Leaders in Law, the leading platform in its field, is delighted to welcome Javier Ochoa as our exclusively recommended & endorsed Litigation Law member in Venezuela.
Javier Ochoa is the founder of BORA Legal and a partner at Rodríguez-Ochoa & Asociados, a law firm where he has spent the past 25 years specializing in judicial and arbitral litigation, with a particular focus on transnational litigation.
He has served as a consultant in transnational, civil, and commercial litigation, advising private individuals, corporations, international organizations, and foreign governments.
He has extensive experience in family law disputes and negotiations, including divorce, inheritance, and the international return of children, as well as in commercial matters.
Professional Activities
He is a Professor of Private International Law at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB), and teaches International Civil Procedural Law in the Master’s program in Private and Comparative International Law at UCV.
He has also taught Private International Law, Family Law, and Inheritance Law at the Metropolitan University (Caracas, Venezuela).
He is a member of the Academic Council of the American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP) and has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences on Private International Law and International Commercial Arbitration.
He was a visiting professor at the OAS Course on International Law in Rio de Janeiro (2014 and 2019), and a Visiting Research Scholar at the Washington College of Law – American University (Washington, D.C., USA).
He was one of the leading advocates for the enactment of Venezuela’s Law on Private International Law, representing the initiative before various chambers of the former National Congress of the Republic of Venezuela.
He is a co-author of the proposed reform of the Code of Civil Procedure, as a member of the National Assembly’s technical working group, and a co-author of the draft Law on Asset Recovery from Corruption.
He is also the editor of the blog cartasblogatorias.com, which specializes in transnational litigation.
He participated as an invited observer representing ASADIP at the Special Commission on the practical operation of the Hague Service, Evidence and Access to Justice Conventions (May 2014).
Since 2013, he has served as the coordinator of the project “Principios del Derecho Procesal Civil Internacional y la Cooperación Jurídica Interjurisdiccional”.
If you have require assistance in this area, please contact Javier directly or the Leaders in Law head office: info@leaders-in-law.com
