Legal 500 2027 ranks Castillo y Castillo across six practice areas
Legal 500, a trusted resource for market insight, recognized Castillo y Castillo across six practice areas in its 2027 guide. The ranking highlights the firm’s strengths, including personalized service, specialized knowledge, extensive experience, responsiveness, an understanding of clients’ businesses, practical advice and a results-oriented approach.
Castillo y Castillo is recognized in the following rankings:
TIER 1
Banking and Finance
Real Estate and Tourism
TIER 2
Dispute Resolution
Energy and Natural Resources
TIER 3
Intellectual Property
Tax
Practice highlights from Legal 500
Banking and Finance: noted for its work in project financing, notably in relation to landmark tourism and infrastructure projects, and in attached securities issues, often on the lender side. Client feedback highlights the practice’s “highly trained team; their response and attention are immediate. They know the subject and are specialists.”
Real Estate and Tourism: described as a popular choice for hospitality clients, including leading multinational hotel chains, noting its work across land purchases, construction and finance issues related to large-scale, high-value real estate projects, as well as associated regulatory matters.
From the client perspective: “The practice stands out for its sector-specific approach, combined with a practical vision. The team provides a clear operational understanding of our needs, enabling them to offer agile solutions aligned with business realities.”
Dispute Resolution: clients describe “a very organized team with great knowledge of the different specialties” and highlight an “approachable” team, with “personalized service and attention” and a “high sense of responsibility and professional ethics.”
The team represents Dominican and international clients alike in alternative dispute resolution proceedings such as arbitration, as well as handling a wide range of civil, real estate, commercial, employment, IP and administrative litigation. High-stakes enforcement actions are also an integral part of the practice, reflecting its strength in protecting banking assets and managing financial risk.
Energy and Natural Resources: recognized for its work throughout the renewable and traditional energy sectors, including solar and wind power projects, financing, commercial contracts and M&A matters.
Reflecting on the experience, a client shares: “Personalization and empathy with the client make them stand out, as does timely attention to the client’s needs.”
Intellectual Property: a go-to practice for clients throughout the Latin American region seeking advice on the management of extensive trademark portfolios, with deep knowledge in the preparation and registration of trademarks, patents and copyrights for prominent companies.
Client feedback showcases the firm’s added value: “What truly sets the lawyers at this firm apart is not only their technical expertise, but also the quality of the relationship they build with their clients.” The client adds: “This makes a significant difference: they don’t just answer legal questions but offer contextualized and relevant advice tailored to our business needs.”
Tax: The practice is noted for its work across tax issues, from litigation to the tax aspects of corporate operations, analysis, benefits and tax-efficient structuring. Client feedback points to the team’s ability to “demonstrate a greater understanding of the operational and financial impact of their recommendations, facilitating decision-making.”
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