Our Team
Emil E. Chireno Haché
Emil Chireno has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions with multinational companies and complex business operations in multiple jurisdictions. His practice focuses on advising foreign nationals and companies on how to invest in the Dominican Republic in new business ventures and specially in large construction projects for the tourism industry. He specializes in corporate law, administrative law, tax law, complex litigation and commercial arbitration and advises companies and individuals in manufacturing operations, free zones, construction and real estate development for tourism, residential and commercial projects with multinational business structures in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean. Graduate of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santo Domingo, DR. Master’s degree from Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA, 2012; Master’s degree in administrative law, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Virginia Wall Guerra
International Law and Arbitration
Virginia Wall focuses her practice on private and public international law as well as corporate law. Her practice focuses on advising clients in a broad range of industries including food manufacturing and distribution, free zone and foreign investment arbitration. She is an accredited judicial interpreter in English and German as well as a law Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Virginia holds a master’s degree in international law, foreign investment and arbitration at the Max Plack Institute of Comparative Law at Heidelberg University, Germany. She also holds a master’s degree in international relations from Instituto Universitario Ortega-Marañón in Spain.
Languages: Spanish, English, French.
Virginia Wall focuses her practice on private and public international law as well as corporate law. Her practice focuses on advising clients in a broad range of industries including food manufacturing and distribution, free zone and foreign investment arbitration. She is an accredited judicial interpreter in English and German as well as a law Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Virginia holds a master’s degree in international law, foreign investment and arbitration at the Max Plack Institute of Comparative Law at Heidelberg University, Germany. She also holds a master’s degree in international relations from Instituto Universitario Ortega-Marañón in Spain.
Languages: Spanish, English, French.
Ashley Peralta
Compliance
Ashley holds a law degree grom Universidad Pedro Henriquez Ureña and a master’s degree in Civil Law. She has broad experience in intellectual property, manufacturing operations, consumer law, real state law, foreign investment, free zones, family law and immigration law.
Languages: Spanish, English.
Ashley holds a law degree grom Universidad Pedro Henriquez Ureña and a master’s degree in Civil Law. She has broad experience in intellectual property, manufacturing operations, consumer law, real state law, foreign investment, free zones, family law and immigration law.
Languages: Spanish, English.
Erick F. Sepúlveda Metz
Dispute resolution
He has more than 20 years of experience in civil, criminal and labor litigation representing individuals and corporation of the Dominican Republic and multinational corporations in the courts of the Dominican Republic. He holds a bachelor in law from Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.
Languages: Spanish
He has more than 20 years of experience in civil, criminal and labor litigation representing individuals and corporation of the Dominican Republic and multinational corporations in the courts of the Dominican Republic. He holds a bachelor in law from Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.
Languages: Spanish
Lia Canahuate
Legal assistant Languages: Spanish, English.
Harje Kjellberg (Of Counsel)
Graduate of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santo Domingo, DR, 2009. Erasmus-Mundos Fellow from the European Union obtained a master’s degree in transnational commercial and financial law from the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, 2010. Subsequently, he obtained a master’s degree in banking and financial law from the University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, 2011. Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra with extensive experience in business planning and complex operations for large Dominican business groups and multinational companies. Specializes in commercial law, securities market, banking and financial law, estate planning.
Wilfrido Escolástico
Accounting and administration.
