Managing Partner: Georges Santoni Recio
Number of partners: 8
Number of other lawyers: 13
Number of other lawyers worldwide: 120
Languages: Spanish, English, French, Serbo- Croatian.
THE FIRM:
RussinVecchi& Heredia Bonettiis the office inthe Dominican Republic of Russin & Vecchi, aninternational firm of lawyers with a presence inAsia, Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. Santo Domingo Office was founded in 1969. In 1989 the firm established a Puerto Plata office along with correspondent offices in several of the country’s provinces. Then, Cuban Desk established in 2016; and, Spanish Desk established in 2022.
Our firm commitment to excellence in theservices we provide, innovation, and theimprovement of the legal and business climatehas allowed us to maintain our position for over50 years as one of the leading business law firmsin the Dominican Republic.
RV&HB was chosen the Dominican Republic representative of MERITAS, a worldwide association of independent law firms offering a full range of high-quality legal services. This membership requires yearly examination and re-certification of RV&HB, attesting to the quality of its services. Current quality index is excellent.
OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENTS:
- Corporate/ Business
- Litigation/ ADR
- IntellectualProperty
- Real Estate /PropertyLaw
- CompetitionLaw
- ForeignTrade
- Telecommunications
- FamilyLaw
- CubanDesk
- SpanishDesk
Corporate / Business:
- Agency and distribution
- Banking, financing andInvestment
- Corporate and commercial
- Commercial and GovernmentProcurement
- Civil aviation
- Energy and renewable energy
- Environmental Law
- Foreign investment
- Free zone
- International Law
- Insurance
- Mining
- Maritime law
- Reorganization:Mergersandacquisitions
- Tax
Litigation:
- Antitrust
- Administrative
- Civil, contractual and commercial
- Commercialarbitration
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Real Estate Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Labor andemployment
- Penal law
Intellectual Property:
- Administrative and judicialappeals
- Copyrights
- Distintivesigns
- IndustrialProperty
- Patentsandtrademarks
- PrivacyandPublicityRights
- Sanitaryandregulatoryregistrations
Family Law:
- Civil law - consultation
- Divorces
- InternationalAdoptions
- Migration
- Maritalcontracts
- PatrimonialOrganization
- Successions
Cuban Desk:
Local experts and strategic alliances with lawyers in Cuba allows the firm to offer advice in the field of Cuban business law, the legal framework for investment and protection agreements, investment in property Real estate, intellectual property, among others.
Spanish Desk:
With the purpose of offering legal advice to investors of Spanish origin interested in doing business in the Dominican Republic, in early 2020, Russin, Vecchi & Heredia Bonetti established a collaboration agreement with Mr. David Heredia Tapia, a lawyer with double degree in Dominican-Spanish, to offer a reliable and efficient legal advice service with scope in both countries and thus offer an added value that reduces costs and response time to our clients.
CLIENTS: At the present time the firm holds an impressive roster of national and international clients.
Sustainable Development
Russin, Vecchi & Heredia Bonetti is a pioneer among law firms in the Dominican Republic that have implemented solid waste recycling programs, starting with paper waste and then with plastic, with the objective of reducing the production of pollutants to the environment and natural resources.
