Welcome to this podcast called Legal Myths and Realities about Family Businesses. This space was created with the purpose of conducting a series of interviews dedicated to the main problems of Venezuelan family businesses, debunking myths and discussing their main legal problems in a globalized and increasingly sophisticated world. These conversations will be led by Jesús A. Villegas-Ruiz, senior associate of the corporate and compliance practice of Baker McKenzie Caracas.
You can follow this series also on: Apple | Spotify (episodes available only in Spanish)
Episode 4: Entrepreneurship and Transformation in Family Firms
In this episode of the Family Business podcast we will be talking about entrepreneurship and intergenerational transformation in family firms with Rodolfo Mendez, General Manager of Laboratorios Calox, a Venezuelan company dedicated to the manufacture and commercialization of pharmaceutical products.
Episode 3: Leadership and Management in Family Firms
In this episode of the Family Business podcast, we will be talking about management and leadership in family firms with Leonidas Orellana, Venezuelan businessman and industrialist of the Novocel Group, a group dedicated to the plastics industry.
Episode 2: The Problems of a Succession in a Family Business
In the second instalment of this series of interviews, Jesús Villegas Ruiz talks to Patricia Monteferrante, professor at Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), about the major problems that exist in family businesses regarding the succession and its managerial and legal implications. They also talk about the challenges of family succession planning, in terms of leadership, family responsibility and associated planning.
Episode 1: Family Businesses and Good Corporate Governance
In the first chapter of this series of interviews, Jesús talks to Raúl Angulo, general manager of TEALCA, C.A., about the problems of good corporate governance in decision-making in family businesses.