Project Description

Valentina Cabrera Medina

Partner and Director

  • Corporate
  • Energy and Tax
  • Speaker and moderator at international congresses organized by the International Fiscal Association (IFA) (Rio de Janeiro 2024, Paraguay 2025) and the International Bar Association (IBA), Lisbon 2024.
  • Diploma in Hydrocarbons, Universidad Monteávila, Caracas, Venezuela, 2007.
  • Courses on International Energy Law, Contracts, and Negotiations – Midstream Issues and Agreements, offered by the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (now AIEN), Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, and the Institute for Energy Law, 2004.
  • Postgraduate degree in Financial Law, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), 2002.
  • Courses on International Energy Law, Contracts, and Negotiations – Upstream Issues and Agreements, AIEN, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, and the Institute for Energy Law, 2001.
  • Cum Laude Law Degree, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), 1997.

• Spanish
• English

Legal, corporate, and tax advisory to national and multinational companies in the food and beverage sectors, including general advice on tax, exchange control, contractual matters, and investment protection.

Advisory and participation in negotiations with national and municipal authorities regarding the assessment, payment, and litigation of all Venezuelan taxes.

Structuring of financing for oil and gas operations, including legal, tax, and contractual advisory for negotiating Production Sharing Agreements (CPP), joint ventures, and gas licenses.

Full legal and tax advice for offshore drilling activities, including customs matters, vessel leasing contract structuring, service providers and subcontractors agreements, and expatriate management.

Legal and tax structuring and restructuring of international companies entering or exiting Venezuela to protect and optimize investments, in sectors such as energy, agribusiness, public works, basic and intermediate industries, financial services, and commerce, always considering and applying Double Taxation Treaties, Bilateral Investment Treaties, and Free Trade Agreements.

Counsel and support to claimants and respondents in international arbitration, including assistance to experts in ICC commercial arbitrations, and participation as a witness in international arbitrations involving disputes arising from the construction and maintenance of industrial plants and oil services contracts.

Valentina Cabrera Medina
Valentina Cabrera Medina
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) 905.02.42
vcabrera@tpa.com.ve​