Roedán González

Legal services and practice areas

Labor Law

  • Advice on the application of labor laws and regulations, including the implementation of best hiring practices according to each industry sector, for the prevention and mitigation of legal labor risks (e.g., types of contracts, suspension of contract, salary composition, working hours, form of payment, company policies, internal regulations, and others).
  • Assistance to employers in the registration of workers in the Integrated Labor Registration System (SIRLA) of the Ministry of Labor and in the Single Information and Collection System of the Dominican Social Security System (SuirPlus) of the Social Security Treasury (TSS).
  • Structuring and drafting of employment contracts, leaves of absence, suspensions, and payment and discharge receipts for termination of employment contracts for any cause.
  • Advice in cases of formation of labor unions, union complaints, economic conflicts (collective bargaining agreements), and/or strikes, including representation and defense before labor courts or arbitrators, as applicable.
  • Legal representation of individuals, national and international companies before labor courts with respect to litigation arising from the termination of employment contracts, including the design of the legal strategy.

Agency and Distribution

  • Advice to licensor/grantor companies, product agents or distributors regarding the application of Law 173 on the Protection of Importer Agents of Goods and Products.
  • Structuring, negotiation, and closing of product distribution contracts, exclusive or non-exclusive, between licensor companies and local distributors.
  • Procurement and registration of product distribution contracts under Law 173 before the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.

Administrative Law and Regulation

  • Representation in administrative proceedings before the public administration and litigation before the administrative jurisdiction against administrative acts, events, and contracts, including those of the tax administration.
  • Advice in public procurement processes of goods, services, and works before the public administration.
  • Procurement of all kinds of authorizations, permits, and licenses for public services or regulated activities before the public administration, including environmental authorizations, construction licenses, sanitary registrations, electricity and telecommunications concessions.
  • Procurement and obtaining registration in the Registry of State Suppliers (RPE) with the General Agency of Public Contracting (DGCP).
  • Procurement and registration of adhesion contracts of local and international suppliers, as well as raffles and contests, before the National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro-Consumidor).

Banking and Finance Law

  • Advice and representation of financial institutions, lenders, and borrowers in all sectors, in connection with personal or secured loans and project financing, including the legal due diligence of the transaction and the structuring, negotiation, drafting and closing of loan and security documents.
  • Registration and perfection of loan securities with the competent authorities, including mortgages, non-possessory pledges, pledges of shares, assignments of contracts, insurance policies, and bank accounts.

Corporate Law

  • Advice in the process of incorporation and registration of companies with the National Office for Industrial Property (ONAPI), the General Agency of Internal Revenue (DGII), and the Chamber of Commerce and Production, as well as the subsequent upkeep of such companies (renewal or modification of tradename certificate, mercantile registry certificate, drafting and modification of bylaws, drafting and registration of minutes of ordinary and extraordinary meetings of shareholders and directors and manager resolutions).

Competition Law

  • Advice economic agents regarding the application of General Law 42-08 for the Defense of Competition, including the evaluation of situations of unfair competition, abuse of dominant position, illegal unilateral conduct, and vertical or horizontal agreements, decisions, or commercial practices contrary to free competition.
  • Advice in the structuring and implementation of corporate compliance plans in competition matters under Law 42-08.
  • Representation of economic agents in administrative investigation and sanctioning procedures before the National Commission for the Defense of Competition (Pro-Competencia) and subsequently in judicial proceedings before the administrative jurisdiction, with respect to practices of unfair competition, abuse of dominant position, illegal unilateral conduct, and agreements, decisions, or commercial practices contrary to free competition.

Energy Law

  • Structuring, negotiation, and closing of power purchase agreements, fuel supply, leasing or purchase of project land, leasing of solar panels for self-production, operation, and maintenance, engineering, procurement, and construction, among others.
  • Advice and representation in legal and regulatory processes to obtain provisional and definitive concessions for electricity generation projects from conventional and renewable sources.
  • Representation of users and distribution companies in public electricity service claims before the Electricity Consumer Protection Office (PROTECOM) and the Superintendence of Electricity (SIE).
  • Advice in the process of authorization of tax benefits recognized in Law 57-07 on Incentives to Renewable Energies and Special Regimes before the National Energy Commission (CNE), the Ministry of Finance, and the General Agency of Internal Revenue (DGII).

Real Estate Law

  • Structuring, due diligence (legal status), negotiation, drafting and closing of real estate contracts, including sale and purchase, option to buy, promise to sell, lease, emphyteusis, easement, mortgage, privilege, among others.
  • Advice and representation in the process of tax payment, registration and/or modification of real estate rights before the General Agency of Internal Revenue (DGII) and the Registry of Titles, including transfer (purchase/sale), lease, easement, mortgage, privilege, among others.
  • Assistance in technical and cadastral processes before the real estate jurisdiction, including primary registration (saneamiento), property survey (deslinde), subdivision, cadastral measurement update, among others.
  • Advice and representation in processes of determination of heirs and amicable partition of property before the real estate jurisdiction.
  • Representation in appeals for reconsideration and hierarchical appeals and litigation on registered rights before the real estate jurisdiction.
  • Advice in the process of constitution or modification of condominium regimes before the real estate jurisdiction, including registration of condominium privileges.

Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • Legal representation of individuals, national and international companies before Dominican courts, in civil, commercial, labor, real estate, constitutional, administrative, and tax litigation matters, including the design of the legal strategy, as well as in mediation and commercial arbitration proceedings, ad hoc or before the Alternative Dispute Resolution Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo (CRC-CCPSD) and Santiago (CRC-CCP Santiago).

