Oswaldo Anzola

Professional Experience

Oswaldo Anzola is a Partner at Romen, with more than 53 years of professional experience. His practice focuses on tax and corporate law, advising domestic and foreign companies in the oil and gas, banking, insurance, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and construction sectors.

His professional practice specifically includes national, state, and municipal taxation, tax and estate planning, double taxation treaties, the preparation and filing of administrative and tax litigation appeals against assessments and other acts issued by national, state, and municipal tax authorities, contracts, foreign exchange controls, and currency markets, among other areas. He has advised foreign oil companies in various association agreements for operations in Venezuela. He has also participated in capital market transactions, including asset securitizations and the issuance and placement of bonds and shares.

Education

• Law Degree, Andrés Bello Catholic University (1967), Cum Laude.
• Completed the Instruction Program for Lawyers offered by Complutense University of Madrid and Harvard Law School (1984).

Activities

• Former professor of various tax law-related subjects (Tax Legislation, Income Tax, and Financial Law) at Andrés Bello Catholic University (Caracas) and the Central University of Venezuela, in both undergraduate and graduate programs.
• Former member of the Evaluation and Judicial Appointment Committee for Admission and Tenure in the Judiciary at the Supreme Court of Justice (2001).
• Founding member of the Venezuelan Tax Law Association.
• Former member of the International Fiscal Association through the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce.
• Member of the International Bar Association.
• Member of the Foreign Lawyers Forum (American Bar Association), serving as Venezuela Reporter for Tax Matters.
• Member of the Tax Committee of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce.
• Speaker at the seminar “Management Update on the New Organic Tax Code” organized by the Venezuelan Association of Executives (2001).
• Speaker at the seminar “Tax Offenses and Sanctions” (2001).
• Former Head of the Doctrine Department at the General Income Tax Administration.
• Member of the Bar Association of the Capital District (1967).
• Honorary Member of the Bar Association of the Republic of Panama.
• Active Member of the Bolivarian Society of Panama.

Publications

Author of various articles published in the Public Law Review and the Tax Law Review. He has also published several articles on oil and gas matters through FUNEDA. His work Legal and Tax Regime Applicable to Private Participation in Projects for the Extraction, Processing, Transportation, and Commercialization of Extra-Heavy Crude Oil in the Orinoco Oil Belt was published in Petroguía Review (2011).

Recognitions and Certifications

• Recognition awarded by the Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Monteávila University, Andrés Bello Catholic University, the Venezuelan Tax Law Association, and the Juan Manuel Cajigal Civil Association during the 6th Aníbal Dominici Conference.
• Certificate awarded by the National Integrated Service for Customs and Tax Administration (SENIAT) for participating as a speaker at the 6th Tax Forum, “Impact of Tax Reforms for the 21st Century.”
• Certificate awarded by PDVSA Gas for participation in the seminar “Gas Business and Contracts.”
• Diploma awarded by Andrés Bello Catholic University in recognition of 30 years of service as a professor at the institution.
• Recognition as an Honorary Member of the Venezuelan Association of Financial Law.
• Recognition awarded by the Association of Public Accountants of Carabobo State for his work as a speaker in 2009.
• Recognitions awarded by the graduating classes of Public Accountants at Andrés Bello Catholic University (1974, 1976, 1979, and 1981) in recognition of his merits as an educator.
• Honorary Sponsor of the Public Accounting graduating classes of Andrés Bello Catholic University (1978 and 1980).
• Eponym of the Public Accounting graduating class of Andrés Bello Catholic University (1977).