PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.)

Venezuela's state-owned petroleum corporation and the backbone of the national economy, headquartered at the Complejo PDVSA in the La Campiña district of Caracas. PDVSA is one of the largest oil companies in the world by proven reserves, operating across exploration, production, refining, transportation, and marketing of hydrocarbons. The legal department manages oil and gas concession agreements, joint venture contracts with international energy majors, international arbitration at ICSID and ICC, sanctions compliance, environmental regulation, sovereign immunity questions, and the complex intersection of Venezuelan hydrocarbons law and international energy law. PDVSA legal roles are among the most consequential in Latin American energy law.