Arias

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The San José office of regional firm Arias leverages the experience of its team to design programmes to address national and international compliance regulations for such major multinational corporates as Coca-Cola FEMSA and Dos Pinos, across the food and beverages, tech, consumer goods and financial services sectors. The group’s full service covers matters ranging from risk identification and status analysis to anti-money laundering and anti-corruption policies, the preparation and drafting of regulatory compliance policies and the preparation of monitoring, auditing and periodic compliance assessments. The team is headed by senior counsel German Rojas, who also leads the firm’s Costa Rican litigation practice. Key support is provided by senior counsel Abraham Balzer, a specialist in civil liability and consumer rights, who brings experience in judicial and arbitral procedures.

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Key clients

  • Dos Pinos
  • Coca Cola – FEMSA
  • Essity
  • Colegio de Contadores Privados
  • Unicomer
  • Mondelez

Work highlights

  • Acting for Dos Pinos as permanent counsel to the compliance department.
  • Provided Essity with support in compliance related matters such as anticorruption and competition training, due diligence for third parties, and updates on its anticorruption and data privacy obligations.
  • Aided Mondelez with anticorruption services such as training and analysis of its anticorruption clauses.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

German Rojas