Tactic Legal

Tactic Legal, formed by former COLBS Estudio Legal partner Javier Escalante after he and Sebastián Jiménez split their practices in September 2021, leverages the experience of its team to advise holding companies, overseas investors, real estate companies, and domestic and multinational corporations from the retail, medical devices and agricultural sectors on the planning, development and execution of large and small-scale real estate projects in the coastal and urban areas of Costa Rica. The practice’s comprehensive service covers such matters as the sale and purchase of properties, the structuring of complex infrastructure projects, leasing and rental agreements, and the analysis and execution of complex registration and cadastral issues. The team is headed by Escalante, an experienced trade negotiator who has served as both Consul General of Costa Rica in Singapore and Ambassador of Costa Rica in Qatar, who brings expertise to advising on complex, cross-border operations, and international relations expert Álvaro Cedeño, the former Ambassador of Costa Rica in Japan from 2011 to 2014. Another name to note is director Andrés Herrera, who assists with clients’ day-to-day operations and the structuring of complex transactions. Since the conclusion of research, the firm has merged with Guatemala's A. D. Sosa & Soto and rebranded as Tactic Legal as part of an ongoing process to become a regional player; the new entity also has offices in El Salvador and Honduras.