ECIJA DVMS

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ECIJA DVMS' international presence, with a network of offices in Europe and Latin America, leaves it well equipped to handle cross-border M&A, acting as local counsel for an array of clients from trust companies and domestic private clients through to large multinationals. At the helm of the practice, Polibio Valenzuela, who is admitted to practise in New York and the Dominican Republic, is a go-to contact for M&A in the banking, retail, utilities and hospitality sectors, and Gabriel Dejarden is active in corporate finance, M&A and corporate governance (with niche expertise in the baseball industry).

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The firm's level of knowledge is highly specialised. The distinctive thing is their handling of transactions: the team has the ability to understand the particularities that each transaction could have.’
  • ‘The competence of the partners and their willingness to innovate makes them stand out in the market.’

Key clients

  • TC Latin American Partners
  • CCI Puesto de Bolsa
  • Pfizer Central America & Caribbean
  • St. Louis Cardinals
  • Houston Astros
  • Asociación de Fiduciarias Dominicanas - ASOFIDOM
  • Credicefi
  • New York Mets
  • Wurth Mexico
  • CPS
  • Atlanta Braves
  • DHL
  • Texas Rangers
  • Grupo Lácteo del Caribe (a subsidiary of Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos)
  • Costa Farms

Work highlights

  • Assisted Pfizer with all legal matters concerning the supply of nearly ten million Covid-19 vaccines to the Dominican Republic's government.
  • Advised a Major League Baseball team on the update and re-design of the tax and corporate structure necessary to operate its baseball academy in the Dominican Republic.
  • Assisting a major international client in the natural resources industry with the due diligence process for an acquisition as part of its plan to enter the Dominican market.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Polibio Valenzuela, Gabriel Dejarden