Founder and Managing Partner of DHOZ Abogados, Alexander D’Oleo Gabriel has recognized experience in Real Estate, Commercial, Corporate, and Family Law. His professional practice includes advising on municipal and commercial regulations in the Dominican Republic, drafting and negotiating contracts, as well as structuring business operations and foreign investment.
He has led legal crisis management processes and debt negotiations, advising clients in highly complex situations and providing strategic legal solutions to companies and individuals.
He currently serves as the Honorary Consul of Peru in Punta Cana, with jurisdiction over La Altagracia and La Romana. Between 2016 and 2020, he served as Secretary of the Municipal Council of the Tourist District of Verón-Punta Cana, in the province of La Altagracia.
Throughout his career, he has held positions in renowned national and international institutions, including:
Legal Manager at Ríos & Asociados (Punta Cana Office).
Lawyer-Closer at Stewart Title Dominicana, S.A.
Deputy Legal Manager at Banco Vimenca.
Associate Lawyer at Puello Herrera & Asociados.
Lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM, 1997–2002), Alexander D’Oleo completed a Postgraduate Degree in International Trade Law (APEC 2005–2006), a Postgraduate Degree in Business Economics (PUCMM 2006–2007), and a Master’s Degree in Business Transaction Law (Instituto OMG 2024–2025). He is a member of the Dominican Bar Association of the Dominican Republic.
Spanish and English
Specializing in corporate and business law, Saymi Lahoz Lahoz has focused her practice on the regulations governing commercial companies in the Dominican Republic and their various activities. She has extensive experience in corporate restructuring and transformation processes, as well as in Intellectual Property, negotiations, and contracts in civil and commercial matters.
Throughout her career, she has held leadership positions in renowned firms and corporations, including:
Lawyer, graduated Cum Laude from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in 2001. She obtained a Master’s Degree in Business Law and Economic Legislation from the same university in 2005, strengthening her background in corporate and business law.
In 2006, she completed a Diploma in Intellectual Property offered by FINJUS-APEC, which allowed her to deepen her knowledge in the protection of intangible assets and copyright. Later, in 2013, she earned an MBA from Barna Business School, in partnership with the University of Barcelona, broadening her strategic and business management perspective.
Her academic background reflects a solid combination of legal specialization and business administration training, enabling her to provide comprehensive advice to local and international companies in various areas of corporate law.
Her first children’s book, Where Is Eleonora?, is a non-profit project through which braille literacy materials have been donated to children with visual impairments, low vision, and deafblindness in the eastern region of the Dominican Republic. The work also seeks to serve as a means to promote and celebrate Dominican culture.
Spanish and English
Yuneisy Palenzuela has extensive experience in coordination and administrative management in the areas of Criminal, Civil, Labor and Administrative Law, having worked in the Public Prosecutor’s Office (2005-2015); as a real estate agent (2015-2016); and as administrative manager of service companies (2016-2021).
Doctor of Law from the University of Havana, Cuba (2005). Holds postgraduate diplomas in Training for the Exercise of Prosecutorial Functions, Commercial Law and International Negotiation, Public Administration, and Evaluation of Evidence in Criminal Law. Currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Legal Strategy at Instituto OMG.
Spanish and English
Clerk First Instance. Investigative Court of La Altagracia in functions of Judicial Office for Permanent Services.
Corporate Attorney. Del Valle Abogados.
Corporate Attorney. Centro Cuesta Nacional.
Bachelor of Law from Universidad Católica del Este (UCADE, 2022). Currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Corporate Business Law (PUCMM). She is a member of the Dominican Bar Association of the Dominican Republic.
Spanish and english
José Alejandro Almonte Castro is recognized for his practice focused on high-complexity strategic litigation, with a solid track record in defending interests in civil, commercial, economic criminal, and real estate matters. His approach combines procedural and preventive vision, allowing him to design strategies that not only address disputes but also anticipate risks and maximize results for his clients.
Notable Experience:
Graduate in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM-RSTA), cum laude. Master’s degree in Civil Procedural Law from the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM-RSTA). He has given lectures on “Constitutional Law from a Labor Perspective,” “International Conferences on Security and Defense,” and a Diploma in “Organic Law of the Constitutional Court: Principles, Institutions, and the Scope of Amendments to Current and Other Regulations.” He is a member of the Dominican Bar Association.
Spanish and English
Internship and Graphic Design Thesis at the Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Industrial Rodolfo Loero Arismendi, Caracas, Venezuela.
Spanish and basic knowledge of English
He works as a Paralegal in DHOZ ABOGADOS, where he carries out all the corresponding procedures before public and private institutions (General Directorate of Internal Taxes, Attorney General’s Office, Chambers of Commerce and Production of different provinces, Real Estate Jurisdiction, Courts, General Directorate of Immigration, among others).
Accounting Technician, 2011. Law student, Universidad Autónoma Santo Domingo (Higüey branch).
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