Santo Domingo

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Peña Prieto Gamundi, the Santo Domingo office of Squire Sanders, is staffed by lawyers admitted to practice in the Dominican Republic, most of whom hold master of law degrees from prestigious schools in the United States and the United Kingdom. Some of our lawyers hold master’s degrees from universities in other European countries. Our professional staff is fluent in Spanish and English and has extensive experience in international business transactions, commercial litigation and intellectual property. We represent clients involved in some of the most significant reform undertakings of the country’s recent history, such as the capitalization of the former state-owned national power utility.

Our areas of practice include agency and distribution; alternative dispute resolution; banking; civil aviation; civil and commercial litigation; energy; financing and project finance; intellectual property; international public bids; labor and employment; and real estate and hospitality.

The Squire Sanders Legal Counsel Worldwide Network is in more countries in Latin America than any major law firm. The network consists of Squire Sanders offices in Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Santo Domingo and São Paulo as well as other established firms in major Latin American cities, all dedicated to sharing resources to provide high-caliber legal services to clients with interests in the region. Clients also receive access to legal counsel from the fully integrated Squire Sanders global platform, which spans Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States.