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Elisabeth Eljuri

Elisabeth is the Managing Partner of the Caracas office of Macleod Dixon and the head of the Corporate Department. She received her law degree cum laude from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and Masters in Law (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School. Elisabeth is admitted to practice law in Venezuela and New York State.

Over the past 17 years of practice as a corporate lawyer, in addition to her contracts and general business practice, she heads the energy/oil and gas group of the office and advises oil and gas producers engaged in profit/production sharing agreements, gas licenses, upstream joint venture companies and extra-heavy oil strategic associations in Venezuela as well as midstream and downstream related and major projects. Major deals she has handled include corporate acquisitions of hydrocarbon companies and producing areas (in several Latin American countries), a crude oil storage and ship loading project, the world’s largest gas injection project, a major coal project and several acquisitions of other mining projects. Elisabeth also has extensive experience in the Mexican oil and gas regulatory framework due to her work in Mexico from 2001 to 2004. Elisabeth is considered a leading natural resources and energy practitioner in the Latin American Region. In 2007, Who’s Who in Oil and Gas selected Elisabeth as one of the top 12 energy practitioners worldwide, highlighting also her AIPN involvement over the past decade.

She has acted as co-counsel in several ICC arbitrations (domestic and international). She has also been retained as an independent expert in ICC arbitrations in New York and spoken internationally as well as published in the area of energy and resources disputes.

Chambers Global says that Elisabeth is “the absolute best top-drawer advice on complex transactions in the natural resources sector.  She insists on flawless excellence in everything that she and her team do.” Clients across the board gave Eljuri glowing commendations, cementing her reputation as Venezuela’s leading energy specialist. Further, she impresses clients with her “formidable knowledge” and tireless approach to deal making.

Elisabeth is also actively committed to legal education and corporate training. She is one of the instructors of the AIPN/RMMLF Upstream Short Course held in Houston every year (Farm-Out session), she is one of the instructors of the Oil Negotiations Skills Workshop sponsored by AIPN and she also presents courses on subjects of interest for the energy community upon her client’s request. Since 2005 she has been a Director of the prestigious Houston-based AIPN (Association of International Petroleum Negotiators) and effective 2008 she is now one of the Vice-Presidents of the association worldwide.

LatinLawyer has profiled Elisabeth's impressive rise to the position of Latin America’s only serving female leader of an established law firm. Click here to read the article.