Arnoldo Troconis > D'Empaire > Caracas, Venezuela > Lawyer Profile
D'Empaire Offices
EDIFICIO BANCARACAS, P.H
PLAZA LA CASTELLANA
CARACAS 1060
Venezuela
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Arnoldo Troconis
Work Department
Corporate, Telecommunications, Aviation Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions
Position
Partner
Career
Arnoldo specializes in corporate law, aviation law, telecommunications law and mergers and acquisitions, representing both multinational and Venezuelan companies. Before becoming a partner at D’Empaire in 1996, Arnoldo worked as an intern at the Austin offices of Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody in 1991. He has also acted at the board of directors of Banco Republica (1995-1998) and Corporacion Digitel (2000-2006).
His representations include:
- Pirelli in the sale of its Venezuelan subsidiary
- Global Crossing in the acquisition of Impsat for US$336 million
- Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) in the sale of its shares in Corporación Digitel to Telvenco, S.A. for US$425 million
- Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Corporacion Digitel
- Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) in its purchase of the remaining minority shareholdings of Corporacion Digitel
- Associated British Foods (ABF) in its acquisition of Venezuelan assets from Burns Philp
- The Carlyle Group, as Venezuelan counsel in connection with the purchase of the Engineered Products Division of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company for US$1.4 billion
Arnoldo is currently ranked as “Band 2” by Chambers & Partners (2019 Venezuela Corporate/M&A Rankings) and described as a “respected partner [with] long-standing experience working in this field”. He has been continuously recognized as an experienced top corporate lawyer in Venezuela.
Languages
Spanish, English and Italian
Memberships
Bar Association of the Capital District, Caracas, Venezuela.
International Bar Association
Education
He received a J.D. cum laude from Universidad Catolica Andres Bello in 1988, an M.C.J. from the University of Texas in 1991 and a master’s degree from Universidad Catolica Andres Bello in tax law in 1994.
Lawyer Rankings
Venezuela > Energy and natural resources
D’Empaire is widely recognised for its oil and gas practice, which combines its knowledge and experience in the sector with its M&A and finance expertise. The firm has assisted foreign companies with energy-related projects and transactions, including advising international construction and engineering companies in connection with the execution of EPC turn-key projects. ‘Excellent advisers‘ Carlos Omaña, an expert in oil and gas projects, and Fulvio Italiani, who is experienced in major energy-related transactions, lead the team, while José Valecillos, José Humberto Frías, Arnoldo Troconis and Roberto Mas are also key names in the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Energy and natural resources
- Labour and employment
- Public law
- Tax