Estate Planning

Current industry challenges in the Dominican Republic

The practice and execution of estate planning encounters the tax difficulties presented by the instruments currently available in the legal system of the Dominican Republic, such as the Inheritance Trust.

Our Experience

Jiménez Peña has a team with vast experience in advising on the legal and practical aspects of estate planning, with an excellent track record in assisting groups of family businesses interested in organizing succession and continuity processes.

Clients

JP’s clients include Dominican family businesses, leaders in various sectors of the national economy such as the pharmaceutical sector, civil aviation and the retail market.

Relevant Cases

  • Jiménez Peña advises the family that owns a leading company in the importation, production and distribution of pharmaceutical products in the Dominican Republic with the organization and structuring of their estate planning.
  • Jiménez Peña advises the family that owns a leading retail company in the Dominican Republic with the organization and structuring of its estate planning and its generational continuity plan.
  • Jiménez Peña advises a family group of companies associated with the free zone industry and civil aviation with the organization and structuring of their estate planning and their generational continuity plan.
  • Jiménez Peña advises various actors of the Dominican business community in the structuring and planning of their assets and in the preparation of succession and continuity plans for their companies.