LAWYER PROFILE
Katia Ríos

Katia Ríos

Latin America 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Real Estate & Tourism

Dominican Republic

3 years ranked

About

Provided by Ríos Legal

Latin America

Practice Areas

Foreign Investment

Tourism and Hospitality

Real Estate

Project Finance

Tax (including CONFOTUR)

Corporate

Bidding and Concessions

Energy

Government

Career

Katia is the founding partner of the firm and has vast experience in the corporate area, with an emphasis on foreign investment, tourism, project financing, real estate transactions, and business planning for national and international companies in the Dominican Republic, among others.

Her professional experience includes the legal direction of one of the main tourist projects in the country; she has also worked in local firms where she has excelled in the areas of commercial law, foreign investment, tourism, and real estate.

She graduated magna cum laude, from law school at Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Santo Domingo in 1989 and obtained a Postgraduate Degree in International Law and Organization for Development from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, (1994). She attended the Environment and Sustainable Development during the Structural Reforms Program, at The University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica (1995); the Harvard Law School’s Negotiation Program for lawyers in 1998, and; the “Project Financing: Building Infrastructure Projects in Developing Markets” program at the Practicing Law Institute, New York, NY, USA (2001).

Chambers Review

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Chambers Latin America

Real Estate & Tourism - Dominican Republic

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Partner Katia Ríos of Ríos Legal is praised by interviewees for her work in the tourism sector. She regularly assists key national and international clients with regulatory work and real estate acquisitions relating to the development of tourism projects.

Strengths

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  • Katia Ríos is an expert on tourism matters and CONFOTUR. She is a business-minded lawyer who knows what clients need and we highly value her.

    Real Estate & TourismChambers Latin America

Ranked Individuals at Ríos Legal (1)

Dominican Republic

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