DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Law and Practice Contributed by: Sarah de León Perelló, Elizabeth Silfa Micheli and Naomi Rodríguez Manzueta, Headrick Rizik Álvarez & Fernández
Headrick Rizik Álvarez & Fernández (Headrick) was founded in 1985 and has 15 partners, a team of 31 associate attorneys and 17 paralegals. Headrick’s of - fice is located in Santo Domingo, National District, Dominican Republic. Matters related to doing busi - ness are handled by the corporate/business division, which is comprised of seven partners, ten associates and six paralegals. Headrick represents financial in - stitutions that are financing projects and renewable
energy projects in the country; offers general advice in connection to cross-border transactions; and of - fers general advice to local and foreign clients that undertake or wish to undertake business in the coun - try. The firm’s key clients include MercaSID and Indu - veca, Imperial Tobacco La Romana, Grupo PuntaCa - na, Marsh Franco Acra, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Merck, Pfizer, Google, Phillip Morris International, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson.
Authors
Sarah de León Perelló is a senior partner at Headrick Rizik Álvarez & Fernández, secretary of its management committee and partners’ board, co-head of its transactional practice (corporate/
Elizabeth Silfa Micheli is a senior associate attorney at Headrick Rizik Álvarez & Fernández. Her practice is focused on general business matters, banking and financial law, project finance, contracts, collateral, mergers
business division), and a business and corporate law expert with over two decades of experience. She is co-chair of the Dominican Republic chapter of the Vance Center Women in the Profession programme. Sarah is recognised for her extensive knowledge in mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, strategic alliances, corporate governance, franchise and distribution relationships, free zones, real estate development, contracts, and foreign investment, among others. She is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the Dominican Bar Association, and the National Association for Young Businesspeople, Inc. (ANJE).
and acquisitions, immigration law, environmental matters, regulatory matters, foreign investment, and data protection and privacy. She is a member of the Dominican Bar Association.
Naomi Rodríguez Manzueta is a senior associate attorney at Headrick Rizik Álvarez & Fernández. Her practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, tax law, free trade zones, regulatory law,
energy law, banking and financial law, project finance, contracts, fintech, and commercial law, among others. She is a member of the Dominican Bar Association and the National Association for Young Businesspeople, Inc. (ANJE), the National Council of Citizen Participation (the local chapter of Transparency International), and the Association of Alumni of the Sorbonne-Assas International Law School (SAILS).
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