Agencia y Distribución - Jimenez Peña Abogados

Agency and Distribution

Current industry challenges in the Dominican Republic

In the Dominican Republic, the agency and distribution is regulated by Law 173 of 1966 on the protection of import agents of merchandise and products. However, with the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic (DR-CAFTA), new forms of commercial relations have arisen for distributors and granting companies in the member countries, including new job opportunities, strengthening the development of small and medium enterprises with innovative policies.

Our Experience

Jiménez Peña offers specialized advice analyzing the favorable points of negotiation that our clients could obtain as grantors, agents or distributors of products and the action plans for the distribution of products of considerable demand at the international level.

Our repeated experience allows us to determine potential commercial intermediaries in the Dominican Republic and adapt any contracting in accordance with Law 173 of 1966 on the protection of import agents of merchandise and products and with the free trade agreements signed by the Dominican Republic, when applicable. Likewise, we have vast experience in the renegotiation of distribution contracts.

Clients

National and multinational companies from various sectors and industries, including transportation, food, personal and home care products, automobile industry, tobacco, pharmaceutical products, among others.

Relevant Cases

Representation and advice of a British multinational company, a global leader in the production and sale of consumer products, in the transformation of its business model for the Dominican Republic, including negotiations for the structuring of and transition to a contractual scheme distributor and sole logistics operator.
Representation and advice of an American multinational company, a global leader in the production and sale of chocolate products, in the negotiation and closing of an exclusive distribution contract for its products in the Dominican Republic with an important local company.
Representation and advice of a Dominican company in the negotiation and closing of an exclusive distribution contract with a United States concessionaire, for electric skateboards and bicycles, including the registration of the contract before the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic under Law 173, on the protection of import agents of merchandise and products.
Representation and advice of an Emirati multinational company dedicated to the production and sale of tobacco products, in the negotiation and closing with an American company of an exclusive distribution contract for its products for the Dominican Republic, including the legal due diligence process of the new distributor.