Andrea M. Stefan Soto

LAWYER

• L.L.M. in Laws in International Business and Economic Law, with a certificate in Securities and Finance. Georgetown University, Washington D.C., United States of America. (2020).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Law [Summa Cum Laude]. Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), Dominican Republic. (2017).

REVIEW

She joined the firm in 2014. She has participated in various diploma programs and specializations in commercial law, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), administrative law, trust law, and arbitration.

She has worked on the legal structuring of public and private initiatives for Public-Private Partnerships, as well as provided assistance in projects for the Enhancement of Guarantees of banking entities in the Dominican Republic. She has also represented national and international companies in institutional arbitrations before the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) involving claims of US$8 million. She was part of the winning team that secured second place in the First National Arbitral Law Competition organized by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santiago, Inc. (2015). She was also a member of the Dominican team that achieved fifth place in the IX International Arbitration Competition organized by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and the University of Rosario (2016), positioning the country in its best ranking in history. She served as Executive Director for two consecutive years (2016 and 2017) of the organizing committee for the country’s First Criminal Litigation Competition.

SPECIALTIES

• Public-Private Partnerships
• Arbitration – Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Administrative Law
• Real Estate Law
• Successions and Donations
• Civil Law

PUBLICATIONS

• The possibility for a third party not party to the arbitration agreement to bring a claim before an arbitral tribunal. UNIBE Law Journal. 5th Edition. 2016.
• Collaboration on the Manual on Public-Private Partnerships and Infrastructure in the Dominican Republic. 2022.
• Legal analysis of the legal derogation system in force following Law 107-13, on the rights of individuals in their relations with the Administration and administrative procedure. Thesis. 2017.

LANGUAGES

• Spanish
• English