The dispute resolution practice at COLBS Estudio Legal harnesses the experience of its team to advise domestic and multinational corporates across the tourism, hospitality, real estate, construction and pharmaceuticals sectors on a wide range of disputes. The group’s full offering covers negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation (including commercial and civil). The team is led by founding partner and veteran litigator Sebastián Jiménez, who brings strength to matters involving civil liability, real estate issues, contract breaches and public law, and Edwin Rojas, who was promoted to partner in November 2023, and who specialises in arbitration procedures and banking and finance-related cases. Also of note is associate Dominick Delgado, who was appointed to the position internally in February 2024.
Key clients
- Grupo América
- Fondo de Inversión Inmobiliario Vista
Work highlights
- Overseeing 20 cases against the real estate development company Lapas Nitrógeno Siete, dealing with a fully sold but unfinished project due to issues with environmental licences and permits.
- Obtained the removal of a legal annotation placed by the Costa Rica National Registry on a property valued at $1.2m, initiated as a precautionary measure by the opposing party.