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Read more about the article El caso de Men Wanzhou, la directora financiera de Huawei

The case of Huawei CFO Men Wanzhou

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  • Post published:04/25/2019
  • Post category:International Jurisdiction

In 2018, Donald Trump's administration decided to reinstate the sanctions imposed on Iran, by means of Executive Order 13,846 dated 06...

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Read more about the article Proceso de Extradición: características fundamentales para entender el alcance

Extradition Process: key features to understand the scope of the extradition process

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  • Post published:04/11/2019
  • Post category:Professional Practice

Extradition is a judicial process through which a State requests the return of a person accused of a crime who has been imprisoned in another country....

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Read more about the article Presentes en el Congreso de Derecho UCAB 2019

Present at the UCAB Law Congress 2019

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  • Post published:04/10/2019
  • Post category:Law Firm

Last April 8 and 9 we had the pleasure of attending the UCAB Law Congress. The event was held at the Law School of the Catholic University of...

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Read more about the article La lucha anticorrupción también incluye a los abogados del mundo

Anti-corruption fight also includes the world's lawyers

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  • Post published:04/04/2019
  • Post category:International Jurisdiction

Corruption is a scourge that shadows the entire world. It is defined as the abuse of entrusted power for personal use and has been catalogued as a socioeconomic phenomenon....

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Read more about the article Smart Contracts: claves de la tendencia que todo abogado debería conocer

Smart Contracts: keys to the trend that every lawyer should know about

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  • Post published:03/28/2019
  • Post category:Trends

The era of software and algorithms is a reality, not only for the world of commerce. It is beginning to become an everyday occurrence in the professional practice of many careers and...

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Read more about the article La credibilidad en el interrogatorio, un valor a construir en Derecho

Credibility in the interrogation, a value to be built in law

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  • Post published:03/21/2019
  • Post category:Professional Practice

Letting the truth be the guide for every professional action is the most honest way and the only real possibility to build credibility, especially when it comes to...

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Read more about the article La buena actuación del abogado es un valor a preservar en España
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The good performance of lawyers is a value to be preserved in Spain.

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  • Post published:03/14/2019
  • Post category:Legal training

Undertaking the study of a profession, such as law, is not only aimed at knowing the content of the laws or various doctrines, but also at knowing the...

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Read more about the article La corrupción, un flagelo que ensombrece a Latinoamérica

Corruption, a scourge that casts a shadow over Latin America

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  • Post published:03/07/2019
  • Post category:International Jurisdiction

Corruption is defined as the abuse of entrusted power for personal benefit, according to the non-governmental organization Transparency International, in charge of measuring the perception of corruption in the private sector....

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Read more about the article Cómo evitar el robo de identidad en el mundo digital
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How to avoid identity theft in the digital world

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  • Post published:02/28/2019
  • Post category:Security

Web connectivity undoubtedly offers endless benefits and optimizes countless processes that result in time savings and streamlining of activities. However,...

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Read more about the article El Blockchain, una tecnología con posibilidades para la evolución del trabajo en Derecho

Blockchain, a technology with potential for the evolution of work in law

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  • Post published:02/21/2019
  • Post category:Cryptocurrencies

Technology is introducing changes in all conceivable spheres. Thus, a procedure can be optimized and the costs previously invested can be considerably reduced, or even a professional practice can undergo modifications...

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Nelson Espinal Baez

External Consultant

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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.

Employment History

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

Academic Background

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

Areas of expertise

  • Negotiation
  • Mediation

Languages

Spanish
Español

Alfonso Juan Seva Moscat

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.

Employment History

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).

Academic Background

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)

Areas of expertise

  • Corporate law

Languages

Spanish
Español

Alfonso Juan Seva Moscat

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.

Employment History

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).

Academic Background

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

Degree of Juris Doctor Universidad Monteávila, Caracas, Venezuela (2006)
Magna Cum Laude

Areas of expertise

  • Corporate law

Languages

Spanish
English

Nelson Espinal Baez

Of Counsel

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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.

Employment History

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

Academic Background

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

Areas of expertise

  • Negotiation
  • Mediation

Languages

Spanish
English

International Successions

International successions

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.

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Economic and international criminal law

"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:

  • Tax offenses (against the tax authorities, social security, and grant fraud).
  • Fraud and other crimes against property (misappropriation and swindling).
  • Bankruptcy fraud crimes.
  • Embezzlement.
  • Money laundering.
  • Crimes against workers' rights.
  • Crimes against industrial and intellectual property.
  • Crimes against the market and consumers.
  •  Crimes against environmental law and urban planning regulations.
  •  Crimes against honor.
  • Corporate criminal liability.
  • Corporate crimes (embezzlement, abusive agreements, infringement of partners' political and social rights, accounting offenses).

2.- INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW:

  • Counseling and representation of victims and investigated parties in proceedings before the International Criminal Court (ICC).
  • Representation before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
  • Counseling and representation in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights.

