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 13 partners, a team of 27 associate attorneys and 23 parale - gals. Headrick’s office is located in Santo Do - mingo, National District, Dominican Republic. Matters related to doing business are handled by the corporate/business division, which is comprised of seven partners, ten associates and eight paralegals. Headrick represents finan - cial institutions that are financing projects and renewable energy projects in the country; offers
general advice in connection to cross-border transactions; and offers general advice to lo - cal and foreign clients that undertake or wish to undertake business in the country. The firm’s key clients include MercaSID and Induveca, Im - perial Tobacco La Romana, Grupo PuntaCana, 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/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).
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 and acquisitions, immigration law, environmental matters, regulatory matters, foreign investment, and data protection and privacy. She is a member of the Dominican Bar Association.
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