Gloria Alvarado

Spanish and English

Professional Experience:

Gloria Maria is the founding partner of Alvarado y Asociados.She has held positions in private practice in the areas of corporate and financial law, serving as a representative and foreign associate of the firms “Bentata Hoet & Associates”, “Steel Hector and Davis” and “Pennie & Edmonds”. She also worked in the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, she is a member of the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan bar association.

Higher Education:

• Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Bachelor of Laws Degree (J.D. equivalent), Venezuela 1979;
• Georgetown University, Introduction to the United States Legal System, USA; 1980
• Harvard University, Master LL.M of Laws, USA 1981.

Legal Practice: 

• Corporate and Mercantile Law
• Banking and Finance Law
• Due Diligence, Merger and Acquisitions
• Foreign Investments and International Transactions
• Copyrights Law and Industrial Property
• Administrative, Telecommunications and Natural Resources Law
• Private and Public Bid Process
• Advice on Franchise and Joint Venture Agreements