Romina Santroni

Romina Santroni Parsons is a founding partner of the firm and leads its Environmental and Regulatory practice, advising on investment projects across real estate and resort development, food and beverage, industrial, and film and entertainment. She has built her career around environmental law, land use, and sustainability, designing strategies that allow major investment projects to achieve both regulatory feasibility and long-term sustainability.

She has represented more than 70 projects involving tax exemption approvals and comprehensive licensing processes, covering investments exceeding US$2 billion. Her core areas of practice include tourism and special tax regimes (Confotur), complex environmental permitting, protected areas and polluted sites, urban and land-use planning, water rights, waste, ESG and IFC standards for financing.

She holds a law degree from the National University of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2001), a master’s in environmental law from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (2010), and a postgraduate certificate in Executive Development from Barna Business School. She is a Registered Environmental Consultant before the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, serving as coordinator of environmental impact assessments, and is a certified ISO 14001 Internal Auditor (Bureau Veritas).

Recognitions

• Recognized by the Dominican Government as the country's pioneer service firm in achieving carbon neutrality (2022)

• Registered Environmental Consultant, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic; Internal Auditor, ISO 14001

As ECORED Legal Director, a business association that promotes sustainability in businesses, she led the process to draft a proposal of law on waste, still under discussion in congress.

As Legal Director of ECORED, the business association promoting sustainability among Dominican companies, she led the drafting of proposed waste legislation currently under discussion in Congress. She is co-author of Legal Protection of Tourists (Buenos Aires, Ed. Ladevi, 2018) and has contributed to publications including the Environment and Climate Change chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide, among other papers on environmental management.

She is co-author of Anuario de Jurisprudencia Dominicana (ENJ 2024), Legal Protection of Tourists (Buenos Aires, Ed. Ladevi, 2018) and has contributed to publications including the Environment and Climate Change chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide, among other papers on environmental management.

Representative Clients

• Inicia

• Playa Grande

• Navia Macao Beach

• Costa Blanca, S.A.

• DP World

• Casa de Campo

• Lantica Media

• Hotel Real Intercontinental

• Casas del XVI

• Hacienda Samaná Bay

• Hotel Amanera

• Playa Grande Golf and Ocean Club

• Murales

• Andares del Mirador

• Hotel AC Santiago

• The Loop

Standout Matters

Luxury eco-lodge development, Barahona — Leading environmental strategy for a nature-resort and spa development on the Barahona coast, from initial regulatory compliance and environmental audits through ongoing mitigation and sustainability oversight.

Ultra-luxury clifftop resort, north coast — Acting as environmental consultant to a 25-room, six-star resort on the north coast, representing the property before the Ministry of Environment on permitting and compliance.

US$1 billion golf and beach resort development, Río San Juan — Directing environmental, real estate, and regulatory work for a 10-million-square-meter, multi-phase resort development representing a US$1 billion investment, including permitting before the Ministries of Environment and Tourism and CONFOTUR.

Dominican Republic

Argentina