María Eugenia Reyes, lawyer with over 30 years of experience in corporate, real estate, environmental law, and sustainability, with a strong focus on the design and implementation of asset structures, shareholder agreement negotiations, foreign investments, mergers, and acquisitions.

María Eugenia Reyes is a Founding Partner of Ágora Abogados and leads the Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Law practice areas. She had a distinguished career as a partner at Baker & McKenzie and local firms, holding leadership positions that brought her practice areas to international standards. She was also a pioneer and leader of sustainability committees.

Throughout her professional career, she has demonstrated exceptional ability to understand clients beyond their obvious needs, diving deep into matters and successfully closing the projects and cases she has handled.

Education:

• Lawyer, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, 1988

• Specialization in Procedural Law, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, 1993

Publications:

• “Hazardous Substances, Materials and Waste Handling” Latin American Law & Business Report, No. 5, June 1, 2003

• “Daños al Ambiente” El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela, February 19, 2003

• “Desechos Peligrosos” El Universal, December 23, 2002

• “Ley de Tierras y Desarrollo Agrario” El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela, December 26, 2001

• “Environmental Policy and Law in Latin America” Baker & McKenzie, January 1, 1998

• “La Ley Penal del Ambiente y las Normas Complementarias” Revista Número, March 1992 edition, September 1, 1992

• “La Ley Penal del Ambiente y los Estudios de Impacto Ambiental” Revista Barriles, May 1, 1992

• “El Amparo Constitucional” Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, No. 37, January 8, 1987. Awarded in the Student Competition Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the 1961 Constitution.

Office: Caracas,Venezuela

Languages: Spanish and English