Karla Ortiz

Karla Ortiz Mir is a lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Dominican Republic) and a candidate for the MSc in Law and Finance at the University of Oxford (2025–2026), as a scholar of the “Avanza Sin Límites” program of CCI Puesto de Bolsa. Her professional experience includes serving as Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Special Projects and Security Coordination at the Ministry of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic, as well as Legal Assistant at the Administrative Ministry of the Presidency and at the firm Francisco Álvarez Abogados. Her legal practice has focused on public procurement and administrative law, with a particular interest in project finance, trusts, and alternative financing mechanisms, including public–private partnerships. She has also participated in legal research projects on human rights with COLADIC-RD and represented the Dominican Republic in the Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga Moot Court Competition (Costa Rica). Her professional goals are oriented toward corporate finance, financial law, and investment banking.