OMG

Chief Director & Partner: Leonel Melo Guerrero

Partners: Ana Taveras, Esperanza Cabral Rubiera, Gloria Gassó, Laura Piantini, Luis Eduardo Aquino, Manuel Troncoso, Mónika Melo Guerrero, Rebeca García

Firm Overview

OMG, a leading full-service firm and one of the largest in the Dominican Republic, is renowned for its strategic business planning expertise. With a focus on handling sophisticated legal and business challenges, the firm has garnered a reputation for excellence. Its extensive experience spans various industry sectors, positioning OMG at the forefront of numerous significant local and international deals and transactions. Catering to a diverse clientele, OMG offers a comprehensive range of legal services. Through pioneering analysis and research methodologies, the firm consistently delivers innovative solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of its clients.

Main Areas of Practice

Banking & Finance:

OMG has established itself as a trusted advisor in the financial sector. The firm's financing approach prioritises delivering value-added solutions in commercial lending, project financing, securities, and insurance. In addition to conventional lending structures, OMG actively contributes to the development of the securities market in the DR by understanding and addressing client needs. Representing both local and international financial institutions, multilateral organisations, securities participants, and insurance providers, the firm also engages in financial regulation consultancy for regulators and private initiatives.

Corporate:

With comprehensive expertise across various industries, OMG aids clients in strategic planning and provides concrete legal solutions. In M&A, both local and international leading companies rely on OMG for high-profile transaction design and implementation. The firm's practice focuses on identifying and mitigating risks associated with deals, considering economic and political contexts, while ensuring appropriate fiscal structures, corporate governance frameworks, and tax planning. Other areas of practice include spinoffs, restructurings, business planning, corporate litigation, and a sophisticated estate and wealth planning practice.

Government:

Recognising the importance of effective interaction with public authorities, OMG advises clients on navigating regulatory landscapes. By understanding policy objectives, the firm aims to provide clients with a commercial advantage while ensuring compliance. OMG's robust experience spans advising private enterprises, public institutions, and regulatory bodies across specialised legal areas, including financial regulation, telecommunications, social security, taxation, antitrust, energy, constitutional, and human rights law. Upholding the highest ethical standards in its interactions with public officials, the firm solidifies its position as a preferred advisor to regulated entities and governmental institutions.

Intellectual Property:

OMG recognises the role of innovation in development and the significance of intellectual property rights in fostering innovation. The firm's IP team maintains the highest standards of efficiency and quality, handling all aspects of IP issues, including consultation, registration, maintenance of distinctive signs and inventions, copyright, entertainment law, defence of rights, dispute resolution, and negotiation and drafting of licensing, franchising, and distribution agreements.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution:

OMG offers ongoing legal representation in conflict management, employing traditional litigation, arbitration, mediation, or negotiation as appropriate. The firm's innovative approach goes beyond resolving conflicts to focus on clients' interests, developing tailored strategies to add value to clients' operations.

Tax:

OMG's tax team comprises highly talented and innovative experts in income tax and VAT. Renowned for its practical, bottom-line approach, the team seeks the most efficient organisational structures and measures the efficacy of proposed solutions against tangible net savings. Undertaking tax planning projects standalone or as part of broader engagements, OMG employs a dynamic cross-service structure.

Real Estate & Tourism:

OMG is distinguished for providing legal assistance of the highest standards in real estate, construction, hospitality, and tourism sectors. The firm offers strategic legal counselling on transactions and assists clients in designing and implementing corporate structures throughout project lifecycles. Serving developers, hoteliers, portfolio managers, financial institutions, fund administrators, and contractors, OMG excels in delivering sophisticated legal solutions.

Clients:

Notable clients encompass Altice, ABICOR, ADAFP, AG Mercantil, Agrega Partners, Alere Advisors, A.G.L. Asistencia y Gestión Logística, Ltd., A.V. Blandino y Co., Banco Promerica, Banco Santa Cruz, Banesco, BASF, Barceló Hoteles, Baxter International, Biogen, Cap Cana, Cargill, CIFI (Inter-American Investment Corporation), Citibank, Consorcio CAEI, Corporación Andifar, EGE Haina, Embassy of Switzerland in Santo Domingo, Encap Development, Fundación INICIA, GCS Systems (tPago), GE Capital, Gerdau Metaldom, Greincor, Grupo Corripio, Grupo Rojas, Hotchkiss Ltd, INICIA, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Inter-American Investment Corporation, JPMorgan, Kering Group, Lajun Corporation, Lantica Media, MediaNet, Meliá, MercaSID, Oxygen Development, Playa Hotels & Resorts, Primma Valores, Prohotel International, Putney Capital Management, Rigo Trading S.A., Rhythm & Harmony, Sans Souci Ports, Seguros SURA, Shearly Investments, Terra RD Partners, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Trelia Energy Advisors, Unipago, Valora Partners, Vivus.