Melissa Silié > Medina Garnes Abogados > Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic > Lawyer Profile
Medina Garnes Abogados Offices
GUSTAVO MEJIA RICART 102, ESQ. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
EDIFICIO CORPORATIVO 20/10, SUITE 904
PIANTINI, SANTO DOMINGO
Dominican Republic
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Melissa Silié
Work Department
Head of Corporate and Finance Department
Position
Partner
Career
Melissa Silié Ruiz has expertise in both business and dispute resolution matters. Her key practice areas are business and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, securities market, administrative and regulatory, antitrust and consumer protection. She has assisted in major transactions related to public and private offers, financial sector, acquisitions in the securities market and other transactions of public procurement and restructuring of businesses. She is known for her knowledge in antitrust and has represented economic agents in the first antitrust cases in the country.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Member of the Bar Association of the Dominican Republic, the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) and the Legal Committee of the Britain Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic she is also volunteer of the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic since 2007.
Education
She graduated in 2011 with a law degree from UNIBE, Summa Cum Laude, with the highest rate of graduates being recognized as valedictorian. She has a Master’s Degree in Business Law (LLM) from the University of Manchester and a Master’s Degree in State Administration Law (IGLOBAL-University of Salamanca) and specialized studies in regulatory and competition matters such as the Intensive Course on Competition Law of Pro Competition and the IDB, and the Course on Regulation and Competition Law organized by the University of Valladolid in 2018.
Lawyer Rankings
Dominican Republic > Corporate and M&A
Medina Garnes Abogados‘ corporate team is well versed in multi-jurisdictional M&A and corporate restructurings, as well as day-to-day corporate and commercial issues. The firm’s recent caseload reflects its growing strength in the technology sector, where it is active in advising clients on launching, expanding and restructuring their operations in the Dominican Republic. Founding partner Fabiola Medina Garnes leads the team alongside Melissa Silié, who is noted for her advice to both local and international clients on M&A, antitrust issues and distribution agreements. The team can now draw on the expertise of three partners, following the promotion of Patricia Álvarez in June 2023.