Practice Areas

This includes, Government Procurement, administrative proceedings, permits, licenses, authorizations, concessions and litigation against the Government.

We advise major multinational and domestic firms. We provide, industry-focused counsel for our client´s business and typically become their strategic partners in the execution of their projects.

Foreign and multinational companies often have special needs for their business and their employees and we assist in making sure all these needs are taken care of promptly.

We advise on the determination of the legal immigration status, the application of the corporate recognition, temporary residences, permanent residences, work permits, etc.

We assist clients aligning their corporate policies with the domestic law, drafting contracts, hiring and terminating employees, dealing with expatriate workers, , and in unfair dismissal, discrimination, breach of contract and violation of confidentiality agreements claims.

We are particularly active in commercial and civil litigation, and in in property-related cases involving title, construction, lease contracts, violation of property rights, possession and forfeiture actions.

We provide services throughout Latin America and the Caribbean in Intellectual Property matters such as: management, prosecution and monitoring of trademark portfolios; Management and prosecution of patent portfolios; Copyright and related rights; Domain names; and Technology transfer.

Every attorney in our office is also a Notary Public and given our expertise in different areas we can provide Notarial services in the country and abroad.

We counsel clients in hotel and leisure projects, maritime zone regulated schemes and urban development, to ensure our clients can take full advantage of the benefits and incentives offered by the law.

We advise local and foreign lenders, and borrowers in drafting, and reviewing contracts, guarantees, trusts and syndicated loans.

To promote exports. We offer advice in the application of the different mechanisms and instruments contemplated in the law as well as in the reporting obligations before the authorities.

We assist sponsors, investors and financial institutions in the structuring and financing of renewable energy generation and infrastructure projects, including public and private ventures.

Our advice include the structuring of the deal, the letter of intent, the due diligence, the negotiation and drafting of the transaction documents and the follow up of the transaction.

We represent local and international developer, and investors in the structuring and execution of share and asset-based transactions, including drafting of contractual instruments, property management and dispute resolution.

We counsel our clients on, opinions and audits from the different tax authorities and also in litigation before the authorities. As tax laws are constantly changing, we advise on how to anticipate such changes to ensure effective compliance.

IP rights, the diversity of products, the participation of social security, the technical language and the regulation, make this a very particular industry. We have a vast experience in this industry working with local and multinational corporations in Costa Rica and in other countries of the Region.

Our advice includes merger control, and horizontal and vertical restraints. This area also includes unfair competition, advertising and consumer protection.

We offer advice in a recently open but still highly regulated industry like telecommunication, where more and more players are entering different type of markets. We also counsel clients in hydro and wind projects including dealing with local regulators, structuring the financing and establishing the local partner’s regulations.