Claudia Taveras Alam obtained her Bachelor of laws (Magna cum Laude) Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra - Recinto Santo Tomás de Aquino, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2005. She obtained her LLM in Corporations from New York University, School of Law, and Advanced Professional Certificate in Law and Business, New York University, Stern School of Business, New York, United States of America, 2008. Ms Alam has been associate at Headrick Rizik Alvarez & Fernández since 2005. Her professional practice is focused in the areas of civil law and contracts, commercial law and corporate law, corporate reorganisations, real estate transactions, as well as international finance and alternative dispute resolution.