About

In 2014, Carlos Atiles joined Agencias Navieras B&R, a company that acts as commercial and port agents for shipping lines, providing stevedoring services around the world. His current position at the oldest shipping company in the Dominican Republic is director of legal affairs, ensuring the smooth operations in the nationally important industry. Atiles has been recognised by colleagues for having particular specialities in intellectual property rights, trade-related regulatory practices and corporate affairs and for playing an important role in the company receiving a certification from the Business Alliance for Secure Commerce (BASC), which accredits the system management control and security processes. His career began in 1995 at the National Council of Private Enterprise as a legal assistant before a switch to Banco de Reservas, the leading Dominican banking institution, in 1997. After a three year spell there, he joined The Embassy of the Dominican Republic to the US where, as the first secretary he gave technical assistance on matters such as human trafficking, intellectual property and negotiations for the Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). Between 2005 and 2014, Atiles was at General Directorate of Customs of the Dominican Republic (CDG). As a specialist he initially led negotiations between the CDG and US Homeland Security over a Container Security Initiative. Later he created, developed and implemented CDG’s intellectual property (IP) policies, then led negotiations on the implementation of IP obligations with the US Trade Representative for at CDG under the DR-CAFTA agreement, and with European Union under an economic integration agreement. From 2010 to 2014 at the CDG, Atiles participated in a trade facilitation initiative that sought to streamline customs procedures with the use of information technology, by giving importers and exporters the information to comply with all government regulation in a single electronic environment. He was a member of the drafting group for the Electronic Customs Declaration regulatory framework, assisted in the amendment of the IP observance policies and gave legal assistance in the development of the CDG Regulatory Policies during this time. Using his vast experiences of international negotiation and management of complex operational change, Atiles has been able to add significant value to Agencias Navieras B&R since joining.