Mr Mario Quesada-Bianchini > Consortium Legal > San Jose, Costa Rica > Lawyer Profile
Consortium Legal Offices
Costa Rica - Escazú
150mts oeste de la entrada principal de Oficentro El Cedral, Escazú
Edificio Banco General 7mo piso San José
Costa Rica
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Mr Mario Quesada-Bianchini
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Mario is a partner at Consortium Legal – Costa Rica with 33 years of experience in the banking sector. He has an extensive experience in the commercial, banking, and financial practice areas, especially in the acquisition of banking and financial institutions, leading integration, and merger processes, and having a wide knowledge in related regulatory matters. Mario is currently the coordinating partner of Consortium Legal’s regional banking and finance practice.
During his career, he has participated in the designing and documentation processes of cross-border financing operations in Central America, representing banks and other international and multilateral financial institutions in both local and multi-jurisdictional transactions, with different guaranteed structures. He has participated in the design and documentation of private equity funds for the development and acquisition of projects, as well as advising regulated entities such as investment funds, stock exchanges and insurance companies in their business operations and relationship with their supervisors. He has also participated in the securitization of assets, as well as in the issuance of bonds and shares. He has been a member of Boards of Directors of private banks and insurance companies.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Member, Costa Rica Bar Association
Education
- Master’s Degree in Comparative Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (1997)
- Law Degree (with honors), Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica (1988)
Lawyer Rankings
Costa Rica > Banking and finance
(Leading partners)Central America > Corporate and finance
Consortium Legal maintains a formidable offering across Central America, with a presence in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras (in both Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula), Nicaragua and Costa Rica (where it has branches in San José and Escazú, as well as two offices in Guanacaste, taking advantage of the province’s thriving tourism sector). The firm plays a prominent role in both domestic and cross-border financial transactions, and routinely advises foreign investors on projects in the region. In Costa Rica, Mario Quesada-Bianchini, who has three decades of experience in financial transactions and banking M&A (and also coordinates the firm’s regional finance practice), and fintech lead Randall Barquero are among the key contacts for financial matters, while Rolando Laclé Zúñiga, an expert in M&A and foreign investment, and Juan Manuel Godoy are names to note in the corporate team. Oscar Samour
, a go-to specialist in multi-jurisdictional transactions, heads the banking practice in El Salvador, and steers the corporate team alongside Maria Alejandra Tulipano, who has a focus on international commerce, and Diego Martín. Olga Barreto, whose expertise spans the corporate, finance and aviation spheres, leads the team in Nicaragua. In Guatemala, the highly regarded Álvaro Castellanos heads the finance practice, while Alfredo Rodríguez, who has complementary tax expertise, and Rafael Alvarado Riedel lead the corporate team. An experienced quartet of partners – José Ramón Paz Morales, José Ramón Paz Padilla, Gustavo León-Gómez and José Rafael Rivera – handles corporate and finance matters in Honduras.