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Key contacts
CMBDO: Annie Luna
Quick facts
Partners

11

Other qualified practitioners

42

Total number of lawyers

53

Practitioners (worldwide)

53

Languages

English, Spanish, French, German, Italian

Network memberships

SCG Legal, GGI Legal

Key practice areas
General corporate tax
Tax
Transfer pricing
Firm overview

Guzmán Ariza is a law firm based in the Dominican Republic founded in 1927 and recognized as a top-tier firm by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500, the premier guides to the world’s leading law firms. The Firm is positioned to help clients mine the business opportunities present in the country, the largest and fastest growing economy in Central America and the Caribbean, and its most visited tourist destination.
We are the first and only national law firm in the Dominican Republic, with 10 offices strategically located to serve you in every major business and tourism center in the Dominican Republic. Our attorneys live with the local issues that matter to you, and work regularly with local government offices and courts in each particular city or region. We are right where you need us.

Key practice areas
  • Business model optimisation
  • Cross-border project management
  • IP management
  • Technology services
  • APAs
  • Corporate taxes
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Environmental
  • Financial services
  • M&A
  • Restructuring
  • Technology
  • Transactions
  • Value chains
  • Arbitration
  • Audit defence
  • Competition/anti-trust cases
  • Controversy management
  • Dispute resolution
  • Litigation
  • Pre-litigation
  • Customs
  • GST
  • Supply chains
  • VAT
  • Tax consulting
  • Arbitration
  • Business model optimisation
  • Business restructuring
  • Competition / anti-trust cases
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Cross-border project management
  • Dispute resolution
  • Economic modelling
  • International tax planning
  • IP management
  • Litigation
Sector expertise
  • Accounting
  • Agriculture
  • Aviation
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Fisheries and aquaculture
  • Food and beverage
  • Forestry
  • Gaming
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Utilities
Address:
12 Pablo Casals, Serralles, Santo Domingo
Distrito Nacional, 10125
Tel:+19176158980 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://drllawyer.com
2026 Edition
General corporate tax
Tier 2
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Deloitte
3 practice areas
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EY Law Central America
3 practice areas
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KPMG Dominicana
2 practice areas
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Tier 2

Biaggi Abogados
2 practice areas
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Canahuate Rouchès
2 practice areas
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DMK Abogados
2 practice areas
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Guzmán Ariza
3 practice areas
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Mejía Lora & Asociados
3 practice areas
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OMG
2 practice areas
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Pellerano & Herrera
2 practice areas
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Pellerano Nadal Law & Consulting
2 practice areas
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Ulises Cabrera
2 practice areas
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Other notable

Estrella & Tupete, Abogados
1 practice area
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Headrick, Rizik, Alvarez & Fernandez
1 practice area
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Jiménez Peña
1 practice area
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Transfer pricing
Active
5 firms ranked
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Active

Deloitte
3 practice areas
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EY Law Central America
3 practice areas
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Guzmán Ariza
3 practice areas
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Mejía Lora & Asociados
3 practice areas
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TPC Group
3 practice areas
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Overview

With numerous offices across the Dominican Republic, Guzmán Ariza has an efficient network of lawyers providing clients with needed tax and legal advice. The group counsels’ clients in areas relating to tax planning and regulatory compliance. The group works with the intention of providing clients with fiscal planning advice which does not compromise compliance or put their ventures at risk. The firm’s key services include, the submission of tax returns, audit and judicial defence, accounting, and tax risk evaluations. 

During the research cycle Guzmán Ariza remained active in Corporate tax matters throughout the region. The firm currently assists GeBBs Healthcare Solutions in an acquisition of Contact Center Dominicana. The complex cross border transaction required extensive due diligence, financial audits, legal compliance checks, and purchase agreement negotiations.  

In 2024, Guzmán Ariza has been active in recruitment with the addition of Yelisa Ledesma as senior counsel as well as associates Alejandra Diaz, and Jacqueline Tavarez. During the year, associate Marie Vieira and senior counsel Patricia Guzman Parra left the firm.  

Client feedback

“Very knowledgeable” 

“Very efficient service, support, and follow up”

Linked Reviews
Tax
With numerous offices across the Dominican Republic, Guzmán Ariza has an efficient network of lawyers providing clients with needed tax and legal advice. The group counsels’ clients in areas relating to tax planning and regulatory compliance. The group works with the intention of providing clients with fiscal planning advice which does not compromise compliance or put their ventures at risk. The firm’s key services include, the submission of tax returns, audit and judicial defence, accounting, and tax risk evaluations.  

During the research period, Guzmán Ariza was active in the transaction space, as the firm assisted client 12Tree Finance. 12Tree Finance is a public German investment fund dedicated to forestry and agroforestry projects. Guzmán Ariza assisted the foreign investors in their quest to invest in the cacao-coconut business with the business combination and takeover of a plantation. The firm also assisted with the inclusion of a free zone park operation and all of the tax structuring for the deal.

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