Tax Advice
DR&R offers comprehensive advice on tax matters for our domestic and international clients in areas such as general taxation, design strategies, personal, family and corporate tax planning and transfer pricing. The firm also assists clients in the filing of appeals before the corresponding authorities and courts in litigious matters of tax nature.
Our tax consultants are authors of important publications, executive summaries and the most comprehensive Annotated Tax Code in the Dominican Republic, and have participated in the development and discussion of General Rules and Regulations of the Dominican tax administration.
Labor and Social Security Laws
Our team is composed of highly trained and experienced lawyers in both labor and social security matters. This allows us to offer our clients the comprehensive support they need when making decisions in these areas.
We offer legal assistance and consultation regarding labor matters and in all fields of employment, including the registration of companies before labor authorities. We also offer advisory services in the development and/or revision of internal company policies, preventive labor audits, appeals and legal actions, implementation or review of employment contracts, termination of workers and labor restructuring, consulting and recruitment processes of expatriate staff, dispute resolution and mediation in labor issues, collective agreements negotiation, regulation of employment and work conditions, regulation of trade unions and occupational risk prevention, among others.
We also provide educational support through workshops on compliance with labor standards and main employers’ obligations under local law, as well as advice on social security legal framework, employees’ benefits administration and as well on employers’ payroll taxes and charges.
Foreign Investment / International Trade
DR&R has highly experienced lawyers in international trade and foreign investment. Our lawyers have been involved in some of the most important transactions establishing new foreign businesses in the Dominican Republic. Our firm provides legal services, business and tax advice on the installations of franchises, on both, import and export transactions, as well as provides assistance in terms of the legal framework and incentives for foreigners.
Our experts provide advice to various business groups in the management of Free Trade Agreements and other agreements.
Trusts
DR&R has a strategic alliance with Solutrust Dominicana, an affiliate of Solutrust Mexico, leaders in providing practical and innovative trust solutions, focused mainly on the establishment, management, operation and control of both, public and private trusts. Regardless of the size of the clients’s business or company, or the complexity of the problem or project size, the flexibility of our products and services allow us to provide tailored made trust solutions.
Our trusts experts advise clients on all legal, commercial and tax aspects to be taken into consideration when incorporating a trust. Our attorneys have assisted in the creation and operation of the Fiduciary that belongs to one of the largest business groups in the Dominican Republic.
Maritime Law
Our attorneys and consultants advise our clients in matters such as maritime insurance, Protection & Indemnity (P&I) Clubs, international transactions, import/export regulations, maritime transport agreements (Bills of Lading), port regulations and liability. We also support and advice our clients regarding the restructuring and insolvency of shipping companies, agents, stevedores, as well as maritime operations in taxation and all related regulatory and administrative matters.
Immigration
We have immigration experts who provide our clients with the assistance and counsel for obtaining minors travel permits, work permits and visas, regular and permanent residence visas, investment visas and rentier or pensioner visas, in addition we provide assistance and counsel on residency renewals and naturalization processes, among other services.
Competition Law and Integrations
We offer our clients assistance in procedures and appeals before the Fair Competition Defense Board and advice the same regarding non-compete agreements, non-solicitation, no contract and confidentiality.
Competition Law and Integrations
We offer our clients assistance in procedures and appeals before the Fair Competition Defense Board and advice the same regarding non-compete agreements, non solicitation, no contract and confidentiality.