Federico Araujo Medina

• Lawyer from Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB).
• Postgraduate degree in Tax Law from Central University of Venezuela (UCV)
• Leadership in Law Firms program at Harvard Law School.

He has provided advisory services in areas such as tax, corporate, and public law, specifically for projects related to the exploitation and transportation of extra-heavy crude oil in the Orinoco Oil Belt. He also works on constitutional, legal, and tax aspects of association agreements under a profit-sharing scheme, bidding for the award of exploratory areas, as well as in matters concerning the transfer of rights in such agreements and related operational contracts. He has assisted national and foreign oil companies with the legal aspects of operational agreements in the first, second, and third rounds.

• Awarded the “Innovative Lawyers 2016” prize by Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine. He has been recognized in the Chambers Global Guide and Chambers Latin America for 2016, categorizing him as one of the best lawyers in tax, oil, project financing, and joint venture areas, certifying that he had over 30 years of experience in the sector. The Legal 500 named him one of the best Venezuelan lawyers in energy for 2015.
• Who’s Who Legal established that he was rated by his clients and peers as one of the best lawyers in Corporate Tax and Energy for 2014.

His professional practice has focused on matters and areas related to tax law, oil and gas, corporate, commercial, civil, administrative, mining, banking, and finance, as well as in the areas of oil, insurance, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, regulations on foreign investments, and capital markets.

He has been a professor at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Andrés Bello Catholic University in subjects related to taxes and financial law. Additionally, he was a professor in the postgraduate program at Central University of Venezuela (UCV).