Diana de los Santos Báez

Associate

Languages spoken
English | Spanish | French

About Diana

Diana de los Santos Báez is an associate in the Corporate and Financial Services Practice Groups. She advises domestic and international clients on corporate, commercial and financing matters, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, corporate reorganizations, cross-border transactions and regulatory matters. Her experience spans the financial services, energy, aviation, tourism, telecommunications, free trade zone, sports and entertainment sectors.

Experience

  • Assisting a local company with its initial public offering (IPO) of shares in the Dominican securities market – the first of its kind in the Dominican Republic.

  • Representing an international entertainment company in its acquisition of a leading live entertainment company in the Dominican Republic.

  • Representing a client in the acquisition and transfer of shares in one of the largest private banks in the Dominican Republic.

  • Representing the seller in the sale of a 100% indirect interest in a provider of outsourced medical support call center services.

  • Representing a client in the acquisition of all assets of a Dominican free trade zone company providing medical-equipment sterilization services.

  • Representing a Dominican airline in the financing and leasing of several aircraft and advising foreign airlines on Dominican regulatory matters.

  • 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 and upkeep of Dominican legal entities.

  • 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 and Customs Authority, the Civil Aviation Authority and the National Council of Free Trade Zones, among others.

Credentials

Education
  • Harvard Law School, LL.M., 2026
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Master’s Degree, Economic and Business Criminal Law, 2025
  • Universidad Iberoamericana, LL.B., summa cum laude, 2023
Admissions
  • Dominican Republic, 2024

Expertise