Laura Piantini > OMG > Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic > Lawyer Profile

OMG
RAFAEL AUGUSTO SANCHEZ 86
ROBLE CORPORATE CENTER, PISO 9, PLANTINI
SANTO DOMINGO, 10148
Dominican Republic

Work Department

Commercial

Position

Partner

Career

She specializes in commercial and corporate practice, with experience in issues related to mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, contract engineering, corporate governance, international trade, commercial promotion, distribution, concessions and commercial representations, franchises and foreign investment; also in the area of estate planning.

Languages

She is fluent in spanish and english and has extensive knowledge of french and portuguese.

Education

Graduated magna cum laude from Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), Santo Domingo (2005). She obtained an LL.M. in American Law, Concentration in International Business, from Boston University, USA (2007) and has a Master’s Degree in Legal Strategy from Instituto OMG (2019). She has also completed certified programs in the area of international trade and has legal and technical training in the food and beverage industry and the retail sector.

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.