DMK Abogados

Dispute resolution, Labour

Iván García Elsevyf rejoined the firm as Partner and leader of the Dispute Resolution Department in 2021.

He has more than 15 years of experience as a lawyer, focusing on civil, commercial, labor and real estate litigation. He has represented local and international clients in tourism, health, construction, sports, airlines, etc.

Before joining DMK Abogados, Iván led the litigation team at one of the Dominican law firms and led the legal department of the local pharmaceutical company. Iván was a senior attorney at DMK Abogados in 2011-2014.

Some of his most recent cases include successful representation of a tourism project in lawsuits of alleged owners of the land on which the project is developed; successful representation of a clinic and medical group in claims to repair damages for construction defects; defense of airlines and hotels on the occasion of lawsuits filed by clients and employees; successful representation of a lessor investor in claims for termination of the contract and repair of damages, on the occasion of the installation of a natural gas pump, not authorized by the owner and without the proper governmental authorizations; among others.

He has been recommended by Legal 500 2022 in the practice of Dispute Resolution.

Spanish and English.

He is a member of the Bar Association of the Dominican Republic since 2010.

Iván graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in 2005 and completed his master’s degree in Civil Procedure in 2009. He has participated in several seminars and forums oriented to Real Estate Law, Tourism, Arbitration, and Administrative Law.