Rafael R. Dickson Morales

With more than 20 years of experience, Rafael has vast knowledge of administrative law and biding processes, being its principal clients the public administration, financial institutions, aviation regulator and private entities and communication companies.

Rafael has been consultant for legal drafts and administrative regulations. Also, in terms of public procurement, he has led work teams in international public tenders for various projects and has also been a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank for issues related to public procurement and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). In terms of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and infrastructure projects, he has provided advice on the development of private and public initiative projects.

In administrative litigation, he exercises a habitual practice in contentious administrative appeals against acts and actions of the Public Administration. Has successfully defended the administration, in the first litigation case in the Dominican Republic on unfair trade practices and safeguard measures, as well as the first action to revoke a favourable decision from the Public Administration.

He is currently a member of the Dominican Bar Association, member of the Ibero-American Forum of Administrative Law (FIDA), of the Management Office of the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo (CRC), member of the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs ( ANJE), member of the Dominican Association of Administrative Law (ADDA), Arbitrator of the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo. Also, he is a national and international speaker and lecturer at various seminars, conferences and diploma courses on Administrative, Public Contracts, Regulatory and Competition Law.

Rafael has several publications regarding administrative law and public-private partnership, such as: “The new regime for Public-Private Partnerships in the Dominican Republic” ISBN: 978-9945-09-918-8, “Risk allocation in Public-Private Partnerships: A vision of Spain and Dominican Republic with other Ibero-American jurisdictions” ISBN: 978-84-1309-503-5, “the transparency in public biding” ISBN 978-84-7351-594-8, Transparency in Public Contracts, ISBN :978-84-7351-594-8 and others.