Lawful entry. Thoughtful positioning. Strategic access.
Gazitua Letelier advises select companies, investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals seeking early, compliant positioning in Venezuela's oil, gas, infrastructure, logistics, aviation, energy, and regulated sectors.
From Miami, the commercial and policy gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean, we help clients navigate the intersection of business, government, sanctions, diplomacy, capital, and local execution.
01 - Opening Narrative
A high consequence jurisdiction
Venezuela is not a conventional market. It is a high consequence jurisdiction where opportunity depends on timing, structure, discretion, and compliance.
The reopening of strategic sectors, including oil and gas, creates potential for serious U.S. linked participants, but only for those who understand the rules, the politics, the counterparties, and the regulatory architecture on both sides.
Gazitua Letelier provides a controlled market access platform for clients who need more than introductions. We help clients understand who is real, who is approved, who can perform, what can be signed, what must remain contingent, and what requires additional authorization.
Our work sits at the point where Washington, Miami, Caracas, international capital, local operators, and government-facing strategy meet.
By the time an opportunity is obvious, it is often already spoken for. Our role is to help clients move early, privately, and correctly.
02 - Our Platform
Washington strategy. Miami execution. Caracas intelligence.
Our Venezuela practice is built around a coordinated platform:
Gazitua Letelier leads the U.S. side of the mandate, including federal lobbying, FARA sensitive strategy, OFAC and sanctions analysis, policy positioning, diplomatic engagement, stakeholder mapping, investor narrative, and U.S. regulatory risk management.
In parallel, our in-market Venezuelan law firm partner provides local legal and regulatory guidance on the Venezuelan framework governing hydrocarbons, corporate structures, operator qualification, permits, public sector contracting, tax issues, ministry approvals, and local execution.
Together, this gives clients a Miami to Caracas corridor that is discreet, compliant, and commercially focused.
Not just access. Not just introductions. Structure.
03 - Core Capabilities
A controlled market access platform
Federal Lobbying, FARA, OFAC, and U.S. Policy Strategy
Every serious Venezuela strategy begins in the United States.
We advise clients on the U.S. legal, lobbying, sanctions, and policy dimensions of Venezuela related activity. Our work is structured for compliance with federal lobbying rules, FARA where applicable, OFAC sanctions requirements, ethics obligations, and related disclosure rules.
- Federal lobbying strategy before Congress, the Executive Branch, and relevant U.S. agencies
- FARA analysis, registration strategy, and compliance support where foreign principal issues arise
- OFAC license strategy, sanctions risk analysis, and transaction positioning
- Policy narrative development for U.S. stakeholders
- Diplomatic and government relations strategy
- Strategic engagement for energy, infrastructure, aviation, transportation, logistics, and other regulated sectors
- Support for clients seeking to understand the political and regulatory consequences of Venezuela market entry
This pillar is about legitimacy. In Venezuela, the first risk is not commercial. It is regulatory, political, and reputational. We help clients enter the conversation the right way.
In-Market Regulatory Strategy Through Venezuelan Counsel
Venezuela cannot be approached from Miami alone.
Through our in-market Venezuelan law firm partner, we help clients evaluate, structure, and advance opportunities with the benefit of local regulatory intelligence, ministry-level awareness, and on-the-ground legal guidance.
- Venezuelan law analysis for hydrocarbons, corporate structuring, tax, foreign investment, and public contracting
- Guidance on ministry approvals, operator qualifications, filings, permits, registrations, and administrative processes
- Review of local partner status, operating capacity, licenses, contractual rights, and government-facing posture
- Support for engagement with state-owned entities, mixed companies, local operators, private Venezuelan domiciled companies, and approved commercial participants
- Structuring support for service agreements, operating arrangements, production-linked arrangements, participation contracts, and investment frameworks
- Coordination between Venezuelan law advice and U.S. sanctions, OFAC, FARA, federal lobbying, and political risk strategy
The purpose is simple: before a client commits capital, reputation, or political bandwidth, we help determine whether the opportunity can actually move.
Local Operator and Oil Field Partner Facilitation
We assist clients in identifying and engaging credible in-market Venezuelan partners, including local oil field operators, service companies, approved counterparties, and commercial actors already positioned within the evolving hydrocarbons framework.
This is not a generic introduction practice. It is a diligence driven partner alignment process.
