Abstract
This chapter focuses on Venezuelan corporate lawyers during the period 1994–2014, a time in which the country experienced abrupt changes in its political orientation and economic policies. Venezuela has lived through several ups and downs intertwined with the rise, development and growth of the energy sector. As a result, a great capacity to improvise, to adapt to new challenges and also the skills to interact with a politically unstable situation have accompanied Venezuelan business lawyers since the opening of the first law firms in the nineteenth century. Their successors are just putting into practice their seemingly inherited adaptability and skills to navigate in choppy waters, but have also evolved and undergone important transformations influenced by their interaction with foreign lawyers, multinational clients and the overall impact of globalization. This chapter describes how Venezuelan law firms have adapted, and even adopted some features typically present in global law firms, but at the same time have also managed to keep their own identity.
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The firm was originally known as Gil, Vargas & Torres.
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All four partners were international, which means that they have participation in the revenues of all offices of the firm.
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Includes eight international partners, and five local partners.
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Includes 11 international partners, and 7 local partners.
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Argentina topped the list as a result of the multiple of claims filed against it by disgruntled investors affected by the economic collapse of 2001.
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Gómez, M., Pérez-Perdomo, R. (2018). Big Law in Venezuela: From Globalization to Revolution. In: Gómez, M., Pérez-Perdomo, R. (eds) Big Law in Latin America and Spain. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65403-4_10
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