Urania Paulino > Pellerano Nadal > Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic > Lawyer Profile
Pellerano Nadal Offices
AV. PEDRO HENRIQUEZ UREÑA NO. 150
TORRE DIANDY XIX, SANTO DOMINGO
10108
Dominican Republic
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Urania Paulino
Position
Partner
Career
Urania Paulino has more than 20 years of experience, concentrating her professional practice in the areas of foreign investment, corporate and business law, banking and finance, consumer law, competition law, customs law, tourism, free trade agreements, distribution relations, franchises, free zones, international trade, mergers and acquisitions and energy and renewable energy.
She has assisted JetBlue Airways Corporation in the opening of new routes, as well as in all regulatory and safety matters to ensure the proper functioning of its operations in the country. She also represented Dominican Lawyers Guild during the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement between Central America and the Dominican Republic, protecting the interests of Dominican lawyers. She helped prestigious international brands such as Louis Vuitton, Swarovski, L’Oreal, Volvo, Fiat, Daimler, General Electric, and Procter & Gamble, among others, in matters related to distribution and franchises. She also assisted several international companies in their establishment in the country, specifically a gas compression plant and a liquor aging company.
She was part of the legal team that advised the Food and Beverage Industry Association of the Dominican Republic, Inc. in the process initiated before the Regulatory Commission for Unfair Commercial Practices regarding the implementation of safeguard measures on imports of glass containers and bottles of all origins. This is one of the first cases presented before this regulatory committee in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 1-02 on unfair commercial practices and safeguard measures.
Languages
English and Spanish.
Education
Urania received her Bachelor of Laws from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in 1999. In 2001, she graduated from the master’s in international legal studies from Washington College of Law in American University. She has participated in several law and business programs in Georgetown University (2002) and Florida International University (2003, 2004).
Lawyer Rankings
Dominican Republic > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)Pellerano Nadal brings together regulatory and transactional knowledge to handle a wide range of matters in the banking and finance arena. The team can now call upon the expertise of three partners, following the promotion of Urania Paulino in January 2023 and the arrival of Marielle Garrigó in February 2023 from Medina Garnes Abogados. The pair lead the practice alongside Luis Rafael Pellerano, an expert in project finance and cross-border transactions, with significant experience of advising US clients. Associate Eduardo Pellerano handles matters in the infrastructure, technology, tourism and energy sectors, among others.
Dominican Republic > Real estate and tourism
Pellerano Nadal‘s multidisciplinary team, which has ‘deep knowledge of the real estate sector’ and is part of a ‘one-stop-shop firm which is able to solve any scale of legal challenge in the country’, leverages practitioners’ skill sets in corporate, M&A, finance and energy matters to advise on local and cross-border real estate transactions and regulatory issues. Managing partner Luis Rafael Pellerano leads the practice alongside Marielle Garrigó and Urania Paulino; all three are skilled in a wide variety of transactional matters, and Paulino has addition expertise in the aviation field.
Dominican Republic > Corporate and M&A
The leadership group at Pellerano Nadal was strengthened significantly in 2023 with the promotion to the partnership of Urania Paulino (whose broad practice covers foreign investment, international trade and M&A) in January and the arrival of experienced transactional lawyer Marielle Garrigó from Medina Garnes Abogados in February; they lead the practice alongside ‘superstar‘ managing partner Luis Rafael Pellerano. The group is instructed by a diverse client base from the energy, technology, tourism, aviation, retail and consumer goods sectors, among others, to advise on a wide range of matters, including multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions and entry to the Dominican market.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Dominican Republic > Banking and finance
- Banking and finance Dominican Republic
- Corporate and M&A Dominican Republic
- Real estate and tourism Dominican Republic