BLP

Business Law and Free Trade Zone Regime

Partner

Adelina is a Partner of BLP in the San José office, Costa Rica.  Her practice areas are Business Law, focused in providing counsel to foreign direct investment projects and Free Trade Zones.

With more than 18 years of experience, Adelina has provided national and transnational companies with legal advice on day-to-day matters, as well as with complex strategies involved in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring.  In addition, she has developed expertise in commercial contracting, international contracts and distribution contracts.

In the area of foreign direct investment, specifically Free Trade Zones, Adelina has focused a significant part of her practice advising a variety of companies not only in the establishment of its operations in Costa Rica under the Free Zones regime but also in aspects related to the growth and expansion of established operations. She is an active member of the Committee of Free Zones of the Association of Free Trade Zone Companies of Costa Rica (AZOFRAS) and author of multiple articles on her fields of expertise.

She joined the BLP team as a Legal Assistant in 2003 and became an Associate in 2005.

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Adelina coordinates the Free Trade Zone Committee of the Chamber of  Exporters (CADEXCO), is actively involved in conferences and seminaries in this sector, and is the author of several academic papers in her specialty area. She is also a member of Free Zones Committee of the Association of Free Trade Zone Companies of Costa Rica (AZOFRAS).

Adelina graduated with honors from Law School of Universidad de Costa Rica in 2005, and is a Specialist in Notary and Registration Law graduated from Escuela Libre de Derecho in 2007, and has a Master’s Degree in Legal Advisory for Companies from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 2012.