Christian Molina > ECIJA DVMS > Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic > Lawyer Profile
ECIJA DVMS Offices
Calle Rafael Augusto Sánchez Nº86
Torre Roble Corporate Center, Piso 1
Suite 201D, Piantini, Santo Domingo
10148
Dominican Republic
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Christian Molina
Work Department
Trust, Banking, Real Estate, Leisure & Tourism, Corporate/M&A, Labour Law, Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Career
Christian Molina is partner of the areas of Trust, Banking & Finance, Real Estate & Construction, Leisure & Tourism, Corporate/M&A, Labour Law, Dispute Resolution: litigation and arbitration at ECIJA Dominican Republic.
Christian is a transactional Lawyer with various specialty areas including trusts, corporative law, litigation, financial and banking services, real estate and touristic law and labor law.
He has served as legal consultant for a variety of international clients on the implementation, protection and maximization of their investments in the Dominican Republic.
Christian posses a wide experience as advisor of lenders in sophisticated financial transactions, from carrying out due diligence process to borrowers and its stocks, to the structuring of the corresponding loan contracts and the registration of the appropriate guarantees.
In addition, he has advised clients with investments in the field of energy, commercial real estate, implementing corporative acquisitions or conducting operations pursuant to complex business structures.
He has been a pioneer on the study of the recent Law on Mortgage and Trust Market, advising clients in the creation of trust societies and the structuring of guarantees and real estate trusts development of high complexity.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Member of the Dominican Bar Association, and of the Dominican Trusts Association
Education
He obtained a LL.M., American Law, International Business Practice, Outstanding Achievement Award in American Law, from Boston University, and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude from Universidad Iberoamericana.
Lawyer Rankings
Dominican Republic > Banking and finance
ECIJA DVMS is particularly well placed to assist clients, including an impressive roster of large multinational banks, with project finance mandates, including advising on the use of trusts for the financing of construction and infrastructure projects and other matters. The team is also noted for its experience in capital markets transactions. Polibio Valenzuela and Christian Molina head up the team; the former is adept at advising lenders and borrowers on project finance, asset-based financings and securities offerings, while the latter specialises in trusts law. Elsewhere in the team, Gabriel Dejarden is a key contact for corporate finance.
Dominican Republic > Real estate and tourism
(Leading partners)In addition to advising on real estate transactions and leasing agreements for major clients in the sports industry, ECIJA DVMS has been particularly active in advising on the development of large-scale projects in the tourism industry. Gabriel Dejarden and Polibio Valenzuela head up the team, which is well versed in advising on matters in the key tourist locations of Punta Cana, Puerto Plata and Samaná. Elsewhere in the team, Christian Molina is a go-to practitioner when it comes to the development of hotels and other real estate.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Dominican Republic > Real estate and tourism
- Banking and finance Dominican Republic
- Real estate and tourism Dominican Republic