criminal Law.
Universidad Latinoamericana y del Caribe. Caracas, Venezuela (2022)
Expert in Prosecutorial Matters
Escuela Nacional de Fiscales (National School of Prosecutors). Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Specialist in Criminal Law
Santa Maria University. Caracas, Venezuela (2006)
Law Degree
Santa Maria University, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)
Spanish
Partner
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2019 – Present
Partner
Alan Aldana Attorneys & Associates
Caracas, Venezuela
2016 - 2019
Associate
ILOCAD
Madrid, Spain
2015 - 2016
Paralegal
Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2012 - 2015
Junior
Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2010 - 2012
Paralegal
Certification in Legaltech and the digital transformation of Law
Universidad Austral. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2023)
Expert in Corporate Legal Management
UCAB. Caracas, Venezuela (2018)
Specialist in Corporate Law
IESA. Caracas, Venezuela (2018)
Specialist in Corporate Law
Universidad de Alcalá. Madrid, Spain (2016)
Specialist in Commercial Law
Santa Maria University. Caracas, Venezuela (2014)
Law Degree
Santa Maria University. Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Spanish
Lawyer | Founding Partner
An attorney-at-law with more than 20 years of experience in Venezuela and Spain, where he litigates and advises on international criminal law (extraditions, international courts and INTERPOL) and economic criminal law.
World Compliance Association
2022 – Present
Director of the Venezuelan
Aldana Foundation
2014 – Present
Venezuela
Member of the board of directors
VENFORT by Alan Aldana & Abogados
Spain, Venezuela
2007 – Present
Managing Partner
Lawyers Ollé & Sesé
2006 - 2007
Spain
Lawyer
DGA Lawyers
2004 - 2006
Venezuela
Lawyer
Criminal Courts of Caracas (Venezuela)
2001 - 2004
Venezuela
Paralegal
Master’s Degree in Criminal Procedural Law
Madrid Bar Association (ICAM), Spain (2023)
OFAC Sanctions Certificate
Florida International Bankers Association and Florida International University, U.S.A. (2021)
Certified in the sanctions system by the U.S. Treasury Department, in order to prohibit transactions with companies or individuals sanctioned by this agency.
Expert in Economic Criminal Law
Universidad Complutense, España (2019)
Certificate in Negotiation and Persuasion; Certificate in Leadership and Change
Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A. (2018)
Trained to negotiate, persuade and resolve conflicts efficiently.
Extradition Program in the North American System
Latin American Bar Association, U.S.A. (2014)
Specialist in Constitutional Procedural Law
Universidad Monteavila, Caracas, Venezuela (2012)
Certificate in Management for Lawyers
Yale University, Connecticut, U.S.A. (2010)
Master’s Degree in Procedural Law
Universidad de Salamanca, España (2005 – 2006)
Specialist in Criminal and Criminological Sciences
Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela (2005)
Expert in International Humanitarian Law
Henry Dunant Institute, Caracas, Venezuela (2004)
Law Degree
Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)
Spanish
English
This study deals with the possibility of prosecution of high-ranking officials, who have been granted special immunity to hold office, in accordance with the Principle of Progressivity of Human Rights. https://bit.ly/3M44lze
