The firm represented a USA Corporation in the organization together with Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (a Government Agency) in all of the services that led to the organization of the first aluminum reduction plant. It also advise one of the bidding groups in the privatization of the Venezuelan aluminum sector.

Rodríguez & Mendoza represented Fondo de Inversiones de Venezuela as selling shareholder, in the privatization of the national telephone Company, by means of a public sale of shares in both the domestic and internationals markets.

Rodríguez & Mendoza was retained by the banks and underwriters for the financing of the Cerro Negro Project, a joint venture between Mobil Corporation, Petroleos de Venezuela and Veba Oil, for the development of an extra heavy project in Venezuela.

Receivables Securitization Rodríguez & Mendoza counseled in the first and second international securitization of credit card receivables.

On behalf of The Gillette Company, Rodríguez & Mendoza filed an antitrust claim, won by Gillette, against Energizer for misleading advertising.

We counseled the syndicate of lenders in the loans granted to Polar in order to finance the buyout of Mavesa in 2001.

On behalf of Texaco, Rodríguez & Mendoza participated in the negotiations and drafting of the Hamaca Association Agreement, an extra heavy oil integrated project, and all its related areas. It also participated in the financing as counsel for Texaco, and in the acquisition of the Pipeline System and negotiation of ancillary documents.

Rodríguez & Mendoza counseled the company for its listing in the local stock exchanges, which became the first non Venezuelan company ever to be listed in Venezuela.

Rodríguez & Mendoza participated in several mergers during the year, on the gas, telecommunications, food, retail activities and aluminum areas among others.

On behalf of one of the sponsors, Rodríguez & Mendoza participated in structuring a project for the creation of an industrial complex for iron briquettes as well as in the related project financing.

Rodríguez & Mendoza counseled the banks and underwriters in the PDV Finance securitization of receivables closed on May 1998.

Rodríguez & Mendoza was choosen by Petrozuata, a joint venture between Conoco and Petróleos de Venezuela, in the financing of an extra heavy crude oil project in Venezuela which involved both bank debt and bond facilities. After the financing it has continued counseling the company in all the aspects of the development of its project, which includes the construction of a 200 kilometers dual pipeline.

Rodríguez & Mendoza represented Fondo de Inversiones de Venezuela in the privatization of several hotels. It also counseled several purchasers of assets privatized or to be privatized.

Rodríguez & Mendoza advised AETNA in the acquisition of an equity interest in Seguros Mercantil.

The firm prepared an extensive due diligence report for the privatization of the government-owned steel mills and counseled the Venezuelan Investment Fund in the sale of the company.