- Local operator credibility
- Field exposure and operational relevance
- Contractual rights and regulatory posture
- Existing relationships with state-owned entities or affiliates
- Technical and financial capacity
- Sanctions, ownership, and reputation risk
- Ability to perform under Venezuelan law and U.S. compliance constraints
Our role is to help clients separate real opportunity from noise. In Venezuela, many people claim access. Fewer have structure. Fewer still can survive diligence.
International Capital and Investment Facilitation
We facilitate discreet conversations with international capital sources interested in Venezuela's strategic reopening.
This is not mass market capital raising. It is a curated channel for sophisticated capital seeking early exposure to energy, infrastructure, logistics, and strategic assets.
- Introductions to international investment funds and strategic capital groups
- Positioning U.S. and Miami based clients for co-investment, operating partnerships, or sponsored entry
- Development of investor-facing narratives around hydrocarbons, infrastructure, logistics, and regulated sectors
- Coordination of U.S. legal, lobbying, sanctions, and political risk strategy alongside foreign capital
- Support for term sheet architecture, contingent investment discussions, and pre-authorization commercial positioning
- High discretion engagement for family offices, private investors, and corporate groups
The opportunity is not simply capital. It is capital with timing, political awareness, and lawful execution.
04 - Who We Serve
Discretion, sophistication, and strategic judgment
We advise clients who require discretion, sophistication, and strategic judgment, including:
Our Venezuela practice represents U.S. companies, U.S.-based investors, and U.S.-linked entities seeking lawful, compliant positioning in Venezuela's regulated sectors. We do not represent foreign governments, foreign political parties, or foreign principals in connection with this practice, unless separately disclosed and registered as required by applicable law, including the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
- U.S. companies exploring Venezuela related opportunities
- Energy, oil field services, infrastructure, logistics, aviation, and transportation companies
- High net worth individuals and family offices
- Private investment groups
- International funds seeking U.S. aligned execution
- Local operators seeking U.S. or international strategic partners
- Companies requiring federal lobbying, FARA, OFAC, or sanctions sensitive guidance
- Investors seeking early intelligence before committing capital
Our clients understand that Venezuela is not a market for improvisation. It is a market for structure.
05 - Why Gazitua Letelier
Where legal, political, commercial, and diplomatic considerations meet
Gazitua Letelier is a Miami-based law and lobbying firm advising clients at the intersection of business, government, and public policy.
We work with companies across technology, infrastructure, transportation, energy, aviation, procurement, and other highly regulated sectors, helping them navigate government relations, regulatory strategy, public contracts, and high-stakes public sector engagement.
Our Venezuela capability brings that experience into one of the most complex and potentially important markets in the hemisphere.
We operate where legal, political, commercial, and diplomatic considerations drive outcomes.
What makes the platform different
- U.S. lobbying and policy strategy
- FARA and OFAC sensitive compliance orientation
- Miami based Latin America positioning
- In-market Venezuelan law firm coordination
- Local operator and counterparty facilitation
- International capital connectivity
- Discreet execution for sophisticated clients
06 - Special Advisor
Carolina Sivoli, Special Advisor Venezuela
Carolina Sivoli
Special Advisor Venezuela
Carolina Sivoli is a government affairs and international engagement professional with significant experience operating at the intersection of federal policy, immigration, Hispanic outreach, and cross-border business development. Her background is distinguished by senior roles in both Congress and local government, with a particular focus on the Venezuelan community and the oil and gas sector.
At the federal level, Carolina served as In-District Office Manager for U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions, where she oversaw federal immigration matters and constituent engagement, with particular emphasis on immigration issues affecting the Venezuelan community connected to the oil and gas industry. She later served as Senior Outreach Director, Hispanic Affairs and Immigration Liaison for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, where she worked extensively on community outreach, stakeholder engagement, and immigration-related matters, including issues impacting energy-sector constituencies.
07 - Call to Action
Private Market Entry Assessment
For select clients, Gazitua Letelier offers a confidential Venezuela Market Entry Assessment focused on opportunity mapping, U.S. regulatory considerations, local partner strategy, capital alignment, and next step positioning.
All engagements are subject to conflict checks, sanctions screening, compliance review, and applicable legal and lobbying requirements.
Move early. Move quietly. Move correctly.