María Portes

Profile

María has broad-based experience advising established companies on aviation, corporate, energy, free trade zones, intellectual property, real estate, and tourism matters. She’s helped acquire licenses, authorizations or concessions for the development and execution of projects, contract drafting and negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financing, transfer of shares, and due diligence.

Chambers and Legal 500 recognized her as a notable practitioner for real estate and tourism matters. She is also a co-founder of the Dominican Association of Intellectual Property (ADOPI).

María advises clients on concessions for renewable energy projects and matters related to the generation, distribution, and commercialization of energy and oil. She also represents international companies in tenders participation related to the purchase of energy and coal.

Her upbeat, loyal, solutions-orientated nature, commitment, and legal knowledge along with her understanding of the intricacies of regulated sectors, make her an agile counselor and mediator for businesses in these sectors.

Her legal advice regarding the first gas pipeline in the East region of the country helped allow the Dominican Republic to become the country with the most diversified energy matrix in Central America and the insular Caribbean.

When she’s not working, María can be found spending time with family, traveling, shopping, exercising and supporting community service.

Memberships

Dominican Bar Association

Dominican Association of Intellectual Property (ADOPI)

Inter American Bar Association

Education

Course in Business Development Program, Barna Management School. 2017

Summer Institute in Corporate Law and Business, Northwestern University. 2001

Course in International Contracts, imparted by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad de Granada. 1998

J.D., Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), Graduated Summa Cum Laude. 1992