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Education & Credentials

  • Universidad Católica Andrés Bello – Doctorate in Law
  • Universidad Católica Andrés Bello – Diploma in Strategic Influence Tools: Negotiation, Persuasion, Communication, and Leadership (2019)
  • Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) – International Management Program in Hydrocarbons (2015)
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid – Diploma of Advanced Studies in Civil Law (2004–2006)
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid – Doctoral Coursework in Law (General Program, Civil Law focus) (2003–2004)
  • EF Language Institute, Brighton, UK – Cambridge First Certificate Exam Passed (2003)

Recent Experience

  • Successfully represented an important company in the tourism sector in tort liability lawsuits.
  • He represented and secured a favorable outcome in a land recovery proceeding before the National Land Institute (INTI), involving a strategically important property. He currently advises tourism companies in real estate-related disputes, including agrarian conflicts.
  • He has represented a prominent Venezuelan company in ownership recovery and possessory claims.
  • He successfully led and resolved a multi-jurisdictional inheritance partition case.
  • He participated as lead negotiator in a high-stakes estate dispute among heirs, which was resolved through an amicable partition.
  • He is regularly consulted on matters related to inheritance partitions.
  • He has successfully handled eviction proceedings involving leased commercial properties and the termination of lease agreements.
  • He has represented leading companies in arbitration proceedings, both as claimant and respondent, including clients in the tobacco and fast-food sectors.
  • He has drafted franchise and agency agreements for successful Venezuelan entrepreneurs in the sector.

Practice Areas

  • Corporate Law
  • Public & Private Contracting
  • Litigation
  • Succession Law
  • Regulatory Law
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Civil Law

Publications

  • Analysis of a Ruling from the Perspective of Civil Law and Liberal Theory, Cuadernos UCAB, No. 21, 2023
  • Brief Reflection on the Prohibition of Combining Claims for Damages with Eviction Actions, Derecho y Sociedad, 2021
  • Validity of Agreements on the Division of Marital Property in Uncontested Divorces and Petitions for Legal Separation of Persons and Property, Revista Venezolana de Legislación y Jurisprudencia, No. 10-III, Caracas, 2018, pp. 825–835
  • Reflections on the Reasonableness of Forced Heirship in Venezuela: A Proposal to Expand Testamentary Freedom, in Homenaje a Aníbal Dominici, Ediciones Liber, 2008, pp. 323–377

Partner

Juan Enrique Croes Campbell

He leads the Litigation and Civil Law area in our firm. He advises our clients in litigation matters, arbitration, drafting of contracts and complex negotiations.

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