Background
Capriles, Gonzalo was born on December 12, 1949 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Gonzalo Capriles
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Universidad Central de Venezuela (Masters Degree, Law of Integration, 1976). Cambridge University, England (Diploma in International Law, 1979). Spoken languages: Spanish, English and Italian.
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, 1972, Venezuela.
Lecturer, Department of Integration, School of Juridical and Political Sciences, Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Lecturer on World Trade Organization, antidumping and subsidies in postgraduate courses, Universidad Central de Venezuela and Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. Legal Advisor, Internal Economic Sector, Central Bank of Venezuela.
Counsel: Superintendency of Banks. Special Advisor to the Minister of State.
President of the Institute of Foreign Trade.
Venezuelan Representative, General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, World Intellectual Property Organization, Uruguay Round, Andean Group and in the negotiations for the Free Trade Treaty of the Group of Three (Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela) and in bilateral negotiations with the United States. Drafted Bill on Unfair Practices in International Trade. Head, Venezuelan negotiating team on Intellectual Property in the Andean Group, Uruguay Round and Group of Three.
Negotiator, Bilateral Investment Treaties signed by Venezuela with Italy and The Netherlands.
Drafted, Foreign Trade Bank Bill. Consultant, Board of the Cartagena Agreement and Latin American Economic System.
Joined Bentata Hoet & Asociados, 1987. 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.
