Enrique De Marchena Kaluche

  • Founder and Managing Partner
  • Santo Domingo

Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1963.  Admitted in the Dominican Bar Association in 1985.  His practice focuses on international transactions, real estate and tourism, corporate and business law, foreign investment and government affairs.

Education:

Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo INTEC – Master in Business Administration (1990); Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña – Doctor of Law (LL.M.) Cum Laude (1984).

Publications:

“Real Estate Tourism: Axis for developing a new model” (Mercado Magazine September 2008). “Tourism in the Dominican Republic” (Listin Diario Newpaper, August 2008); “Myths and truths of the tourism industries development in the Dominican Republic” (2008). “Reflections on Tourism in the Dominican Republic from a Caribbean perspective” (2008). “Change of Economic Model. No to Competitiveness” (Hoy, 2004); “Tourism and Investment” (El Siglo, 1997); “1990´s Eve” (El Siglo, 1989); “Comments on the Project for Dominican Foreign Debt Conversion into Investment” (Última Hora, 1987); “Legal Aspects on Foreign Debt Conversion into Investment” (Listín Diario, 1987).

Honorary Positions:

Honorary Consul of Jamaica in Dominican Republic (since 1994); President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) (2008-10); Member of the Board of Directors of Hotels and Restaurants Association of Dominican Republic (since 1998); President of the National Association of Hotel and Restaurants (ASONAHORES) (2004-06); President of the Duty Free Shops Association (1998-2004); President of the Tourist Promotion Council (2002-04); President of the Dominican-Canadian Chamber of Commerce (1998-2002). Delegate, Business Forum Toronto, November 1999; Delegate, Dominican Delegation to the 50th Anniversary of International Civil Aviation Organization, 1994. Member: Dominican Republic Bar Association; the National Association of Young Executives; the Interamerican Bar Association; the American Bar Association.

Languages:
Spanish and English.