Founding Partner / Head of Practice
María Cecilia Rachadell
With over 25 years of experience, she focuses her practice on corporate and financial matters, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate restructurings, project finance, and investment arbitration.
Summary Profile
María Cecilia Rachadell specializes in the structuring and implementation of mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, and project and debt financing. She advises local and multinational companies on the corporate, contractual, and regulatory aspects of their activities in Venezuela.
She drafts and negotiates complex corporate and financial documents and oversees due diligence processes. Furthermore, she has participated in major domestic and international arbitrations, including investment arbitrations, demonstrating her versatility in complex disputes.
Before founding InterJuris, she served as a legal advisor at an international law firm and as an associate at a leading Venezuelan firm.
She is a Certified Public Interpreter in English and a listed arbitrator at the Arbitration Center of the Caracas Chamber. Recognized with multiple awards, including 'Best Finance Lawyer in Latin America' and 'Lawyer of the Year in Venezuela,' she is the author of numerous articles on arbitration and banking.
Practice Areas
Corporate & M&A
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Life-Science
international arbitration and dispute resolution
— Academic Formation
Master (LL.M.)
Escuela de Derecho de Harvard
1996
Lawyer (summa cum laude)
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)