Financial services department and tourism- real estate practice group

Managing partner and head of the financial services department of the firm. He concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate, banking, tourism, real estate and telecommunications.

Ricardo Pellerano joined Pellerano & Herrera in 1975, and became a partner in 1986. His practice is additionally focused on mergers and acquisitions, having advised local and foreign companies in various industries. He has also been actively involved in transactions related to investments and tourism industry developers in the country, with extensive experience in real estate matters. He has represented commercial and investment banks, insurance companies and financial institutions in financing, securitization, restructuring and project finance. For several consecutive years, Ricardo has been recognized as an outstanding lawyer in the market by prestigious compendiums and directories. In 1991, he received the award “Joven sobresaliente de la República Dominicana” (outstanding young professional of the Dominican Republic), awarded by Organización Mundial de Líderes Jaycees JCI '72, Inc., while in 2010, he received the Award of Merit granted by the Navy of the Dominican Republic for his pro-bono work in reviewing and updating the Navy’s legal framework.

• President of the Pellerano & Herrera Foundation • Member of the Dominican Chapter of the Young President’s Organization • Member of the Interamerican Federation of Lawyers • Member of the Dominican Bar Association • Member of Habitat for Humanity Dominican Republic’s Circle of Leaders • Member of Babson College’s Global Advisory Board • Secretary of the Caribbean Trade Consortium • Member of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra’s Board of Directors • Supernumerary Fellow Member of the Center for Innovation, Legal Research and Development for Garrigues Latin America, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico • Former President of the Banking Lawyers Committee of the American Federation of Banks (FELABAN) • Former President National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE)

LL.B. from Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1979). “Survival Skills for the New Economy” management program, Kellogg Executive Education Program, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (2000). “E-Commerce, E-Business and Information Technology Strategies”, Strategic Management on the Information Age program at MIT Sloan Management Business School in Boston, Massachusetts (2000-2002)