Santroni Parsons

in 2023 the firm was certified under the All-Legal Industry Sustainability Standard (ALISS). This online self-assessment tool measures a law firm's environmental sustainability. It allows law offices to take stock of their efforts to promote energy efficiency, conservation of energy and resources, recycling, and related measures. It also gives recognition for the efforts of law firms, in which Santroni Parsons is under the bronze category.

SANTRONI PARSONSis certified by T.U.V. Rheinland as the first Dominican environmental and legal law firm to be carbon neutral (CO2). This achievement has been possible due to our efforts in accounting, reducing, and countervailing the CO2 emissions produced by our operations.

SANTRONI PARSONSwas awarded in 2022 by the National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism and the National Energy Commission – C.N.E. – for walking the path of good practices, sustainability, and constructive leadership, and becoming a certified carbon neutral firm. Idem anterior

Since 2010,SANTRONI PARSONShas been considered a pioneer environmental and sustainable business law firm in the Dominican Republic, recognized by clients, peers, and international legal rankings as the number one firm specializing in Environmental law and regulations.

SANTRONI PARSONS's lawyers, environmental advisers, and specialized consultants offer pragmatic solutions to the most complex business challenges.

The firm aims to facilitate the Development, construction, and operation of investment projects in compliance with regulations through the prevention and solution of legal, environmental, land use, and social challenges.

Assistance with investment projects includes environmental feasibility studies, investment strategies, processing of environmental permits and licenses, compliance diagnosis, due diligence, and implementing environmental best practices to ensure business sustainability.

As of today, the Compliance department has been able to develop its systems to automatize the legal environmental compliance of the projects and provide more effective advisement.

Additionally, Santroni Parsons has expanded to Punta Cana by opening the Punta Cana Desk in La Altagracia province. Said office covers all clients in Punta Cana, Macao, Miches, Nisibon, and other surroundings to provide more personal and up-close services to the projects and clients currently being developed.

SANTRONI PARSONS in numbers.

Measuring the firm's KPI has been the best way of identifying areas of strength and weakness; in this case, those numbers help us improve the quality of our products and our client service approach.

• The firm represents investments in the D.R. tourism sector for more than US$9.0 MM.
• Active projects today include more than 130,000 hotel and tourist real estate rooms in the Dominican Republic, with 10% of the rooms under construction or operation in the country.
• 50 hotels.
• +100 active real estate and tourism projects.
• + 500 environmental assessments.
• 19 new clients of the leading companies in the following sectors: tourism, real estate, Food and Beveridge,mining, and renewable energy.
• Existing clients of the firm have referred 70% of the new clients.