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Melissa Silié Ruiz

Partner · Medina Garnes Abogados

Dominican RepublicCorporate / M&A, Capital MarketsSpanish, English

About

Partner at Medina Garnes Abogados based in the Dominican Republic and Head of the Corporate and Finance Department, advising on corporate/M&A, capital markets, regulatory, antitrust and consumer-protection matters. She has significant experience on public and private offers, financial‑sector and securities‑market transactions, public procurement and business restructurings, and is noted for representing economic agents in the country's early antitrust cases.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ACapital MarketsRegulatoryAntitrustConsumer ProtectionDispute ResolutionBanking & Finance

Office

Expertise

Financial ServicesSecurities Market TransactionsPublic ProcurementBusiness RestructuringAntitrust Enforcement

Education

  • Law degree, Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), 2011 (Summa Cum Laude; valedictorian)
  • LLM in Business Law, University of Manchester
  • Master's Degree in State Administration Law, IGLOBAL - University of Salamanca
  • Intensive Course on Competition Law (Pro Competition & Inter-American Development Bank)
  • Course on Regulation and Competition Law, University of Valladolid (2018)

Admissions

  • Bar Association of the Dominican Republic

Languages

SpanishEnglish