Legal sub-director | Ministerio de Turismo de la República Dominicana
Petra Froxina Batista Soto
Legal sub-director | Ministerio de Turismo de la República Dominicana
Senior legal manager corporate and commercial banking | Scotiabank
Senior Legal Manager Corporate and Commercial Banking | Scotiabank
Petra Froxina Batista Soto can point to fourteen years of experience practicing law, focusing her practice on providing advice in the areas of real estate, contracts, corporate and commercial law,...
Ms. Batista has fourteen years of experience practicing law, focusing her practice on providing advice in the areas of real estate, contracts, corporate and commercial law, civil law, banking and foreign investment. Ms. Batista advised clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project finance, and in the entry of global companies to the Dominican market, as well as international funding for large value transactions. In addition, Ms. Batista handles other financial market transactions. Ms. Batista has participated in most tourism projects of the largest real estate economic groups in the Dominican Republic, advising and providing legal services and extensive experience in matters regarding land’s registry law. Ms. Batista received her Bachelor of Laws, Summa Cum Laude, from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in 2003. In 2006, she graduated from the Masters in Corporate Law and Economic Legislation from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) and in 2013 she received her Master’s degree in Real Estate Law from Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) and has participated in numerous courses and seminars in the following areas of practice such as: international criminal court, tax law, constitutional reforms, matrimonial regimes, telecommunications, criminal and commercial law, maritime transportation of goods in the Dominican Republic and real estate registry law and regulations.