Labor Law

  • Advice on the application of labor laws and regulations, including the implementation of best hiring practices according to each industry sector, for the prevention and mitigation of legal labor risks (e.g., types of contracts, suspension of contract, salary composition, working hours, form of payment, company policies, internal regulations, and others).
  • Assistance to employers in the registration of workers in the Integrated Labor Registration System (SIRLA) of the Ministry of Labor and in the Single Information and Collection System of the Dominican Social Security System (SuirPlus) of the Social Security Treasury (TSS).
  • Structuring and drafting of employment contracts, leaves of absence, suspensions, and payment and discharge receipts for termination of employment contracts for any cause.
  • Advice in cases of formation of labor unions, union complaints, economic conflicts (collective bargaining agreements), and/or strikes, including representation and defense before labor courts or arbitrators, as applicable.
  • Legal representation of individuals, national and international companies before labor courts with respect to litigation arising from the termination of employment contracts, including the design of the legal strategy.

Agency and Distribution

  • Advice to licensor/grantor companies, product agents or distributors regarding the application of Law 173 on the Protection of Importer Agents of Goods and Products.
  • Structuring, negotiation, and closing of product distribution contracts, exclusive or non-exclusive, between licensor companies and local distributors.
  • Procurement and registration of product distribution contracts under Law 173 before the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.

Administrative Law and Regulation

  • Representation in administrative proceedings before the public administration and litigation before the administrative jurisdiction against administrative acts, events, and contracts, including those of the tax administration.
  • Advice in public procurement processes of goods, services, and works before the public administration.
  • Procurement of all kinds of authorizations, permits, and licenses for public services or regulated activities before the public administration, including environmental authorizations, construction licenses, sanitary registrations, electricity and telecommunications concessions.
  • Procurement and obtaining registration in the Registry of State Suppliers (RPE) with the General Agency of Public Contracting (DGCP).
  • Procurement and registration of adhesion contracts of local and international suppliers, as well as raffles and contests, before the National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro-Consumidor).

Banking and Finance Law

  • Advice and representation of financial institutions, lenders, and borrowers in all sectors, in connection with personal or secured loans and project financing, including the legal due diligence of the transaction and the structuring, negotiation, drafting and closing of loan and security documents.
  • Registration and perfection of loan securities with the competent authorities, including mortgages, non-possessory pledges, pledges of shares, assignments of contracts, insurance policies, and bank accounts.

Corporate Law

  • Advice in the process of incorporation and registration of companies with the National Office for Industrial Property (ONAPI), the General Agency of Internal Revenue (DGII), and the Chamber of Commerce and Production, as well as the subsequent upkeep of such companies (renewal or modification of tradename certificate, mercantile registry certificate, drafting and modification of bylaws, drafting and registration of minutes of ordinary and extraordinary meetings of shareholders and directors and manager resolutions).

Competition Law

  • Advice economic agents regarding the application of General Law 42-08 for the Defense of Competition, including the evaluation of situations of unfair competition, abuse of dominant position, illegal unilateral conduct, and vertical or horizontal agreements, decisions, or commercial practices contrary to free competition.
  • Advice in the structuring and implementation of corporate compliance plans in competition matters under Law 42-08.
  • Representation of economic agents in administrative investigation and sanctioning procedures before the National Commission for the Defense of Competition (Pro-Competencia) and subsequently in judicial proceedings before the administrative jurisdiction, with respect to practices of unfair competition, abuse of dominant position, illegal unilateral conduct, and agreements, decisions, or commercial practices contrary to free competition.

Energy Law

  • Structuring, negotiation, and closing of power purchase agreements, fuel supply, leasing or purchase of project land, leasing of solar panels for self-production, operation, and maintenance, engineering, procurement, and construction, among others.
  • Advice and representation in legal and regulatory processes to obtain provisional and definitive concessions for electricity generation projects from conventional and renewable sources.
  • Representation of users and distribution companies in public electricity service claims before the Electricity Consumer Protection Office (PROTECOM) and the Superintendence of Electricity (SIE).
  • Advice in the process of authorization of tax benefits recognized in Law 57-07 on Incentives to Renewable Energies and Special Regimes before the National Energy Commission (CNE), the Ministry of Finance, and the General Agency of Internal Revenue (DGII).

Real Estate Law

  • Structuring, due diligence (legal status), negotiation, drafting and closing of real estate contracts, including sale and purchase, option to buy, promise to sell, lease, emphyteusis, easement, mortgage, privilege, among others.
  • Advice and representation in the process of tax payment, registration and/or modification of real estate rights before the General Agency of Internal Revenue (DGII) and the Registry of Titles, including transfer (purchase/sale), lease, easement, mortgage, privilege, among others.
  • Assistance in technical and cadastral processes before the real estate jurisdiction, including primary registration (saneamiento), property survey (deslinde), subdivision, cadastral measurement update, among others.
  • Advice and representation in processes of determination of heirs and amicable partition of property before the real estate jurisdiction.
  • Representation in appeals for reconsideration and hierarchical appeals and litigation on registered rights before the real estate jurisdiction.
  • Advice in the process of constitution or modification of condominium regimes before the real estate jurisdiction, including registration of condominium privileges.

Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • Legal representation of individuals, national and international companies before Dominican courts, in civil, commercial, labor, real estate, constitutional, administrative, and tax litigation matters, including the design of the legal strategy, as well as in mediation and commercial arbitration proceedings, ad hoc or before the Alternative Dispute Resolution Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo (CRC-CCPSD) and Santiago (CRC-CCP Santiago).

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