On February 19, 2015 the senior executives of the firm Rizek Abogados launched a formal presentation of the law firm, with the attendance of prominent lawyers, businessmen, congressmen, judges, government officials as well as representatives of prestigious foreign law firms.

During the venue held at JW Marriott Santo Domingo, attorney José Alfredo Rizek, founding partner of the firm, expressed his deep appreciation for the vast support provided by both the general public and attendants. He also referred to the principles embraced in the foundation of the firm, which uphold “a different philosophy and vision, given that clients will never be restricted from choosing our firm’s services, irrespective of how simplistic their case may seem to be, provided that it is a matter of importance for our clients; there are no preferred areas of practice at our firm, other than those imposed upon by our clients’ business plans or personal requirements”.

With more than 20 years of professional practice and active involvement in the telecommunications sector, the team at Rizek Abogados has had ample opportunity to deal with and participate in major initiatives for the development of legislation governing the telecommunications market, as well as to participate in the most relevant transactions relating to acquisition, sale and restructuring processes within the sector.

In addition to the above, the firm possesses a wide range of expertise of counseling services to corporations; financial intermediation and investment entities –both at the national and international level- regarding issues of corporate governance; due diligence procedures; restructuring; mergers; divisions and acquisitions; as well as providing services for the coordination and organization of governing board assembly sessions and meetings.

Given their ample experience in dealing with and managing a wide range of disputes and lawsuits, Rizek Abogados clients can rest assured that the firm’s litigating attorneys will be conscientiously working with their best interest at heart, safeguarding their assets, protecting their rights, and designing the strategies that might be required to effectively amend any infringement that might have affected them.

The Business Team at Rizek Abogados is comprised of highly skilled attorneys with a significant body of knowledge in the area of representing diverse range of clients’ relationships with the Dominican state, such as: the negotiation and formulation of concession contracts, energy purchase contracts, participation in national and international bids and the financing of investment projects.