Biography: Capital Markets

Jorge Neher obtained an LLB from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) (Caracas), and a DSU in Administrative Law from the Université de Droit, Economie et Sciences Sociales de Paris (Paris II Sorbonne). For eight years he taught administrative law at UCAB, and spent two years teaching civil procedure at Universidad Central de Venezuela. He served in Caracas as alternate superior judge on administrative matters, and later as assistant justice at the First Administrative Court.

Jorge is a member of the Caracas Bar, the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and the Prospectors' and Developers' Association of Canada. He is a former director of the Canadian-Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce and current director of the Canadian-Colombian Chamber of Commerce and he sits on the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Industry and Commerce's (VenAmCham) mining committee, the Venezuelan Mining Chamber and several mining companies.

Jorge has been a lecturer at several mining-related events throughout Latin America and abroad, and adviser to the Venezuelan Congress energy and mines commission. He has helped draft or commented on most Venezuelan mining and environmental regulations, especially those related to energy and natural resources projects. Jorge has represented several international investors in over two-thirds of the most important mining and oil and gas projects in Venezuela and Colombia. He has advised projects in several Latin American countries. His practice includes advice on acquisitions, financing and development of mineral and oil and gas properties in Latin America, and resource-related regulatory matters on corporate structure, taxation and tax planning, environment, labour, foreign investment and privatisations.

Biography: Mining

Jorge Neher is a partner in the Bogotá and Caracas offices, where he is a leader in the firm's mining practice. He obtained an LLB from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) (Caracas), and a DSU in Administrative Law from the Université de Droit, Economie et Sciences Sociales de Paris (Paris II-Sorbonne). For eight years he taught administrative law at UCAB, and civil procedure at Universidad Central de Venezuela for two. He served in Caracas as alternate superior judge on administrative matters, and later as assistant justice at the First Administrative Court.

Jorge is a member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and the Prospectors' and Developers' Association of Canada. He is a director of the Colombian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce, a former director of the Canadian-Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce and he sits on the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Industry and Commerce's (VenAmCham) mining committee, the Colombian Mining Chamber, the Venezuelan Mining Chamber and several mining companies.

Jorge's practice is focused on resources projects such as mining, oil & gas and power in Colombia, Venezuela and other countries in Latin America. It includes mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, corporate, equity and project finance; structuring of resources projects for listing in Canadian and other international capital markets; regulatory, tax planning and environmental matters related to resource projects, etc.