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Banking, Finance and Securities law in Dominican Republic

Pellerano & Herrera's banking lawyers advise commercial banks, international financial institutions, financial companies, investment banks, stock exchange agents and other financial institutions on the full range of legal issues that they may encounter. The firm represents lenders and borrowers on a wide range of credit facilities, including syndicated loans, secured and unsecured lending and project and acquisition financing. We also provide assistance in respect of regulatory and compliance issues for financial institutions. The firm helps buyers and sellers of financial institutions and acts for those who wish to establish bank branches and representative offices of international financial institutions in the Dominican Republic.

Structured Finance

Our structured finance team operates at the cutting edge of structured finance work, implementing complex transactions in structured products, securitisations, asset acquisitions, project finance, and tax driven schemes. We have assisted major financial institutions, asset originators, asset purchasers, arrangers, insurers and other market organizations in ground-breaking transactions involving the Dominican Republic.

Securities

We handle equity securities, bonds, convertibles and other hybrid securities, project bonds and asset backed securities using corporate and finance lawyers.

In addition to the major investment banks we act for many Governments and leading corporations worldwide. Our experience covers many industry sectors, handling transactions in IT and telecommunications, media and technology, energy, transport and manufacturing.

The firm has represented Dominican companies and major investment banks in a range of public offerings in international markets. Recent transactions include an offering of bonds and shares on the New York Stock Exchange and a first and second issuance of Dominican Sovereign bonds on the NYSE and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.