About Us
Prieto Cabrera & Asociados was founded in 2008 to provide personalized and high quality legalservices in the Dominican RepublicWe are committed to providing the best professional assistance maintaining high ethical standards. Based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Prieto Cabrera & Associates has a network of specialized attorneys and professionals on asset recovery, real estate law, commercial business transactions and litigation. We pride ourselves for providing our clients’ exceptional legal services to accomplish their needs and expectations.
We are the exclusive member for FraudNet in the Dominican Republic.
Commercial Crime Services
A Specialized Division of the International Chamber of Commerce
FraudNet is an international network of independent lawyers who are the leading civil asset recovery specialists in each country, sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). It has been recognized by Chambers Global as the world’s leading network in asset recovery.
We have experience in multiple and complex assets cases, real estate cases that have involved more than 75 real estate assets, including complex asset cases for the United States Government, including the first successful civil asset forfeiture between the United States of America and the Dominican Republic related to a multi-million dollar fraud to the U.S. Health System, whose assets were invested in the Dominican Republic.
In addition, we have advised on the purchase of more than 100 real estate and assisted in the resolution of complex cases with deeds in the Dominican Republic. In addition to its full-time staff, Prieto Cabrera & Associates also retains the service of experts as needed, to include lawyers, auditors, accountants and investigators. We have an ample network of legal and commercial contacts around the world that provide us with the ability to successfully manage international cases.
Our values are professional ethics, personalized treatment with individualized professional work of high quality, confidentiality and discretion, responsibility, organization and teamwork.
Meet Our Founder
Aimée Prieto
Founding Partner
Attorney in the Dominican Republic with more than 20 years of experience, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) since 2014, and a certified mediator by the National Association of Certified Mediators Professional Certification in Mediation (NCPM) since 2023. Her current practice includes asset tracing and investigation, business, real estate and litigation.
Aimee was Founding Co-Chair of IWIRC Latin America (acronyms for International Women’s Insolvency Restructuring Confederation) from 2020 to 2022. IWIRC is the premier organization for women in the practice of insolvency and restructuring.
Aimee has been the exclusive member for FraudNet in the Dominican Republic since 2014.
FraudNet is an international network of independent lawyers who are the leading civil asset recovery specialists in each country. The network was initiated by the International Chamber of Commerce because fraud and corruption are pervasive, complicated and invariably cross national boundaries. Aimee has been in FraudNet’s Board of Directors from 2016 to 2024.
She coordinated the editions of the years 2009 and 2011 of the Investors; Guide of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic.
During the 2006-2010 period, she was in charge of the Legal Department and the Division of
International Cooperation of the Presidential Office of Information and Communication
Technologies (OPTIC), an institution dependent to the DR Presidency, in charge of implementing the Electronic Government.
From 1999 to 2006, she worked in a renowned law firm in the Dominican Republic, in the area of Corporate, Business, M&A and Intellectual Property. Also, in 2003 she did an internship at the Buffet Jordi Domingo in Barcelona, Spain; and in the summer of 2015 worked as an intern at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C. Aimee holds a Magna Cum Laude Law Degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) in Santo Domingo, and an International Master in e-Business from the Institute of Continuing Education of the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. She is a member of the Dominican Bar Association, and is an appointed arbitrator by the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo.
Rankings
Over the years, Prieto Cabrera has been consistently recognized by Who’s Who Legal, now part of the Lexology Index, for excellence in key practice areas including Asset Recovery, Commercial Litigation, and Dispute Resolution. Our firm has also earned regional recognition in Central America, a guide that highlights the most respected legal experts across 13 areas of business law, and has been honored with the prestigious Global Elite Thought Leader designation, awarded to only the top 5% of practitioners worldwide.
These recognitions reflect our unwavering commitment to excellence and leadership in the legal industry.