3.- EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS AND EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT.

4.- ARREST WARRANTS AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS BEFORE INTERPOL.

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROCEEDINGS:

  •  Location and recovery of assets.
  •  Letters rogatory.
  •  Enforcement of judgments.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELING.

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Corporate law

"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:

  • National and international corporate structures
  • Mediation and negotiation in corporate processes
  • Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • Sale and purchase of government agency-regulated companies
  • Due diligence and legal opinions for the purchase and sale of businesses
  • Preparation and planning of corporate transactions
  • Advice for incorporation of foreign companies in Venezuela, with a particular emphasis on Foreign Investment Protection Agreements and Double Taxation Avoidance Treaties
  • Preparation of financial contracts
  • Legal audits
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Pedro Baute

External Consultant

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Employment History

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

Academic Background

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)

Areas of expertise

  • Financial law
  • Tax law
  • Administrative law
  • International corporate law

Languages

Spanish
Español

License to practice in Venezuela and Spain

Conny Arevalo

External Consultant

Employment History

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

Academic Background

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)

Areas of expertise

  • Civil procedural law
  • Family law

Language

Spanish

Emmy Vargas

Attorney-at-law

Employment History

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

Academic Background

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).

Areas of expertise

  • Criminal procedural law
  • Ordinary criminal law
  • Civil law
  • Legal assistance

Languages

Spanish

Eduardo Mora

Partner

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Employment History

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

Academic Background

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)

Areas of expertise

  • Criminal procedural law
  • International criminal law
  • Economic criminal law
  • Criminal law and compliance

Languages

Spanish

Bianca Marán

Partner

  • LinkedIn

Employment History

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

Academic Background

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)

Areas of expertise

  • Business law
  • Corporate law
  • Civil law
  • Corporate compliance
  • Negotiation

Languages

Spanish

Alan Aldana

Lawyer | Founding Partner

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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.

"Expert in devising defensive and offensive litigation strategies for private clients."

Employment History

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

Academic Background

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)

Areas of expertise

  • Criminal law
  • International criminal law
  • Government sanctions and compliance (OFAC, GLOMAG and EU)

Languages

  • Español
  • Spanish

Publications

  • Inmunidad parlamentaria en el sistema jurídico venezolano [Parliamentary Immunity in the Venezuelan Legal System]: (2017) [Parliamentary Immunity in the Venezuelan Legal System]:

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

  • Articles of the International Criminal Court:
    • La Corte Penal Internacional [The International Criminal Court]: [The International Criminal Court]: https://bit.ly/3Br77JZ
    • ¿Qué significa una investigación preliminar de la Corte Penal Internacional? [What Does a Preliminary Investigation by the International Criminal Court mean?] (2018) [What Does a Preliminary Investigation by the International Criminal Court mean?] https://bit.ly/3MrGfQp
  • Justicia transicional: un compromiso con la libertad y la equidad en los conflictos políticos y sociales: [Transitional Justice: A Commitment to Freedom and Equity in Political and Social Conflicts] (2017): [Transitional Justice: A Commitment to Freedom and Equity in Political and Social Conflicts]. https://bit.ly/42CTlQn

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

Conferences and presentations

  • Moderator of the International Seminar on Peace and Reconciliation, Balances and Perspectives for Colombia (2023). Javeriana University, Colombia.
  • Delito de blanqueo de capitales contra el fenómeno de las criptomonedas (2019) [The Crime of Money laundering against the cryptocurrency phenomenon]. Universidad Complutense, España. (2019) [The Crime of Money laundering against the cryptocurrency phenomenon]. Complutense University, Spain.
  • Blanqueo de dinero [Money Laundering] [Money Laundering]. Law Congress (2019). Andrés Bello Catholic University, Venezuela.
  • Blanqueo de dinero [Money Laundering] [Money Laundering.] International Forum: A Legal View on the Use of Money Laundering. blockchain and digital economy (2018). Venezuela.
  • Desafíos para la justicia transicional en Venezuela [Challenges for Transitional Justice in Venezuela] (2017) [Challenges for Transitional Justice in Venezuela]. Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.
  • Proceso de paz y derechos humanos en Venezuela [Peace Process and Human Rights in Venezuela] [Peace Process and Human Rights in Venezuela.] Seminar on Victims in the Peace Process in Colombia (2016). Javeriana University, Colombia.

Emmy Vargas

Attorney-at-law

Employment History

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

Academic Background

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)

Degree of Juris Doctor
Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho University, Monagas, Venezuela (2018).

Areas of expertise

  • Criminal procedural law
  • Ordinary criminal law
  • Civil law
  • Legal assistance

Languages

Spanish

Conny Arevalo

External consultant

Employment History

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

Academic Background

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)

Areas of expertise

  • Civil procedural law
  • Family law

Languages

Spanish

International successions

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.

