About

Ronald Ramirez Acuña first joined HPE in 2008 as country counsel for Costa Rica, working his way up to become regional counsel in 2013. Ramirez has changed the perception of the in-house role in the company, becoming a trusted advisor who is not only approachable but the first point of legal contact for the company. He has been responsible for considerable cost savings, something which pushed him to be creative ‘in the sense that I had to do the most with limited resources. That meant thinking outside of the box and realising that there is always a way in which we could make what we have, work better’, says Ramirez. Involved in a number of large scale transactions, he has been behind the closing of a complex high TCV deal with the government in the Caribbean, as well as solving a high value dispute without going to court. On the TCV deal, Ramirez says: ‘It was an important moment because I learned that despite the pressure to close it, when it’s more urgent it’s important to take the time over details in order to have a real win’. Ramirez was a private practice lawyer for over six years before he joined HP’s legal department, at JDCano Estudio Legal, where he was responsible for the corporate, real estate, aeronautic, intellectual property, litigation and international practices of the firm. He also took on senior positions with the likes of 3M Company Central America, Delta Airlines Central America, Millennium Corporation, Somersen Group and several important Beach Hotel Development projects in Costa Rica.