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Education & Credentials

  • Diploma in Strategic Influence Tools – UCAB/CIC (2019)
  • Diploma in International Tax Law – UCAB/AVDT (2018)
  • Advanced Management Program (PAG) – Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) (2016)
  • Master’s Degree in Telecommunications and Information Technology Law – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2003)
  • Law Degree – Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (2002)

Recent Experience

  • Designed and is in the implementation phase of an offshore structure that will allow trading Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs), as well as other associated activities.
  • Leads a project to launch a Private Investment Fund to execute acquisitions in strategic sectors within Venezuela.
  • Successfully organized a structure to collaboratively raise capital through crowdfunding.
  • Served as Chief counsel on behalf of the buyer in the acquisition of the Venezuelan division of a Swiss international logistics transportation transnational..
  • Acted as angel investor in the event Hackatón Caracas 2019, in the area of Blockchain technologies.
  • He has been called as an expert in Venezuelan corporate law before the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America.
  • Currently advises a well-known national chain in the entertainment sector, in the structuring of financing alternatives through the capital market.
  • He advises a Mexican startup project in the design and capital raising phases during its seed phase. Successfully completing the Family & Friends and seed investment phases through contributions from angel investors.
  • Hand in hand with several investors in Blockchain technology, including a major online platform dedicated to digital asset transactions.
  • Designed and carried out the effective transfer of a set of shareholding packages in a renowned Venezuelan company.
  • He has recently advised the leading Venezuelan software wholesaler in negotiations with its parent company on the application to its software licenses of the regulations of the exchange control regime in Venezuela.
  • He is a senior advisor to one of the main national chains in the food sector.
  • Led the corporate reorganization of prominent local investors, through the creation of a strategic investment pool.
  • Represented a major group of companies in the successful completion of a forward sale of company assets, which consisted, in part, of a significant stake in a health care institution.
  • Advised and planned for a leading international Danish logistics company in the sale of its entire Venezuelan assets to its local management team -Management Buy Out “MBO”-.
  • Leads a major international financial company in all matters related to its shareholders and the commercial framework to be implemented within Venezuela and, with respect to its contracting relationships with third parties.
  • Advises a major multinational brokerage and investment advisory firm in connection with its shareholder and third party commercial contracting.
  • Led a multinational conglomerate of construction companies, with presence in more than 10 countries, in all matters related to bids, shareholders, consortium members and commercial structure, both domestically and internationally.
  • He currently serves as liquidator for a leading Brazilian transnational company in the digital content market for its Venezuelan subsidiary.
  • He has served as liquidator of collective investment institutions and their fund management companies, regulated by the National Securities Superintendency, as well as of commercial companies governed by other laws.

Practice Areas

  • Corporate Law
  • Public & Private Contracting
  • Project Financing
  • Foreign Investment Advisory
  • Family, Corporate and Wealth Organization
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
  • Family & Corporate Mediation
  • Mediation & Negotiation

Publications

Partner

Juan Andrés Suárez Otaola

With a solid background in the legal field, Juan Andrés Suárez Otaola stands out for his comprehensive approach to corporate, commercial, corporate and business law.


His practice focuses on providing strategic advice to both national and foreign investments, covering key areas such as the exchange control regime, startups, consortia and joint ventures, franchising, dispute management and alternative dispute resolution, as well as in connection with sanctions imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States of America (OFAC).

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