Johanna Soto > OMG > Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic > Lawyer Profile
OMG Offices
RAFAEL AUGUSTO SANCHEZ 86
ROBLE CORPORATE CENTER, PISO 9, PLANTINI
SANTO DOMINGO, 10148
Dominican Republic
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Johanna Soto
Work Department
Corporate and Finance
Position
Partner – Director
Career
She specializes in corporate law and business law, especially mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, contract engineering, project financing, inheritance law, estate planning, taxes and foreign investment.
Languages
She is fluent in Spanish, English and French.
Memberships
Member of the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee of the National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP)
Education
Graduated magna cum laude from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Santo Domingo (2004). She has a Masters in French and International Private Law from Université Pantheón-Assas Paris II (2006), an another one in Legal Strategy from the Instituto OMG (2017). Accredited by the Tax Association of the Dominican Republic as a Certified Tax Consultant (2012).
Lawyer Rankings
Dominican Republic > Corporate and M&A
OMG is praised for its ‘broad knowledge and experience on a range of matters and across industries’ and is able to leverage its membership of international networks, such as the Eversheds Sutherland Latin America Alliance, to assist clients with multi-jurisdictional projects. The key pillars of the practice are the structuring of M&A and foreign direct investment, the establishment of free zones, and regulatory and commercial issues (including production, transportation, distribution and sales contracts). The sizeable leadership group is formed by firm president Leonel Melo, legal strategy coordinator Esperanza Cabral, Johanna Soto, commercial department head Laura Piantini, Gloria Gassó, who was promoted to partner in April 2023, and director of corporate compliance Adewilxe Castillos.