The Costa Rican compliance team at Dentons co-ordinates with offices in Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala to design risk assessment strategies and corporate governance programmes for such household-name multinationals as Microsoft, Amazon and LL Bean, across such sectors as tech, apparel, food, energy, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods and telecoms. The group’s full service covers assistance with internal investigations, due diligence, data protection and data privacy, training, and anti-corruption and anti-money laundering strategies. The team is led by practice area expert Tatiana Reuben, who brings more than 20 years of experience to compliance matters related to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, antitrust laws, export control, and trade and Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions. Key support is provided by associates Josué Blen, who previously served as legal adviser to the Ministry of Public Education and the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation of Costa Rica, and Ricardo Mora, a specialist in tax and data protection compliance.

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  • ‘The regional team of lawyers maintains an ethical and collaborative position when providing advice, ensuring that there are no conflicts of interest in the requests. Demonstrates the professionalism and due diligence necessary in business.'

  • ‘Availability to attend to the client's requirements is a priority, as is its speed in serving clients. I want to highlight the work of Tatiana Reuben.'

Key clients

  • Pinilla
  • Panduit
  • Amazon
  • doTerra
  • SmileDirectClub
  • Organon Pharma
  • Autodesk
  • Oikocredit
  • Del Mar Health
  • Schneider Electric
  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Laboratorios Siegfried
  • Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)
  • Microsoft
  • Ashley Furniture
  • Grupo Boluda
  • Case Ware
  • LL Bean
  • Dekra

Work highlights

  • Advised a frozen potatoes products manufacturer on the rules of origin under CAFTA and the verification process according to Costa Rican law.
  • Advised a technology company on the applicable rules on VPN and other streaming services according to Costa Rican law.
  • Conducted a risk analysis for a market research company on the processes to gather pharma product sales in the retail market from a data protection and privacy perspective.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tatiana Reuben