Guzmán Ariza has been chosen as one of the best companies to work for in 2022 in the Dominican Republic, according to Revista Mercado, a leading Dominican business magazine, which highlighted our firm as pioneers in the provision of specialized legal services and our emphasis on constantly raising the professional level of our team, having accomplished in 2021 more than 2,000 hours of training for all our staff.
The Dominican government has started a renovation project of Sosúa Beach in Puerto Plata with an investment that will exceed RD$600 million pesos, for the construction of new infrastructure and facilities that will have a positive impact on the tourist activity of the area and will boost investment in this destination.
The project will include the reordering of traffic, the construction of parking lots and the improvement of access to the beaches. In addition, they will implement security measures to prevent illegal activities in the area, provide training for merchants and grant financing facilities for projects that contribute to the improvement of the sector.
Our lawyer, Leandro Corral, took part in the regulation and current affairs report on border measures for the Japan Foreign Trade Organization (JETRO) on anti-counterfeiting systems and the operational situation of 13 Latin American countries.
This report is available at the following link:
https://www.jetro.go.jp/biznews/2022/04/4d295d35548c27ba.html (Japanese only).
The Andrean magazine, from St. Andrew’s College in Canada, conducted an interview with Fabio Guzmán Ariza, president of the firm, for its Fall 2021 issue.
The magazine collects the experiences of St. Andrew’s College students who have stood out in their personal and professional lives. Don Fabio Guzmán Ariza graduated from this institution in 1966.
 |
The Andrean Interviews Fabio Guzmán Ariza |
The Second Chamber of the Civil and Commercial Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Santiago annulled the sentence issued by the first-degree court that condemned the winning pitcher of the Cy Young Bartolo Colón to the payment of US $ 4.5 million, for alleged compensation on future earnings after his return to the Major Leagues, to the Dominican doctors who assisted him in the treatment of stem cells in the tissues of his right shoulder.
This decision dated September 20, 2021, also motivated that the doctors did not present elements that corroborate the existence of an alleged agreement between the parties involved in the legal conflict. In the words of one of Colón’s lawyers, Mr. John P. Seibel, “the Court judged on the basis of the facts and applied the law. Justice has been done for Bartolo and his family in the face of an unfounded lawsuit and an absurd first-instance sentence.”
Colón was represented by lawyers Alberto Reyes Báez, from law firm Guzmán Ariza; John P. Seibel and Patricio J. Silvestre, from law firm Seibel Dargam Henríquez y Herrera; Néstor Reinoso, from law firm Reinoso, Ottenwalder y Asociados and Gilberto Objío, from law firm Objío, Subero and Ledesma.
London, United Kingdom, September 22, 2021 – We are extremely proud to announce that Guzmán Ariza has been awarded two very important recognitions at the International Tax Review’s Americas Tax Awards 2021, as Caribbean Tax Firm of the Year and Caribbean Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year.
Now in its 17th year, the ITR Americas Tax Awards 2021 recognizes remarkable achievements and developments by international tax professionals from the North, Central and South American regions, over a 12-month period, celebrating the leading tax and transfer pricing firms and practitioners.
Following months of research, interviews and peer review, winners were judged for their innovation, complexity and impact.
Congratulations to our tax practice lead partners Alfredo Guzmán Saladín, Fabio Guzmán Saladín, Alberto Reyes Báez and their team, as well as our in-house Tax Advisor and CPA, Mariano Corral, for their excellent work. We would also like to acknowledge the other top firms and practitioners shortlisted for these awards, as they kept us in good company.
Fabio Guzmán-Saladín, partner at Guzmán Ariza, took part in a meeting between of the Central America and Caribbean Chamber of Commerce, the Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry, held on Saturday, November 30, 2019 in Panama City.
This important meeting had as special guests Doctor Christian Storost, Head of Division for the Promotion of Foreign Trade an Investment, and Ms. Natascha Boussiga, Director of the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad in the Americas and Western Europe; and the Presidents of the Foreign German Chambers in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá.
The topics discussed during the event included cooperation between countries and trade relations with the region.
Mr. Guzmán-Saladín attended in his role as president of the Dominican-German Chamber of Commerce.
[December 2019]
After concluding the first auction round started on July 10th in Texas, which culminated in the concession of block 2 of the San Pedro de Macorís offshore basin on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Dominican Republic will make a new gas and oil round in the coming months to include blocks for exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in areas that were not included in the first round.
11 blocks in 4 basins remained from the First Round for which no bids were received, namely: Cibao: 6 interterritorial blocks; San Pedro de Macorís: 2 maritime blocks; Enriquillo: 2 interterritorial blocks; Azua: 1 inter-territorial block. For the new round, the Ministry will include blocks in areas that had not previously been offered, which have not been publicly disclosed yet.
[December 2019]
Guzmán Ariza attended the conference for the “Arbitral Award” held by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Puerto Plata.
The German Dominican Chamber of Commerce celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding in a cocktail party with a large number of its members, allies of the private sector and public sector authorities.
The meeting was attended by Volker Pellet, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany and honorary president of the Chamber; Fabio Guzmán Saladín, president of the CCDA and partner of Guzmán Ariza law firm; Edmund Duckwitz, former Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Dominican Republic and founder of the German Dominican Chamber of Commerce; Johannes Hauser, President of the Regional German Chamber of Commerce for Central America and the Caribbean; Nelson Toca Simó, Minister of Industry, Commerce and SMEs; Fausto Fernández, Vice Minister of Tourism; among others.
During his speech, Guzmán Saladín said that “since its foundation in 1994, the Chamber has achieved important milestones that have enabled it to fulfill its main mission, which is to achieve a greater cooperation between Germany and the Dominican Republic, especially searching for business opportunities that are beneficial for both nations.”
The commemoration took place at the Ambassador’s residence.
[March 2019]