Edward Salcedo > ECIJA DVMS > Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic > Lawyer Profile
ECIJA DVMS Offices
Calle Rafael Augusto Sánchez Nº86
Torre Roble Corporate Center, Piso 1
Suite 201D, Piantini, Santo Domingo
10148
Dominican Republic
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Edward Salcedo
Work Department
Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Labour Law, Sports and Entretaiment Law
Position
Partner
Career
Edward Salcedo is a partner specialized in the areas of Dispute Resolution: litigation and arbitration, Real Estate, Labour Law, Sports and Entretaiment Law at ECIJA.
Edward has represented multinational clients in the recovery of assets, termination of contracts lawsuits, damages, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, issues of agency and distribution (Law 173), insurance claims, foreclosures and related matters.
He leads the team in charge of defending Major League Baseball teams from employees, players and suppliers claims. He participated in the first discovery of documents carried out in the Dominican Republic as part of a motion to estimate a claim before a Bankruptcy Court in the United States and also has a wide experience analyzing litigious, labor and real estate related contingencies in connection with local and international acquisitions.
The Labor Law experience of Edward includes assisting clients in the writing of complex labor contracts, separation of high executives and mitigation of labor risks.
His experience in Real Estate and Touristic Law includes the representation of corporate and individual clients in all matters related with the acquisition of properties for touristic development and personal enjoyment.
he serves as Professor of the subject Judicial Private Law at Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), as Vice-Chair of the Young Lawyers Interest Network of the American Bar Association, and has offered conferences on the legal risks that commonly arise in the baseball industry.
Languages
Spanish, English and French
Memberships
Member of the Dominican Bar Association, and of the International Section of the American Bar Association.
Education
Edward was the student with the highest academic index of his generation and worked during two years in the Cleveland, Ohio office of the firm Squire Patton Boggs, where he carried a practice that covered investors/state arbitration and international commercial arbitration jointly with his Dominican litigation practice.
He obtained a LL.M. in International Legal Studies from Georgetown University, and a Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE).
Lawyer Rankings
Dominican Republic > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)International firm ECIJA DVMS is especially active in litigation and arbitration in the sports sector, with an emphasis on the baseball industry; its recent highlights include representing the Texas Rangers in a breach of contract and damages claim. The team also has notable strong suits in foreclosure and debt recovery proceedings and in litigation relating to agency contracts. Practice head Edward Salcedo handles the full spectrum of litigation, ably assisted by senior associates Arístides Victoria and Erika Gomez.
Dominican Republic > Labour and employment
Edward Salcedo and Gabriel Dejarden are at the helm of the team at ECIJA DVMS, which assists clients with a range of contentious and non-contentious labour and employment matters, including internal policies, the hiring and dismissal of high-level employees, the labour aspects of M&A transactions and internal compliance audits. The firm’s large international network enables the group to advise multinational clients based in the Dominican Republic and numerous other jurisdictions in Latin America. Dejarden’s varied workload covers the full range of labour matters, while Salcedo focuses on labour litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Dominican Republic > Dispute resolution
- Labour and employment Dominican Republic
- Dispute resolution Dominican Republic