About

As one of the world’s largest vertically integrated producers, marketers and distributors of high-quality fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables Del Monte Fresh Produce has operations in more than 100 countries across the globe. Its formidable legal function based in Costa Rica has been a driving force behind Del Monte’s recent plans to expand its presence in Central and South America, providing best in class legal and compliance coverage of all legal and compliance matters involving the company in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil. The function managed by highly esteemed lawyer with over 20 years of experience, Luis Enrique Gómez-Portuguez, has showcased an ability to successfully juggle complex tasks in multiple jurisdictions with substantial differences from one country to another. This has largely been achieved thanks to its leader’s superior capacity to set objectives and define courses of action to coordinate matters across these countries. Recently the company achieved a key $32m arbitration victory against one of its suppliers in Costa Rica. The fruit grower, known as Inprotsa, was found by arbitrators to have violated its contract with Del Monte.