The powerhouse team at BLP remains a market leader, employing the full bench strength of offices in San José, Las Catalinas, Marina Los Sueños and Marina Flamingo, in addition to branches across Latin America and Europe, to advise national and global corporates across such sectors as telecoms, software, pharmaceuticals, fintech, telecoms and hospitality on day-to-day matters and complex, high-value, cross-border M&A. The group’s skill set extends to restructuring, spinoffs and compliance matters. The practice is headed by David Gutiérrez, who divides his time between the San José and Madrid offices, and who brings expertise to corporate structuring and infrastructure financing, and Adriana Castro, who - along with Eduardo Calderón - specialises in telecoms and media industry matters. Other key figures include real estate and project finance expert Luis M. Castro; Adelina Villalobos, who advises on free trade zone matters; and, at the junior level, directors Adriana Acuña, who manages files involving corporate governance, and Elia Naranjo, who brings experience to contractual negotiations. Also of note is José María Pacheco, a special counsel experienced in cross-border M&A.
Testimonials
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‘The team is top-quality, with a very strong focus on customer service. Furthermore, the fact that they have experts in practically all areas makes the responses very efficient in terms of time and cost.’
‘David Gutiérrez represents the balance between legal analysis and business analysis. His perspective always takes in industry and customer considerations, along with the law.’
‘I understand BLP's corporate practice is one of the largest in the country. The interesting thing about BLP is that they have a highly collaborative team, so you are sure that you can get the best experts in one place.'
‘Eduardo Calderón and Luis Castro are outstanding partners.'
‘BLP is made up of lawyers who show a lot of innovation, and are very accessible and always willing to support us to find creative solutions to the problems we discuss together.'
‘My experience with BLP in business acquisition processes has been exceptional, thanks to the key participation of Adriana Castro and Adriana Acuña.'
Key clients
- Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI)
- Simple Management Group
- Veinsa
- Celsia
- WeWork
- Moody’s
- Laboratorios Saval
- Culligan Water
- Quarzo Tecnología
- Marsh McLenann
Work highlights
- Advised Moody's on its acquisition of SCRiesgo, including due diligence, revision of agreements, negotiation of agreements, closing of the transaction and post-closing, including regulatory filings and authorisations.
- Served as local counsel to Celsia in all legal aspects related to the sale of certain generation assets in Costa Rica.
- Advised pharmaceuticals company Laboratorios Saval throughout its acquisition of Laboratorios Stein’s operations in Costa Rica.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Gutiérrez, Adriana Castro