Travieso Evans Arria Rengel & Paz celebrated its 82th anniversary in 2010. Its originator was Dr. José María Travieso Paul, who associated with a New York law firm specializing in Latin American mining and petroleum law founded by Edward Shuster, who was at that time considered the greatest US authority on Latin American Law. The firm has an extremely prestigious portfolio of petroleum clients, it has, for the last 70 years or more, been just as strong in general corporate, tax, labor, litigation, administrative, regulatory, alternative dispute resolution and environmental areas. It has also created and affiliate, TEHAR, s.c., which offers all services related to intellectual property. The firm maintains offices in Venezuela in the cities of Caracas, Valencia, Maturín, Puerto La Cruz and Maracaibo. It is also associated with other law firms in Latin America and Europe." The law firm corresponds in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. Our firm is organized following state-of-the-art globalized stan- dards for practice of law, with all attorneys dedicating their full time to the firm. The firm consists of 44 lawyers and several legal assistants. Today the firm has a professional and administrative staff of over one hundred. Although Travieso Evans Arria Rengel & Paz is considered a large firm for Venezuelan standards, we still view ourselves as a growing firm, although we are extremely careful in our selection of new attorneys.