Aguilar Castillo Love

The corporate team at Aguilar Castillo Love leverages the bench strength of nine offices throughout the region to advise major multinationals such as Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca on high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. With a client base spanning sectors ranging from chemicals, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness and manufacturing to healthcare, food and beverages, IT and consumer goods, the group’s comprehensive service extends to complex negotiations, antitrust matters, tax issues, labour matters and the detection of criminal risks. The practice is headed by foreign investment authority and senior partner John Aguilar Quesada, who brings expertise to complex, multi-jurisdictional M&A. Other key figures include Esteban Agüero Guier, the former head of the Costa Rican government’s international investment and trade disputes department; Tatiana Rojas Hernández, who brings expertise to restructuring, corporate compliance and investigations; Marco Solano Gómez, who has over 20 years’ experience managing major cross-border deals and day-to-day operations; free trade zone regime expert Andrea Sáenz; administrative law specialist Laura Rodríguez Amador; and senior associates Carolina Kierzenson and Stephanie Howard Peña.