Rita Mota Abinader advises local and foreign clients on corporate, commercial, tax-related and regulatory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, as well as securities and banking matters related to doing business in the Dominican Republic.

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  • Assisting a local company with its initial public offering of shares in the Dominican securities market – the first of its kind in the Dominican Republic.
  • Drafting, for a foreign financial entity, of a legal opinion on the enforceability of International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) master agreement provisions with respect to Dominican financial entities.
  • Drafting, for a foreign financial entity, of a legal memorandum on repurchase transactions with Dominican multiple services banks.
  • Advice and assistance to a foreign financial entity in the execution of a repurchase transaction with a Dominican broker dealer.
  • Participating in and rendering legal advice on the dissolution and liquidation of a Dominican governmental agency.
  • Participating in due diligence procedures of target companies for financing projects of a local investment fund.
  • Assisting with and drafting of legal documentation to assign receivables to a Dominican trust (fideicomiso).
  • Participating in due diligence procedures for the acquisition of target entities or assets in the Dominican Republic.
  • Advising and assisting clients with the incorporation of Dominican legal entities.
  • Rendering legal advice and assisting clients with the establishment of branches of foreign companies in the Dominican Republic.
  • Advising local and foreign clients on the upkeep of legal entities in the Dominican Republic.
  • Advising local and foreign clients on corporate restructuring, capital increase or reduction, dissolution and liquidation matters of Dominican legal entities.
  • Assisting clients with the obtainment, update or amendment of authorizations, registries or permits before Dominican authorities, such as the Mercantile Registry, the Tax Authority, the Customs Authority, the Social Security Treasury, the Civil Aviation Authority, the Government Procurement and Contracting Authority, the Superintendence of Insurance and the National Council of Free Trade Zones.
  • Advising and assisting clients with succession processes under Dominican law.

Education

  • University of Glasgow, Master of Laws (LL.M.), Corporate and Financial Law, Distinction, 2020
  • Instituto Global de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales and Universidad de Salamanca, Masters, Administrative Law, 2019
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Santo Domingo, LL.B., Summa Cum Laude, 2017

Admissions

  • Dominican Republic, 2017

Memberships & Affiliations

  • National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE)
  • Dominican Association of FinTech Companies (ADOFINTECH)

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English
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