Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque

Centro San Ignacio, Torre Kepler
Av Blandín, La Castellana
Caracas 1060
Venezuela
Tel: +58 212 201 8611
Fax: +58 212 263 77 44

www.hpcd.com

International mailing address:
CCS 13031
PO Box 025323
Miami, Florida 33102-5323
USA
Tel: +58 212 201 8611
Fax: +58 212 263 77 44

Fernando Peláez-Pier
fpelaez@hpcd.com

www.hpcd.com

Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque traces its origins to 1942 and is one of the oldest and largest firms in Venezuela. It offers a full range of legal services, and is well-known for its commercial an intellectual property practice.The scope of its client base is worldwide, with a broader base in the American continent. It serves many of Venezuela's top-of-line private companies and public corporations along with a large number of foreign companies and financial institutions doing business in the country.
The professional services rendered by the firm cover the following main areas of practice: contracts, mergers and acquisitions; energy, natural resources, utilities and public services; telecommunications, information technology and e-commerce; trade, investments, finance and competition, taxation; labour, employment and employee benefits; litigation and ADR.
The firm also has specialists to provide services on: insurance, which covers maritime, aviation and multimodal insurance; environmental law; entertainment; real estate; transportation (aviation and maritime); consumer protection; registries and notaries; tourism; and immigration. Throughout the years HPCD has represented clients in major mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; in project financing for public and private projects and large contract negotiations with public and private corporations.
HPCD continues to be a leader within intellectual property practices in Latin America, focusing on patents, trademarks, models, designs and geographical indications; copyrights and related rights; domain names; licensing, franchising and merchandising; and unfair competition, being one of the largests in IP practices in Venezuela.
Most of its fee earners, including its partners, speak English and some speak French and Italian. A large number have studied abroad and have an international perspective on business, which allows the firm to provide global counseling of quality and reliability, both to our local and international clients.