Jiménez Peña

Business

Senior Associate

Gisselle Valera is a senior associate at the firm, specialized in government relations, economic regulation, international and local business transactions, and energy law. She has participated in mergers and acquisitions, project financing, and complex transactions involving the structuring of some of the largest energy projects in the Dominican Republic. Gisselle is one of the leaders of the ProBono Department of Jiménez Peña in which she works on social impact initiatives for the community. She has also worked with the National Congress of the Dominican Republic in drafting and negotiating bills to improve the local regulatory framework.

Spanish, English, French

Asociación Nacional de Jóvenes Empresarios (treasurer 2023-2024)  (Secretary 2022-2023) (Vocal 2021-2022) Member (2020-2021) Global Shapers of Santo Domingo, initiative of the Global Shapers Community and the World Economic Forum, Curator (2019-2020) National Association for Young Entrepreneurs, Member of the Board of Directors (2020 -2021)

Gisselle is a graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana de Santo Domingo (UNIBE), studied a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Finance (MBA) from the Universidad Iberoamericana de Santo Domingo and the International University of Florida, and a Master’s Degree in International Business and Economic Law (LLM) from Georgetown University. She received full scholarships for her MBA and LLB, and in 2005 she was awarded Young National Talent by the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC).