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Education & Credentials

  • Universidad Católica Andrés Bello – Doctorade in Law
  • University of Cambridge – Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies (2010–2011)
    Thesis: "The Law Applicable to Employment Contracts: A Teleological Interpretation of Article 8 of the Rome I Regulation"
  • Universidad Central de Venezuela – Master’s Degree in Private International and Comparative Law, with honors (2004–2006)
  • Universidad Católica Andrés Bello – Law Degree (1996–2001)

Recent Experience

  • Provided ongoing support to two leading multinational companies in the tobacco and education sectors in labor and compliance matters, so that their international HR policies are adapted to local law
  • Led the legal team advising a start-up in the technology and entertainment sector in Mexico as well as a technology hub in Venezuela
  • Provided support to a major healthcare company in a restructuring process, which involved a significant portion of its payroll and was successfully completed
  • Defended a major international freight forwarding and logistics company in contentious and litigious cases involving all of its expatriate personnel, reaching a successful resolution for the client
  • Has provided ongoing defense to leading entertainment and food companies throughout the country in numerous labor disputes before courts and administrative bodies.
  • Provided legal support to the negotiating team of an international food company in the negotiation of the collective bargaining agreement with the union
  • Provided support to several companies on the compatibility of their commercial business in Venezuela with the sanctions of the US government and the EU
  • Participated as an expert in Venezuelan law, specifically in international contracts, tort liability and labor law, in trials in Illinois and Florida in the US, and in the Tribunal Arbitral Du Sport in Switzerland.

Practice Areas

  • Labor & Employment Law
  • Corporate Law
  • International Commercial Law
  • International Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Publications

  • Article: Employees with Strong Bargaining Power in International Contracts. Yearbook of the Master’s Program in Private and Comparative International Law, No. 3. Caracas, 2021.
  • Book Chapter: The Federal Council of Venezuela. In Myth, Promise, and Reality: Federalism in the Constitution and the Venezuelan Experience. Caracas: Instituto de Estudios Parlamentarios Fermín Toro, 2021.
  • Book Chapter: Employees with Strong Bargaining Power and the Law Governing Their Contracts: No Justification for Restricting Party Autonomy. In Liber Amicorum in Honor of Professor Eugenio Hernández-Bretón. Caracas: Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 2019.
  • Article: Waiver of Venezuelan Jurisdiction in International Employment Contracts. Yearbook of the Master’s Program in Private and Comparative International Law, No. 1. Caracas, 2019.
  • Article: Venezuela’s Immunity from Execution in Foreign Debt Collection Cases. Ámbito Jurídico, Apr–Jun 2017.
  • Article: Labor Benefits in Foreign Currency. Ámbito Jurídico, Oct–Nov 2015.
  • Book Chapter: The Best Interests of the Child as a Jurisdictional Criterion. In International Family Law: Methodology for Its Study. In honor of Haydée Barrios. Bogotá: Diké, 2014.
  • Book Chapter: Doing Business with Chinese Companies: Key Legal Aspects of International Contracting. In Liber Amicorum in Honor of Professor Alfredo Morles Hernández, Vol. IV. Caracas: UCAB, 2012.
  • Book Chapter: International Employment Relations: Resolved and Unresolved Issues. In The Company and Its International Business Activities. Caracas: Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 2011.
  • Book Chapter: Special Forum for Urgent Situations. In International Civil Procedure Law. In memoriam Tatiana B. de Maekelt. Caracas: Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 2010.
  • Book: Article 43 of the Venezuelan Private International Law Act: A Puzzle Yet to Be Solved. Caracas: Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 2009.
  • Article: Proposals on Labor Arbitration. Revista Derecho del Trabajo, No. 6. Barquisimeto: Fundación Universitas, 200— (year incomplete).

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Andrés Carrasquero Stolk

He leads the area of Labor and Employment in our firm. In addition, he is an expert in Private International Law, which includes international litigation, international contracts and International Family Law.

Andrés Carrasquero Stolk

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