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Economic and international criminal law

"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:

  • Tax offenses (against the tax authorities, social security, and grant fraud).
  • Fraud and other crimes against property (misappropriation and swindling).
  • Bankruptcy fraud crimes.
  • Embezzlement.
  • Money laundering
  • Crimes against workers’ rights.
  • Crimes against industrial and intellectual property.
  • Crimes against the market and consumers.
  • Crimes against environmental law and urban planning regulations.
  • Crimes against honour.
  • Corporate criminal liability.
  • Corporate crimes (embezzlement, abusive agreements, infringement of partners’ political and social rights, accounting offenses).

2.- INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

  • Counseling and representation of victims and investigated parties in proceedings before the International Criminal Court (ICC).
  • Representation before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
  • Counseling and representation in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights.

3.- EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS AND EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT

4.- ARREST WARRANTS AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS BEFORE INTERPOL

5.- INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROCEEDINGS  

  • (Location and recovery of assets, Letters rogatory, Enforcement of judgments)

6.- INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELING.

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Corporate law

"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:

  • National and international corporate structures
  • Mediation and negotiation in corporate processes
  • Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • Sale and purchase of government agency-regulated companies
  • Due diligence (and legal opinions) for the purchase and sale of businesses
  • Preparation and planning of corporate transactions
  • Advice for incorporation of foreign companies in Venezuela, with a particular emphasis on Foreign Investment Protection Agreements and Double Taxation Avoidance Treaties
  • Preparation of financial contracts
  • Legal audits
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Pedro Baute

Of Counsel

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Employment History

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

Academic Background

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)

Degree of Juris Doctor
Andrés Bello Catholic University, Caracas, Venezuela (1995 - 1999)

Areas of expertise

  • Financial law
  • Tax law
  • Administrative law
  • International corporate law

Languages

Spanish
English

LICENSE TO PRACTICE IN VENEZUELA AND SPAIN

Affiliations

Eduardo Mora

Partner

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Employment History

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

Academic Background

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)

Degree of Juris Doctor
Santa Maria University, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)

Areas of expertise

  • Criminal procedural law
  • International criminal law
  • Economic criminal law
  • Criminal law and compliance

Languages

Spanish

Affiliations

Bianca Marán

Partner

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Employment History

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 & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2012 - 2015
Junior

Alan Aldana & Abogados
Caracas, Venezuela
2010 - 2012
Legal Assistant

Academic Background

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)

Degree of Juris Doctor
Santa Maria University. Caracas, Venezuela (2012)

Areas of expertise

  • Corporate law
  • Corporate law
  • Civil law
  • Corporate compliance
  • Negotiation

Languages

Spanish

Affiliations

Alan Aldana

Lawyer | Founding Partner

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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.

“Expert in devising defensive and offensive litigation strategies for private clients”

Employment History

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
Legal Assistant

Academic Background

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)

Degree of Juris Doctor
Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)

Areas of expertise

  • Criminal law
  • International criminal law
  • Government sanctions and compliance (OFAC, GLOMAG and EU)

Languages

Spanish
English

PUBLICATIONS

  • Inmunidad parlamentaria en el sistema jurídico venezolano [Parliamentary Immunity in the Venezuelan Legal System]: (2017)

 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

  • Articles of the International Criminal Court:
    • La Corte Penal Internacional [The International Criminal Court]:: https://bit.ly/3Br77JZ

    • ¿Qué significa una investigación preliminar de la Corte Penal Internacional? [What Does a Preliminary Investigation by the International Criminal Court mean?] (2018) https://bit.ly/3MrGfQp
  • Justicia transicional: un compromiso con la libertad y la equidad en los conflictos políticos y sociales: [Transitional Justice: A Commitment to Freedom and Equity in Political and Social Conflicts] (2017): https://bit.ly/42CTlQn
  • Delito de blanqueo ante el fenómeno de la criptomoneda [The Crime of Money Laundering and the Cryptocurrency Phenomenon]: (2019): https://bit.ly/3M057gG

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

  • Moderator of the International Seminar on Peace and Reconciliation, Balances and Perspectives for Colombia (2023). Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.
  • Delito de blanqueo de capitales contra el fenómeno de las criptomonedas (2019) [The Crime of Money laundering against the cryptocurrency phenomenon]. Universidad Complutense, España. (2019). Complutense University, Spain.
  • Blanqueo de dinero [Money Laundering]. Law Congress (2019). Andrés Bello Catholic University, Venezuela.
  • Blanqueo de dinero [Money Laundering]. International Forum: A legal view on the use of blockchain and digital economy (2018). Venezuela.
  • Desafíos para la justicia transicional en Venezuela [Challenges for Transitional Justice in Venezuela] (2017). Javeriana University, Colombia.
  • Proceso de paz y derechos humanos en Venezuela [Peace Process and Human Rights in Venezuela]. Seminario sobre Víctimas en el Proceso de Paz en Colombia (2016). Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.

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