Project Description

Juan Domingo Alfonzo Paradisi

Managing Partner and Director

  • Public Law – Constitutional
  • Administrative Law
  • Tax Law
  • Lawyer – Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), 1987.
  • Specialization in Administrative Law – Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), 1990.
  • Master’s Degree in Advanced Studies in Public Administration – Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP), Spain, in collaboration with Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Spain), 1992. (With equivalency to Doctoral coursework). Graduated with Cum Laude honors.
  • Doctoral Courses in Administrative Law – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1992.
  • Negotiation Model Workshop – Harvard University, 2005.
  • Doctoral Coursework in Law – Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB).
  • Doctoral Candidate – Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB). Academic coursework completed in 2020.

• Spanish

Juan Domingo has extensive experience in legal advisory services in constitutional, administrative, tax, and regulatory matters. He is highly knowledgeable in advising on both foreign and domestic investments and in resolving issues on behalf of companies before state authorities, handling contracts, and representing key clients in negotiations.

In 1993, he served as a member of the Minister’s Office for Administrative Decentralization in Venezuela. From 1993 to 1996, he was an external rapporteur for the Political-Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice under Justice Dr. Cecilia Sosa Gómez. Between 1997 and 1999, he acted as an Alternate Judge at the First Administrative Court.

He has vast experience representing clients in litigation before administrative and tax courts, as well as before the Supreme Court of Justice. His expertise includes drafting legal opinions on administrative and constitutional law, preparing administrative annulment lawsuits and constitutional protection actions (amparos), and possessing exceptional skills in arbitration, including serving as an expert witness in administrative law in international arbitration cases.

Additionally, he has extensive experience in competition law (antitrust), as well as in price control matters, particularly in analyzing corporate cost structures.

Juan Domingo Alfonzo Paradisi
Juan Domingo Alfonzo Paradisi
Managing Partner and Director
Venezuela
Torres Plaz & Araujo
Avenida Francisco de Miranda,
Urbanización Campo Alegre. Torre Europa, piso 2,
municipio Chacao, Caracas 1060.
Distrito Capital Venezuela.

+58 (212) 905.02.91
jalfonzo@tpa.com.ve