Co-Managing Partner / Head of the Energy Practice

Gabriela Rachadell de Delgado

Has over 37 years of experience, focusing her practice on Energy and Natural Resources. She has extensive experience in negotiating and incorporating joint ventures, advising foreign oil companies operating in Venezuela. She has also advised gas companies in all rounds of gas license bidding. In the past, she participated in the process of converting operating and partnership agreements into joint ventures involved in Venezuelan oil development projects.

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Summary Profile

She has provided legal advice to oil and gas service companies and downstream companies, as well as infrastructure projects. She has been involved in the financing of large-scale projects in the oil and gas sector.

She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from New York University Stern School of Business (NYU Stern) and HEC School of Management, Paris (2013), is a Specialist in Finance Law from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB - 1995), a Master (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School (1992), and a law degree, Cum Laude, from UCAB (1989).

Gabriela has been invited to give lectures as a female leader; by 2026, she has given 2 lectures at Reed College. Also, she was featured as one of the most influential Latina women in Spain by Forbes Magazine. In recent years, she also participated in talks at New York University, the London School of Economics, IE in Madrid, the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association, among other prestigious institutions. Among her presentations we find the following: (i) at IE in Madrid, on the occasion of Women's Day on March 8, 2023 at the annual Women in Leadership conference, where the theme was Women in Energy and Innovation: Catalyzing Change through Positive Impact, (ii) The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (formerly Rocky Mountain) and the International Bar Association in Mexico City, on April 20, 2023. on the subject of International Mining and Energy Law, Development and Investment, Digital Transformation in the Oil, Gas, and Energy Industry, and (iii) American and New York Bar Associations and the World Law Foundation at the World Law Congress that took place in New York on July 20, 2023, regarding ESG and the Rule of Law in the Digital Transformation of the Oil and Gas Sector. She is the author of numerous articles related to Energy and Natural Resources and has been recognized in the most prestigious international rankings as a leading lawyer in this area of practice. Throughout her career, she has been recognized for her experience and expertise by Chambers & Partners, IFLR 1000, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer, and Best Lawyers, among others, and has been mentioned on several occasions throughout her career in highly relevant publications as one of the best lawyers in the energy sector worldwide. In addition, Gabriela has also received numerous international recognitions and awards as a leading Latin American woman. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the World Law Foundation.

Has dedicated an important part of her life to supporting causes in which she believes she can contribute to making a better world and providing more meaningful opportunities for all people, regardless of their gender, race, social class, or beliefs, both inside and outside of Venezuela. Gabriela is part of various non-profit organizations, one of which is the Boys and Girls Club of Miami Dade, where she is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and was (along with her husband) 3 times Chair of the annual Fundraising Gala of said foundation, where she has received several recognitions and awards. She also belongs to the Board of the World Law Foundation and of the Miami Symphony Orchestra. In the past (along with her husband), she was once chair of the Big Brother and Big Sisters Gala.

Practice Areas

Energy and Natural Resources

Digital Transformation

— Academic Formation

Master's in Business and Administration (MBA)

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Stern Escuela de Negocios de la Universidad de Nueva York (NYU Stern) y HEC Escuela de Administración, Paris

2013

specialization in Financial Law

Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

1995

Master (LL.M.)

Harvard Law School

1992

Lawyer (cum laude)

Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

1989

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