The Dominican Republic offers international corporations and private investors business opportunities as inviting as the clear blue-green waters surrounding it. Guzmán Ariza is positioned to help you mine those opportunities in four tactical ways.

Guzmán Ariza is a national law and business consulting firm – the first and only one in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1927, our eight offices are strategically located to serve you in every major business and tourism center in the Dominican Republic: the Santo Domingo metropolitan area, including Juan Dolio and Boca Chica; the northern part of the island –Sosua, Cabarete, Cabrera, Las Terrenas, Samana, San Francisco de Macoris–; and the southeast –Punta Cana, Bavaro, Miches, Macao and La Romana, including Casa de Campo and Bayahibe. Our experienced attorneys live with the local issues that matter to you, and work regularly in the courts of a particular area. We are right where you need us – not 100 miles away!

Our firm is client-focused and full-service. Intent on servicing the needs of international clients, our multilingual attorneys and business consultants are equipped to help you, in both personal and business matters, across a wide variety of practice areas, including but not limited to Commercial and Corporate Law, Real Estate and Condominiums, Litigation, Tourism (Resorts and Leisure), International Trade, Foreign Investment, Securities Law, Financing, Taxation, Accounting, Government Relations, Public Procurement (Government Contracts), Trademark and Intellectual Property, Renewable Energy Law, Labor and Employment, Criminal Law, Immigration Law, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, Adoptions, Family and Matrimonial Law (Divorce). Also, our lawyers have regularly served as experts on the laws of the Dominican Republic in foreign jurisdictions.

We are internationally connected. Guzmán Ariza is the only Dominican law firm to belong to the selective SCG Legal, a global network of more than 140 top, independent law firms comprising 11,500 attorneys in nearly 450 offices around the world. Membership is by invitation only and permits us to assist you effectively in international transactions throughout the world.

We achieve cost-effective results by aligning our strategies with your needs. We are the first and only large Dominican law firm to offer services on a fixed-fee and incentive-fee basis instead of the familiar hourly rate, although we will bill you by the hour if requested. Our guiding principle is to obtain the best results in the least amount of time at a cost known to you before the work begins. We work toward a speedy, satisfactory resolution to problems. All fee arrangements are transparent and allow you to budget easily for your legal costs. No hours to bill –no hours to kill!

Our commitment to knowledge of the law and business principles, responsiveness to clients, and cost-effective practices have earned us the reputation within the international business community as a trusted and respected law firm that delivers results.