Background
Sarmiento-Sosa, Carlos J. was born on November 4, 1944 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Carlos J. Sarmiento-Sosa
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Universidad Central de Venezuela (Doctor of Laws). Spoken languages: Spanish and English.
Career
Worked at Bentata Hoet & Asociados (Caracas) specializing in General Commercial Practice, which includes Administrative Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Advertising and Marketing Law, Agency and Distributorship, Agricultural Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Aviation and Aerospace, Banks and Banking, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Capitalization and Equity Swaps, Civil Practice, Collections, Commodities, Communications and Media, Company Law, Computers and Software, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Consumer Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Employee Benefits, Energy, Environmental Law, Equipment Finance and Leasing, Family Law, Finance, Franchises and Franchising, Foreign Investments and Trade, Government, Government Contracts, Health Care, Immigration and Naturalization, Insolvency. Insurance, Intellectual Property, including Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and Licensing, International Law, International Trade, Investments, Labor and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Litigation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mortgages, Municipal Law, Natural Resources, Partnerships, Oil and Mining, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Property Law, Real Estate, Regulatory Law, Resorts and Leisure, Securities, Taxation, Technology and Science, Transfer of Technology, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Unfair Competition, Wills, Workers Compensation, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Venezuela.
Founding Partner, Sarmiento Nuńez, Brillembourg & Associates.
Legal Advisor to several large insurance companies in Venezuela. President, Johnson & Higgins de Venezuela (Insurance Brokers), 1989.
Participation in restructuring the National Portuguese Institute and the privatization of the Venezuelan Airline VIASA, (Venezolana Internacional de Aviación). External Advisor, Venezuelan Investment Fund (FIV) on privatization matters.
Joined Bentata Hoet & Asociados, 1993.
Author: "Arrears and Bankruptcy in Venezuelan Commercial Code" (1993). "Legal Regulations for Investing in Venezuela" (1992). "Privatization of State-Owned Companies in Venezuela" (1991).
"Scheme for the Privatization of State-Owned Companies in Venezuela," (1990).
"Lapsing and Prescription of Insurance Contracts" (1990). "The Role of the Superintendency in Insurance in the Area of Insurance" (1987);"The Venezuelan Foreign Investment Regime" (1986).
"The Fraudulent Assessment of Capital Contributions by Companies in Article 408 of the Venezuelan Penal Code Draft" (1985). "Banking Felonies," (1985).
"Legal Considerations of Factoring and Leasing" (1984).
Member: Inter-American Bar Association (IABA) (Former President, Board of Directors). Inter-American Bar Foundation (Board of Directors). World Jurist Association (President, Venezuelan Chapter).
Bar Association of Louisiana Paz, Bolivia (Honorary President).
Bentata Hoet & Asociados" parent firm was founded in 1942 and is one of the oldest and largest firms in the country. lieutenant offers a full range of legal services, and is well known for its Commercial and Intellectual Property Practice, the latter being one of the largest in Venezuela.
The scope of its client base is worldwide, with a broader base in the American continent. lieutenant presently includes 18 partners, 10 junior partners, 18 lawyers, 7 consultants, approximately 36 paralegals and a staff of over 136 administrative and support personnel.
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Membership
Member: Inter-American Bar Association (IABA) (Former President, Board of Directors). Inter-American Bar Foundation (Board of Directors). World Jurist Association (President, Venezuelan Chapter).
Bar Association of Louisiana Paz, Bolivia (Honorary President).
