Before becoming a member of Ulises Cabrera, Mr. Cruz Campillo he completed 5 years at the local office of an international firm, first as a senior associate and later as a partner spearheading its corporate and business practice for the Dominican Republic. Subsequently co-founded a Dominican law firm with global reach. Before that he served in various managerial positions in the largest Dominican telecommunications company where he, in addition, served as that company’s Focal Point for ITU’s Working Group for the General Telecommunications Bill of the Dominican Republic (later enacted into the General Telecommunications Law 153-98) and its Regulations for Interconnection, National Numbering Plan, Signaling and Routing; as well as a member of the negotiation team of that company’s Telecommunications Concession with the Dominican State.
José Cruz Campillo
Managing Partner
José Cruz Campillo is the Managing Partner of Ulises Cabrera. His practice is focused on civil and commercial matters, foreign investments, export free zones and duty frees, agency and distribution law, labor and employment law, tax litigation, mergers and acquisitions, Telecommunications and intellectual property.
BIOGRAPHY
Education
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Santo Domingo, R. D.
Licenciado en Derecho – Magna Cum Laude, 1987
University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. American Law and Legal Institutions. 1987
Practice Areas
Foreign investment
Corporate Law
Free Zones
Agencies and Distribution
Labour
Telecommunications
Intellectual Property Law
Memberships
Dominican Bar.
Dominican Bar for Notaries, Public Notary for the National District.
American Bar Association (ABA), International Associate.
International Bar Association (IBA), Associate.
Dominican Association for Intellectual Property, Inc. (ADOPI), Secretary Board of Directors.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (CANCHAM), Member Board of Directors.
American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AMCHAMRD), Member Legal Committee.
Carol Morgan School of Santo Domingo, Inc., Member Policy Committee.
Languages
Spanish
English
Recognitions
Awards and Recognition
Ranked in Chambers Latin America in the area of Corporate/Commercial in the editions from 2010 to 2022.
Ranked in Chambers and Partner Global in the area of Corporate/Commercial in the editions from 2010 to 2022.
Ranked in IFLR 1000 as ¨Leading Lawyer¨ in Corporate and Finance, Energy and Infrastructure , also in Project Development in the editions from 2013 to 2022.
Ranked in The Legal 500 as a “Leading Individual” in the Corportate and M&A practice area from 2012 to 2022.
Ranked in The Legal 500 as a ¨Recommend Lawyer¨ in the area of Real Estate and Tourism as well as in Corporate and Finance from 2012 to 2020.
Ranked in The Legal 500 (2019-2022) as a ¨Leading Lawyer¨ in Dispute Resolution.
Ranked in Who´s Who Legal (WWL)- (2022) as “National Leader” in Insurance & Reasurance.
Ranked in Latin Lawyer (2022) as a key partner in “Corporate and M&A”.
Publications
The [Dominican Republic] General Telecommunications Law Overview, El Mundo de los Negocios, August 1998.
The Digital Signature, Estudios Jurídicos, Vol. X No. 3, Asociación Hipólito Herrera Billini, Ediciones Capeldom, September 2001.
Trademark Law: free zones and development of international commerce, Gaceta Judicial, Year 20, No. 351, April 2016.
Ambush Marketing, Gaceta Judicial, Year 23, No. 384, April 2019.
On the (In)competence of the civil jurisdiction on appeals of administrative acts handed down by ONAPI: in connection with an appeal on constitutional revision filed by ONAPI, Anuario Dominicano de Propiedad Intelectual (ANUDOPI) published by Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), No. 3, August 2016.
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This story began in 1966, many years devoted to the practice of law in the Dominican Republic, a time in which passion, ethics and commitment have prevailed.
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