Latin America
Practice Areas
Contracts
Corporate
Banking & Finance
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Mergers & Acquisitions
Career
Mr. Castillo Báez has extensive experience in financing, complex transactions, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, contracts, and foreign investment. He has advised widely on commercial contracts and both civil and commercial litigation.
He is recognized by leading legal benchmarking publications as a leader in his field. Chambers ranked him in real estate and tourism as well as in corporate and commercial law for his solid experience in those sectors. He provides a sense of safety for clients, who describe him as “deeply experienced, as well as being a strong leader who is aware of all the transactions.”
Finally, he thrives as a mentor to his team members, inspiring them to produce top-quality work daily and serving as a role model within the firm.
Professional Memberships
-Dominican Bar Association
-Dominican Association of Notaries
-Inter-American Bar Association
-International Trademark Association (INTA)
-Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)
-Inter-American Businessmen Association
-National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE)
-Dominican-Mexican Chamber of Commerce, Director-Vocal (former president)
-Dominican-Chinese Chamber of Commerce
-Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce
-Dominican-Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Foundation of Institutionalism and Justice (FINJUS), Member of the Board of Directors
Regional Center of Sustainable Economic Strategies (CREES), Founding Member and Member of the Board of Directors
Languages Spoken
Spanish, english and french
Work Highlights
Represented a multinational cable and telecoms company in the acquisition of two major telecoms service providers in Dominican Republic.
Regularly represents local and foreign banks in connection with multimillion dollar loans and project financings.
Legal counsel to a syndicate of international banking entities lenders in connection with the refinancing of certain credit facilities in the amount of USD 500,000,000.00.
Assisted a private industrial group in the purchase of local assets owned by a multinational oil company.
Represented the issuer in a DOP 500,000,000.00 public offering of corporate bonds by a local financing entity, registered with the Superintendencia de Valores (SIV).
Represented the issuer in a DOP 4,100,000.00 public offering of corporate bonds by a local financing entity, registered with the Superintendencia de Valores (SIV).
Advised a foreign entity on Dominican regulatory matters and gathering of license to provide satellite television services.
Acted as local counsel in the first and, to date, only IPO by a Dominican company on the NYSE.
Honorary legal advisor to the Presidency of the Dominican Republic (period 2000-2004).
Acted as counsel for the issuer in the first public offering of securities on the Dominican stock exchange.
Education
University Of Wisconsin, USA
Diploma in US Law and Legal Institutions
1987
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU)
J.D.
1988
Paris Economy, Social Sciences and Law University, France
Commercial Law Degree
1990
