Reinaldo Hellmund

Partner

Areas of Expertise

  • Oil & Gas
  • Project Financing
  • Corporate Law
  • Foreign Investment
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Banking Law

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Professional experience

Reinaldo Hellmund is a Partner at Romen, with + 39 years of professional experience, his practice focus on the corporate area, where he advises national and foreign companies in oil, gas, banking, insurance, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and construction activities. 

He has actively participated in financing transactions for oil and gas projects; advice to national and international financial institutions for different infrastructure projects in Venezuela, related to the oil, gas, petrochemical, construction, among others; company acquisition and merger transactions; legal representation of international oil companies in association contracts for the exploitation of extra-heavy oil, gas, oil pipelines, gas pipelines, operating service contracts for the reactivation of marginal fields; legal representation of multiple international financial institutions in loan contracts, capital market operations, project finance; advice for the acquisition of financial institutions, food industries, among others; advice on different oil projects for exploitation of extra-heavy oil, oil pipelines, gas pipelines; advice on different joint venture oil projects. He has been an advisor to foreign oil companies in different association agreements for operations in Venezuela. He has participated in transactions in the capital market, such as asset securitization, issuance and placement of debentures and shares.

Education

J.D. from Andrés Bello Catholic University (1983).

Activities

Bar Association of the Capital District (1983)

Publications

  • Project Finance in Venezuela. Getting the Deal Through, 2012, 2014, 2015.
  • International Banking Law and Regulation – Venezuelan Chapter. Center for International Legal Studies, 2014.
  • Legal and Tax Regime applicable to private participation in extra-heavy crude extraction, processing, transportation and marketing projects in the Orinoco Oil Belt, Petroguía Magazine 2011.