PDGR Abogados

Litigations

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Currently we are representing most of our clients in judicial situations before labor, civil, commercial and tax courts mainly in Caracas , Barcelona and El Tigre. We have a very good experience in this area.

Foreign Investment

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We provide advise to our clients regarding registration of foreign investments, technical assistance and transfer of technology agreements before the corresponding authorities in order to protect the investment and make possible the payment to foreign entities.

Land Law and Conveyance

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This is a very strong area of our practice. We provide assistance in this area to most of the operator in the eastern area of the country. As a reference we will mention some activities where we have participated:

We undertook Physical and Juridical Cadastre studies in the San Carlos Area, Cojedes and Portuguesa States , with a study area of 1771 Km2.

We have worked in the Permit Process, appraisal by appropriation, follow-up, administration, documentation and supervision of the 2D Seismic Project of the San Carlos Area, Cojedes and Portuguesa States , year 1997-98.

Providing and administration of supervising personnel and property analysts for the Caracas-Charallave-Altagracia Gas Pipeline Project, years 1996-97.

We provided Technical and Legal advise for the Laying of the High Voltage Electric Line Project of La Horqueta to San Juan de los Morros, Cabudare, Lara to Punto Fijo, year 1998.

We also provided legal and technical advise in the operation of the Oritupano-Leona fields, which included specialized personnel, 1998-1999.

We undertook Physical and Juridical Cadastre studies in the Kaki and Maulpa Areas, Anzoátegui State , Years 1998-1999-2000. Responsible for the administration of property analysis personnel for the Juridical and Technical Consulting Office in the operation of the Oritupano-Leona, Mata and Acema fields.

We provided advise for Technical-Juridical Appraisals due to property appropriation for activities undertaken in the Kaki and Maulpa Areas, Anzoátegui State .

We actively participate in the constitution of hydrocarbon easements, convened and judicial, for different operating companies in several areas of the country.

We participate in the procedures and execution of expropriation decrees for the occupation of lands to be used for oil activities.

Our firm has a multidisciplinary support team for undertaking plane surveys (with precision GPS equipment), physical and juridical cadastres, preparation of appraisals, among other activities.

Environmental Law

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As part of the activities required for the operation of oil and gas companies, we provide support on the process to obtain permits as well as handling administrative procedure before the environmental authorities. The experience of our attorneys include:

Participation in the procedures for administrative processes related to environmental laws.

Advise on environmental regulation for coal mine exploration projects in Zulia State.

Participation in attaining permits required for different hydrocarbon projects (perforation, pipe laying, construction and operation of gas compressing plants, etc.)

Tax and Customs Law

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As part of the day to day activities of our clients we provide advise on tax planning from the national and municipal point of view. Taking into account the relevance of this issue and the manner it affect the income of the company we consider it as one of the most sensitive. At this respect we have specialized lawyers in this areas. From the Municipal Tax point of view we have the knowledge and experience in handling cases in most of the municipalities where the oil and gas industry performs activities in the central and eastern area of the country.

Employment or Labor Law

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Due to the current economical situation of the country, every day the number of claims and law suit initiated by employees and workers increase. As part of our support we provide advise in the employment law area. In the same manner we assist our client in judicial claims. At this respect we participated in the Negotiation of the Collective Labor Agreement for PDVSA and Its affiliates in 1989.

General Contract Law

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Within the activities we perform for our clients we assist them in the negotiation and drafting of contract of different nature, such as service and work contracts, lease contracts, drilling, compression, seismic, and in general most of the contracts required for the regular activities of oil and gas companies. In some cases we also participate as members of the bidding committees of our clients. Also while working in PDVSA and its affiliates, our attorneys actively participated as members of bidding committees in such companies.

Oil and Gas Projects

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As you will notice on this presentation, the activities of our firm are directed in a very high percentage to the support in different areas to oil and gas private operators in Venezuela . The members of PDGR Abogados , have an extensive professional experience in the oil and natural gas sectors. As reference, we will mention that our attorneys have participated in the following professional activities:

We have been Corporate Legal Advisors for contracting, negotiating, purchasing and leasing of instruments and other equipment required for projects of oil and gas drilling.This includes Legal Supervision of territorial intervention and appropriation for the execution of Seismic Programs, laying of gas and oil pipelines for the Management of the Districts of Anaco, San Tome, Northern Monagas , and in different projects for the refineries of El Palito and Puerto La Cruz.

We participated in the negotiations for the purchase, construction and implementation of the necessary equipment and instruments for the projects which correspond to the “High Pressure Gas Injection Plant I and II” (PIGAP I and II, for its initials in Spanish), and the “Monagas High Pressure Water Injection Plant” (PIAMO, for its initials in Spanish) in northern Monagas.

We have rendered our legal advise to a Strategic Associations for the exploitation, industrialization and commercialization of Free Natural Gas located in off-shore beds.

We have participated in the analysis of business structure, juridical feasibility and wording of association contracts for the exploration at risk and exploitation under the scheme of shared profits for PDVSA.

We participated as well in the negotiation process for licenses for the New Eastern Refinery of PDVSA Project.

We provided legal advise to different companies for their business structure for different Operative Agreements under first, second and third round of operating agreements in Venezuela.

We analyzed the business structures and negotiated participation in various Association Contracts for the exploitation, exploration and improvement of Extra Heavy Oil in the Orinoco Oil Belt.

We provide legal assistance to companies exploiting gas under licenses granted by Venezuelan Government.

We participated in the negotiations and writing of contracts for the “LANA 36” Project. (Laying of Gas Pipes).

We also provided our legal advise in different areas in the Quiriquire-Jusepín Gas Pipeline Project, Monagas State (which corresponds to 52 Km of pipe).

As inhouse lawyers for PDVSA and its affiliates, many of our attorneys have experience regarding the decision making process in PDVSA and the operation in the oil and gas activities.

We have worked on legal aspects related to the Infrastructure of the Oil Industry, particularly those related to the regime of its Territorial Regulations and the Environment.

We have participated in the drawing up of projects of Oil, Mines and Electricity Laws, presented during the 1996-1998 period. We have undertaken studies related to legal aspects of the installation of pipelines for transporting oil and gas.

Likewise, we have undertaken legal studies on the Law of Gas Hydrocarbons, on matters related to tax obligations (Income Tax, Double Taxing, Value Added Tax, Municipal Taxes), easements, permits for the installation of distribution networks, right to free access, juridical nature of pipelines, among other aspects.