Empresas Polar

Venezuela's largest private industrial conglomerate, headquartered at Centro Empresarial Polar in the Los Cortijos de Lourdes area of Caracas. Founded in 1941, Empresas Polar employs over 35,000 people and operates across food and beverages including beer, soft drinks, corn flour (Harina P.A.N.), rice, pasta, and dairy products, exporting to more than 20 countries. The legal department handles corporate governance, intellectual property and brand protection, labour and employment law across dozens of manufacturing plants, regulatory compliance, international trade and export law, antitrust matters, and M&A transactions. Empresas Polar is the most important private employer in Venezuela and a bellwether for the country's private sector legal landscape.