About

Walter Contreras, legal director for Globalvia´s Costa Rican Infrastructure project, Ruta 27, has had a focus on advising multinational companies throughout his career, with expertise in tax matters, implementation of government contracts as well as regulatory compliance in highly regulated industries. Contreras has extended experience as an in-house lawyer advising companies engaged in concession contracts with the government of Costa Rica. His first role as a legal professional was as a tax and legal advisor at PwC, where he worked from 2007-2011. He was in charge of the advising and issuance of legal opinions for multinational companies, focused on tax and regulatory compliance issues. In 2011 with the end of the telecommunications monopoly in Costa Rica he had the opportunity to work in the telecom sector as an in-house lawyer for Claro CR Telecomunicaciones. In his six years there he gained experience dealing with government agencies as well as administering a concession contract which allowed Contreras to take on the bigger challenge of legal director for the first highway concession in the country. Here he is responsible for the design and implementation of the legal and regulatory strategy and compliance, as well as monitoring and implementing the concession contract.