D'Empaire continues to demonstrate notable strength in the oil and gas sector, regularly assisting international clients with intricate matters tied to PDVSA joint venture operations. This includes support on regulatory compliance, procurement frameworks, and negotiating oil off-take agreements. In addition, the team provides guidance on infrastructure developments for petrochemical businesses. The firm is also active in the mining sector. Fulvio Italiani brings extensive experience in transactional matters within the energy industry, while Carlos Omaña remains a regular adviser on large-scale oil and gas initiatives.

Dentons remains a key player in Venezuela’s energy legal market, with particular strength in oil and gas mandates. The firm regularly assists major international clients with project structuring and restructuring, regulatory frameworks, and the legal aspects of divestments. Its work is often shaped by the evolving landscape of foreign sanctions, an area in which the team has developed notable expertise. Sergio Casinelli advises on cross-border energy transactions and regulatory issues, particularly in the oil, gas and mining industries, including projects involving strategic minerals. Natalija Vojvodic frequently guides clients through the formation of new joint ventures in the oil sector, while Daniela Jaimes handles regulatory mandates for companies across the hydrocarbons value chain. Banking and finance specialist Rubén Eduardo Luján and public law expert Luis Ernesto Andueza also contribute to the firm’s comprehensive offering.

InterJuris Abogados routinely assists clients in the energy sector with the changing sanctions imposed on Venezuela, in addition to providing strategic advice in corporate matters, and conducting contract negotiations and drafting. Gabriela Rachadell de Delgado handles significant energy transactions, including advising on heavy oil projects. Other key members of the team are Juan José Delgado, who advises local and multinational companies, Luis Ortiz Álvarez, an energy law specialist, Adriana Lezcano, who specialises in the oil and gas, power and mining sectors, and Manuel Pulido.

Lega is a reference in the market for its work with mining, and oil and gas clients, advising on the development and execution of joint venture oil projects, and exploration of metallic and non-metallic materials. The team advises financial institutions and private investors on oil and gas, mining, and renewable energy projects. Miguel Rivero is a key advisor for the structuring of complex funding mechanisms, allowing the government to obtain funding backed by income generated by mining, oil and by-product exportation. José Alberto Ramírez is well versed in advising oil and gas clients, while Carlos García Soto handles regulatory risks.

The energy and natural resources team at Mendoza, Palacios, Acedo, Borjas, Paez Pumar & Cia. focuses on advising on international sanctions, contracts with public entities, and acquisitions. The team is led by Esteban Palacios Lozada, who frequently assists private sector contractors, Diego Lepervanche, who advises on the interaction between international sanctions and Venezuelan law, and Luisa Lepervanche, who also deals with international sanctions matters, as well as exchange control regulations. Other key members of the team are Manuel Acedo Sucre, who handles oil-related project financing, Luisa Acedo and Juan Castillo Carvajal, a specialist in local and foreign tax issues for oil and gas companies.

Baker McKenzie operates across the energy sector, providing regulatory advice to key international and domestic players in the field. At the helm of the practice is María Eugenia Salazar-Furiati, who handles contract negotiations between private companies and Venezuela’s national oil company. Another notable figure is Eugenio Hernández-Bretón, who has specialist expertise in the oil and gas sector. Other key members of the team include senior associate Héctor Martínez and newly promoted partner Jesús Villegas.

LEC Abogados has a dedicated oil, gas and energy department which advises large private oil operators, both local and multinational, and service provider companies. Practice head Juan Carlos Andrade has experience throughout the hydrocarbons industry, and advises on complex transactional, contractual and regulatory issues, including the divestment of shares, joint ventures, company establishments, and compliance with local regulations and international sanctions. Associates Arturo Jáuregui and Ivanna Blanco Mendoza departed the firm in 2024.

Palacios, Torres & Korody advises on financial, taxation, regulatory, and operational matters for energy sector clients, and specialises in advising mixed-capital companies. The team is co-headed by Juan Korody, who counsels transnational oil companies, and Carlos Plaza, who focuses on energy-related corporate issues and the mining sector. Junior partner Daniel Betancourt manages regulatory compliance work for oil and gas and mining clients. Other key members of the team are associates Virginia Guillén, Erika Cornilliac and Andreína González.

Alvarez Loscher Legal advises a range of oil and gas, chemical, and petrochemical companies, assisting them in risk mitigation and capitalising on the reopening of investments in Venezuela. Practice head Rafael E. Álvarez Loscher works with multinational corporations, financial institutions, and industrial groups across Venezuela and Latin America. Working alongside him is associate Sttephany Torres, who focuses on corporate restructuring, investment structuring, and financial transactions for energy, and oil and gas companies.

Torres, Plaz & Araujo works with clients across the energy industry, with a focus on advising petrochemical, power generation and transmission, and construction companies. The team specialises in the negotiation of new or expanding oil, gas, and petrochemical ventures and projects. The team is lead by Juan Carlos Garantón-Blanco, who advises energy companies on tax and commercial law, and consultants Valentina Cabrera Medina, who assists companies with the structuring of businesses in Venezuela, and Federico Araujo Medina.

Acting for major oil service contractors, Travieso Evans Arria Rengel & Paz handles regulatory issues, contracts, and labour and tax matters. The team is led by Simón Guevara Camacho, who assists national and multinational companies in the field. Also among the notable names in the practice are Eduardo Travieso, an expert in energy and mining laws, and Daniela Del Vecchio, who has extensive experience in corporate and oil and gas law, managing M&A and exchange control matters.