Jorge Neher
Jorge's practice areas include mining law, electricity law, oil and gas, energy law, environmental law, foreign investments, administrative law and international commercial law.
Jorge’s mining practice is the largest in the country. It includes advice to major and junior mining companies on acquisitions, joint-ventures, corporate and project finance, regulatory and environmental matters, development of projects of precious and base metals, precious stones, industrial minerals, coal, etc. He has also structured mining transactions in several countries in Latin America.
Jorge’s experience in the electricity field includes counselling domestic and international clients in matters concerning privatization of integrated and distribution utilities; overseeing bidding processes for BOOs (Build Own & Operate) and BOTs (Build Operate & Transfer) of hydro and thermo-generation facilities; advising on regulatory matters regarding integration facilities as well as on installation and construction of IPPs (Independent power producer) and dedicated power-lines.
Jorge joined the firm as Principal in 2003, after seven years as Partner of his own law firm in Caracas. Before that he was an Associate for four years and Partner for two years at a Venezuelan law firm of international repute (1989-1994). During 1993 he worked together with the London law firm Linklaters and Paines.
- Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Law Degree, 1988
- Université de Droit D'Economie et des Sciences Sociales de Paris, Diplôme Supérieur de l'Université, Droit Administratif, 1989
- Caracas, 1988
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Member, Miranda State Bar Association
- Member, Venezuelan Gold Association
- Member, Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
- Member, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
- Member, Society of Mining Engineering (SME)
- Member, Mining Committee of Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VENAMCHAM), since 2003
- Member, Venezuelan-Canadian Chamber of Commerce, member of the Energy Committee
- Presentation on Mining Taxation in Latin America, at the LatAm Mining Conference held in Coral Gables, Florida, 17-19 June 2008
- Speaker on Access to the Markets of Canadian Values II: Doing the Homework. Argentina Gold 2006. Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 29 - 30, 2006
- Speaker on Social Responsibility for Mining Projects in Latin America. III Latin American Congress on Mining, Oil & Gas. Cartagena, Colombia, July 5 - 7, 2006
- Speaker on Finance of the Mining Projects in the Canadian Stock Exchange. Seminars of Mining Law in Latin America and the Caribbean. Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2005
- Speaker, Hypothetical Mining Case under Venezuelan Law, Institute of International Mining Law and Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Lima, Peru, April 12, 2005
- Speaker, Financing of Mining Projects through Canadian Equity Markets, IV Latin American Congress on Mining Oil & Gas, Cartagena, Colombia, July 5, 2004
- Speaker, Proposals for a New Mining Law, Seminar organized by the National Assembly, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, June 2004
- Speaker, Regime of the Investment and Taxation of Non-metallic Minerals, VI Regional Conference of Mining, Guama, Yaracuy, September 1998
- Author, Regulations on Materials and Dangerous Waste Products, Mining and Oil Case, September 1998
- Speaker, Regime of the Investment and Taxation of Mining Activity in Venezuela, Expogeomin, Caracas 1995
- Speaker, Mining Taxation Regime in Venezuela, National Conference of Mining in Venezuela, Caracas 1995
- Speaker, Mining in Venezuela. A summary of its Legal Framework, III International Gold Symposium in Venezuela, Venezuelan Gold Association, Caracas 1994
- Chambers Global 2008 Ranking for Mining
- Director and Legal Advisor, Venezuelan Mining Chamber, since 1994
- Special Legal Counsel of the Economy Committee of the Chamber of Deputies for the drafting and discussion of the projected law on Unfair International Trade Practices, Congress of the Republic of Venezuela
- Special Legal Counsel of the Energy and Mines Commission of the Chamber of Deputies for the drafting and discussion of the projected new Mining Law
- Professor of Administrative Law at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello Faculty of Law (1989-1997)
- Director of the Venezuelan Canadian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, since 1996
- Alternate Judge of the Superior Court on Administrative Matters of the Capital Region (1991-1994)
