DE SOLA PATE & BROWN
Abogados - Consultores
Torre Domus, Piso 16.
Av. Abraham Lincoln
Sabana Grande
Caracas, Venezuela
, Caracas, Venezuela
58-212-7939898
info@desolapate.comDe Sola Pate & Brown is a general practice, business law firm based in Caracas, Venezuela, the origins of which date back to 1944. Its unique and qualified team of attorneys and counselors offer clients an array of globalized legal services to help promote efficient and successful business ventures in Venezuela and its neighboring countries. De Sola Pate & Brown is an active member of a number of professional associations in Venezuela, Latin America, the United States, Europe and Asia, including two international legal networks with member firms in over seventy countries: the International Business Law Consortium and the L2B Aviation Group. Accordingly, De Sola Pate & Brown is one of the leading firms in Venezuela engaged in international business and cross-border transactions, having built a strong reputation after more than sixty years of experience in rendering personalized professional, ethical and cost-efficient legal services.
Name: Mr. Arturo De Sola
Partner
Education:
Arturo received his law degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (1968) and has a Masters of Comparative Law degree from New York University School of Law (1971).
Specialization:
Litigation before all Venezuelan courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution, and in the areas of commercial and corporate law, intellectual property, banking, maritime, and real estate
Experience:
Head of the Litigation Group at De Sola Pate & Brown since 1981
He also practices in the Corporate and Business Law Group, and he is currently the managing partner of the firm
Prior to the founding of De Sola Pate & Brown, he was associated with René De Sola y Asociados, and before that with Battle, Fowler, Stokes & Keel in New York City (1969-1970). In addition, he was an Adjunct Judge of the First and Eighth Civil and Mercantile Superior Courts of Caracas, and he was an Alternate Member of the Securities Exchange Commission.
Professional Affiliations:
Active member of the Bars of Venezuela and of the Capital District of Caracas (of which he was President of the Disciplinary Court from 1994 to1996), and of the Inter-American Bar Association (of which he was President during 2001-2002 and continues to serve as a Counselor for Venezuela). Among his other professional associations are the Venezuelan Association of Industrial Property Agents, COVAPI (of which he was President from 1989-1991), the American Bar Association, the Inter-American Intellectual Property Association (ASIPI), the Advisory Committee of the Tulane Latin American Law Institute, and the Caracas Chamber of Commerce.
Publications and Speeches:
Arturo has presented a number of papers and speeches in his areas of expertise including the following: "Legal Responsibility of Engineers" and "Unfair Competition in the Venezuelan Legal Framework." More recently, he delivered speeches titled "Inseguridad JurÃdica o Muerte del Estado de Derecho" (“Legal Uncertainty or Death of the Rule of Lawâ€) and "Legislación Venezolana de Petróleo y Gas, y los Presentes DesafÃos para la Inversión Extranjera" (“Venezuelan Petroleum and Gas Legislation, and the Current Challenges for Foreign Investorsâ€).
Languages:
Spanish, English and French
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