Mrs Vilma Veras > Jiménez Peña > Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic > Lawyer Profile

Jiménez Peña
AVENIDA WINSTON CHURCHILL 1099
CITI TOWER EN ACROPOLIS, PISO 14
SANTO DOMINGO DN 10148
Dominican Republic

Work Department

Business

Position

Partner

Career

Vilma Veras is a partner who specializes in corporate and commercial work. She has considerable experience in shareholders agreements, joint ventures, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring. She also assists with estate planning, contract negotiations and concession agreements as well as tax and real estate matters.

She actively participated in the committees created by the private sector for the revision of the Law on Commercial Companies and Individual Limited Liability Companies and in the modifications produced to it.

Languages

Spanish English

Memberships

Bar of the Dominican Republic

Education

Boston University, Boston, Massachussetts, United States, Legal English for Practitioners, 2006. Pontifica Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, LL.M. in Business Law and Economic Legislation, 1998 Pontifica Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, LL.B., Magna Cum Laude, 1996

Lawyer Rankings

Dominican Republic > Corporate and M&A

Jiménez Peña utilises its membership in the Interlex global law firm network to advise large multinationals, as well as major domestic companies, on M&A, corporate reorganisations and corporate governance issues relating to their operations in the Dominican Republic. The team particularly stands out for its strength in transactions in the energy sector. The firm has a deep bench including practice heads Luis Julio Jiménez, Marcos Peña Rodríguez, Katherine Rosa, a key contact for corporate work in the energy sector, and Vilma Veras. Jennifer Beauchamps also adds experience in corporate acquisition projects.