Roland Pettersson > D'Empaire > Caracas, Venezuela > Lawyer Profile
D'Empaire Offices
EDIFICIO BANCARACAS, P.H
PLAZA LA CASTELLANA
CARACAS 1060
Venezuela
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Roland Pettersson
Work Department
Corporate Finance, Financing Transactions, Insolvency and Debt Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Oil and Gas
Position
Partner
Career
He focuses on Corporate Finance, Financing Transactions, Insolvency and Debt Restructuring, M&A and Oil & Gas. His rrelevant experience includes:
- Advising a multinational investment bank in complex structured financing transactions with a State-owned company
- Advising a multinational investment bank in bullion swap derivatives transactions with a central bank
- Advising investment funds in distressed trades under LSTA
- Advising and serving as lead counsel to multiple upstream service providers in commercial debt securitization transactions with a national oil company
- Advising multinational upstream service providers in different structured financing deals for Venezuela’s oil joint ventures
- Advising multinational upstream service providers in project financing deals involving incremental oil production
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Bar Association of the Capital District, Caracas, Venezuela.
Roland is currently the only Venezuelan member at the International Insolvency Institute and INSOL International.
Education
He holds a law degree from the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (2006), a Diploma in Finance from the University of California – Berkeley (International Diploma Program, Extension), and a postgraduate degree in International Business from the Universidad Metropolitana. Roland also holds a certificate of the Mediating Disputes Program at Harvard Negotiation Institute.
Lawyer Rankings
Venezuela > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)D’Empaire‘s banking, finance and restructuring team is instructed by international and domestic financial institutions to represent them in complex financial transactions and regulatory matters. One of the firm’s standout recent highlights involved advising Meta on the application of legal and regulatory regimes in Venezuela in connection with its provision of non-fungible tokens (NFT) services; Roberto Mas and Daniel Bustos led the work. Carlos Omaña, who is focused on Venezuelan sovereign and quasi-sovereign international financings, leads the practice with Fulvio Italiani, whose areas of expertise include finance, restructuring, energy and sovereign debt. Roland Pettersson is experienced in insolvency and debt restructuring, and is noteworthy for being the only Venezuelan member of the International Insolvency Institute and INSOL International. Associate Miguel Zajía is a name to watch, owing to his work in representing international and domestic clients in transactions including financings and sovereign debt offerings.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Energy and natural resources
- Labour and employment
- Public law
- Tax