Alfredo A. Guzmán Saladín

Mr. Guzmán-Saladín is a top-ranked attorney in the hospitality, entertainment, real estate and sports industries, quoted several times in The New York Times, with an impressive track record in handling transactions in high-end projects across the Dominican Republic, such as Casa de Campo, Punta Cana, Cap Cana and Playa Grande. Listed below are some of his representative work.

• Represents ultra-high-net-worth individuals in their purchase of luxury villas and homes in the Dominican Republic.
• Advises a major US sports and entertainment agency with regards to their Dominican athletes and clients.
• Advisor to Chinese conglomerate Fosun International in their $430 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for their investment in Club Med hotels in the Dominican Republic.
• Assisted an international hotel chain in obtaining tax exemptions and incentives under Tourism Incentive Law 158-01.
• Closed on credit facilities in excess of $200 million for the Dominican and Caribbean operations of an international client.
• Assisted a major hospitality client in debt restructuring.
• Serves as expert counsel on Dominican law in contractual and tort matters before courts in the UK and the United States.
• Represented a major American bank in a complex litigated foreclosure of luxury real estate.
• Counsel to an international client on commercial and tax law matters related to FDI, subsidiaries, acquisitions, structuring, project finance, real estate developments, and efficient cross-border tax planning.
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Asociación de Hoteles y Turismo de El Seibo y Miches (PROMICHES).

Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.), Masters in Business Management (2007). Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) LL. B, summa cum laude , 2006.

Memberships

• Dominican Bar Association. American Bar Association. International Bar Association.

Awards and Recognitions

• Ranked as a recommended lawyer in The Legal 500 Latin America, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. Ranked as a next generation partner in The Legal 500 Latin America, 2021.

Publications

• Latin Lawyer Reference Project Finance, 2020 . Real Estate 2020 – Dominican Republic – Chambers Global Practice Guide Introductions to the legal framework: Ownership of Real Estate The Real Estate Law Review, The Law Reviews, United Kingdom, 2019, 2020 Real Estate – Dominican Republic Questionnaire (co-author), Latin Lawyer Reference, 2018, 2019, 2020 M&A in the Dominican Republic (co-author), Lexology Navigator, 2018, 2019, 2020. Secured Lending (co-author), Lexology Navigator, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 Real Estate Law Guide (co-author), Getting the Deal Through, U.K., 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2020 Project Finance Law Guide (co-author), Getting the Deal Through, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 The functioning of limited liability companies , Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra, Santiago, Dominican Republic, 2009. Contributor to the only current book on company forms published in the Dominican Republic. Contributed in the preparation of the national mercantile registry regulations during the transition to the current Company Law in the Dominican Republic.