Rodolfo Mesa Chavez

He earned a Bachelor of Law in 1995 and a Master's degree in Business and Economics Legislation in 1999, both from Pontificia UniversidadCatólica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM). He later completed a Post graduate Degree in International Business Law at Universidad APEC in 2000 and a Post graduate Degree in Civil Procedure from PUCMM in 2003. In 2005, he earned a diploma in International Arbitration from the International Business Chamber (CCI) in Paris, France. He also obtained a business diploma from the University of Toronto in 2010 and, in 2019, earned a diploma in Economic Regulation and Competition from the University of Valladolid, Spain. In 2023, he completed a Master's degree in Economic Law from Universidad Salamanca, Spain.

With over 22 years of experience in aviation law and air transport, he has worked extensively in areas such as financing, regulation, and litigation. His expertise also includes corporate law, maritime law, and commercial litigation.

He is a partner at Mesa | Abogados, a law firm established in 1964 that specializes in transport and corporate law. His clients include domestic and international airlines, lessors, insurance and reinsurance companies, aircraft maintenance workshops, and other providers of air transport services.

Since 1999, Rodolfo Mesa has served as an Official Translator. He speaks both Spanish and English fluently and has a high proficiency in French.

For eleven consecutive years, Chambers and Partners has ranked him as a leading lawyer in commercial and corporate law in the Dominican Republic.

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Specialties:

Corporate/ Commercial

Insurance and reinsurance

Aviation regulations and litigation

Aviation Finance

Maritime Law.
International litigations and arbitration.

Intellectual Property.

Telecommunication regulations.

Foreign investment.

Merge & Acquisition Public Law
Arbitration.

Professional activities:

·       InternationalBar Association member – IBA – he actively participates in insurance,litigation, aviation and real estate committees.

·       Member of the board of Advoc

·      A columnist in a main Dominican law specialized magazine.

Recognitions:

·       Chambers and Partners ranked as a leading corporate/ Commercial lawyer in DominicanRepublic.

·       Lexology ( Former Who’s Who Legal) has ranked Rodolfo Mesa as a legal expert in aviation legal matters since 2016.

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·       Contributing editor with the International leading publication GettingThe Deal Through for Air Transport, Chapter Dominican Republic.

·       The prestigious international publication DoingBusiness, published by World Bank selected our partner to be one of the contributors for the subjects credit, bank and securities.

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