Mendoza Palacios Acedo Borjas Páez Pumar & Cía is slightly smaller than much of the competition. Nevertheless, peers note that it has some "excellent attorneys" and cite the Acedo brothers, Manuel and Carlos Eduardo, as examples of the firm's finest....
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Mendoza Palacios Acedo Borjas Páez Pumar & Cía is slightly smaller than much of the competition. Nevertheless, peers note that it has some "excellent attorneys" and cite the Acedo brothers, Manuel and Carlos Eduardo, as examples of the firm's finest.
One client also praises leading lawyer Carlos Eduardo Acedo Sucre. "He's very responsive and quite knowledgeable - very practical in his advice," he says. "It's been a pleasure working with him. At the end of 2010, Carlos Acedo helped with the Venezuelan issues of MetLife's acquisition of American Life Insurance Company (ALICO) from American International Group (AIG). The firm also advised Consorcio Euro-Bras Guri with a contractual issue regarding the rehabilitation of the Guri Hydropower Plant.
Additionally, the firm is assisting bank lenders regarding the recent nationalisation of Fertilizantes Nitrogenados de Venezuela (Fertinitro), a fertilisation company. The firm assisted bank lenders with its original $810 million capitalisation back in 1998, and have continued advising them throughout its operation.
"Clearly a leading law firm, if not the leading law firm in Venezuela," says one client. "They have the depth of knowledge in the different areas we require for a corporate project."
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