JUAN MANUEL SUERO (LL.M.) - Position: Senior Partner/Founder - Managing Partner.
Areas: ADR; CAFTA-DR legal advisor; Civil Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; International Law; Divorce; Franchise Law; Free Zones; Joint Ventures; DR-Cafta legal advisor; Taxation of Foreign Nationals; Maritime Law; Agency and Distributorship; Distribution; Distribution Agreements; International Distribution; Arbitration; International Arbitration; International Dispute Resolution; International Mediation; International Business Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Family Business Law; International Contracts; International Divorces; International Family Law; Marital Agreements; Matrimonial Law; Divorce Mediation; Franchise Agreements; Franchise Distribution; Franchise Litigation; Franchising; International Franchising; Conflict of Laws; Private International Law; Comparative Law; Central American Common Market; Free Trade Agreements; GATT; International Trade Arbitration; International Trade Contracts; International Trade Regulation; Latin America Trade; Mercosur; North American Free Trade Agreement; Pacific Rim Trade; Import and Export Law; Business Organization; Dominican Divorces Expert Witness.

Member: American Bar Association (ABA), American Association for Justice (AAJ); New York State (NYSBA), International (IBA) Bar Association; Inter-American Bar Association (IABA); Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); The American Committee on Foreign Relations; Hispanic Bar Association (HBA); International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAML); Internet Bar Association; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY); Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA); Colegio de Abogados de la Republica Dominicana (CARD); Colegio Dominicano de Notarios.

Biography: Author: THE WORLD BANK: “Doing business in 2007: How to Reform the Dominican Republic & Doing Business in 2007: Dominican Republic, How to close a business”; THE WORLD BANK: "Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs. Regulation of Business Entry in the Dominican Republic;" THE WORLD BANK: "Doing Business in 2005 and 2003: Starting a Business in the Dominican Republic"; "La Bolsa de Valores en la Republica Dominicana," 1993; "International Sale Contracts in Dominican Republic," 1999; "Legal Aspects and Validity of One Day Dominican Divorce" 1999. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, The International Lawyer: "Legal Developments in the Dominican Republic in Review: 2003"

Member: Director of the Foreign Affairs dept of the Dominican Republic Bar Association (CARD); NSU International Research and Estates, Project Advisory Board for the Green Book as expert for Dominican Republic, 2003, 2005. Study Group, U.S. Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Recognition and Enforcement of Civil Judgments (Hague Conference on Private International Law) at United States Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1999; Board of Directors, Dominican-American Chamber of Commerce - DACC, 1999.

Languages: English, French, Italian and Spanish.
E-mail: jsuero@dlawyers.com

ELISABETTA PEDERSINI - Position: Partner/Founder - Luxury Real Estate and Private Clients Platinum Advisor.
Practice Areas: International Business; International Luxury Real Estate expert; Private clients, Investment in Latin America; Investment in China; Business Immigration; Investors Immigration; Independent Immigration; Baby Boomers Relocation; Real Estate Development; International Property Specialist for Global Real Estate Investors; Luxury Real Estate and International Business Consultant.

Member: American Bar Association (ABA); ABA Women Rainmakers (ABAWR); American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA); American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); American Association for Justice (AAJ) American Society of International Law (ASIL); Centro de Estudio de Justicia de Las Americas (CEJA); Entertainment, Art & Sport Society (EASL); Inter-American Bar Association (IABA); International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IAJLJ); Italian American Lawyers Association (IALA); National Italian American Bar Association (NIABA); National Italian American Foundation (NIAF); New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA); New York State Bar Association (NYSBA); Union International des Avocats (UIA); International Property Investment Network (IPIN); American Translators Association (ATA); National Chapter of the American Translators Association of Washington, DC (NCATA); New York Circle of Translators (NYCT); Dominican-Italian Chamber of Commerce (DICC); National Association for Female Executives (NAFE); National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL); National Organization of Italian-American Woman (NOIAW).

Biography: Author: THE WORLD BANK: "Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs. Regulation of Business Entry in the Dominican Republic;" THE WORLD BANK: "Doing Business in 2005: Starting a Business in the Dominican Republic;" AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION - The International Lawyer: "Legal Developments in the Dominican Republic in Review: 2003". Foreign Business Correspondent for Europe and America, 1982; Awards: Citywealth Platinum Award - Top 100 Platinum Advisers(2007) - Recipient: Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards, 2000-2002. Author: " Analisi Andamento e Fluttuazione Delle Materie Prime Nei Mercati Mondiali". Listed in the International Who's Who of Professionals 2005; and of Business Women, 1999-2000; Member: Study Group, US Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Recognition and Enforcement of Civil Judgments (The Hague Conference on Private International Law) at the US Department of State, Washington DC 1999.

Languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.
E-mail: epedersini@dlawyers.com