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Legal and Asset Management Services in Costa Rica

We facilitate the navigation of the legal system and business processes in Costa Rica, by providing a personalized service with a fast, effective, and safe execution.

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We offer an integral solution to your legal real estate transactions in Costa Rica.

These are some of our services:

  • Accompaniment in negotiation processes to buy, sell, or invest in properties or real estate projects in Costa Rica

  • Counseling in writing and revising offers, escrow agreements, promises and deeds of sale, mortgages, and trusts

  • Due diligence in registral, municipal, environmental and other processes to provide a legal diagnostic for a safe purchase or sale

  • Financial structuring

  • Project structuring and management

  • Constitution or modification of condominiums and paperwork for residential development

  • Construction permits for residential, commercial and touristic projects

  • Writing and revision of construction contracts

  • Inscription and renovation of concessions in the Maritime Land Zone

  • Extensive experience in legal transactions in Golfo de Papagayo Tourism Development

  • Processing of permits of use in State Natural Heritage

We accompany our clients to form and structure corporations and to guarantee that their corporate documents are in order and up-to-date, so they can focus on the management of their businesses. Some of our services are: 

  • Legal Analysis 
  • Constitution of corporations 
  • Shareholder’s Agreements
  • Revision of Assembly Minutes 
  • Update of minute books 
  • Mergers
  • Acquisitions
  • Dissolution and liquidation of corporations 
  • Ongoing company restructuring
  • Revision and creation of contracts 

We provide guidance in the design and management of an appropriate tax planning so that all tax obligations are met. Our commitment is to protect and guarantee the investments for new generations in an efficient way. 

We guarantee quality and safety in your transactions with our experience in notarial services; some of these are:

  • Constitution, reform, transformation, dissolution, and liquidation of corporations
  • Purchase and sale of estate, movable assets, and commercial premises 
  • Creation of mortgage deeds, mortgage bonds, and pledges
  • Notarial registration of minutes and judicial files 
  • Testaments 
  • Notarial certifications and affidavits 
  • Others

We provide legal guidance in all banking and financial topics, such as: 

  • Preparation, revision, and update of all kinds of banking contracts 
  • Legal advice and preparation of financing contracts and related documents
  • Equity, management, and delegation trusts 
  • Others

We offer a complete range of advising services and migratory consulting, adapted and personalized according to the needs of each client. Some of our services are:

  • Guidance about entry requirements to Costa Rica 
  • Processing and renewal of all residency types (temporal, permanent, by investment, fixed income, retired, spousal, others) 
  • Process to change migratory category 
  • Cancellation of migratory status 
  • Process to obtain an exit permit for minors
  • Initial processing and renewal of migratory status for employment purposes 
  • Obtention and legalization of local birth, marriage, death, and criminal records certifications in Costa Rica to use abroad by means of the Apostille and legalization 
  • Obtention and apostille of documents issued in the United States of America and Canada, as well as birth and marriage certifications, and criminal records issued by the FBI, to use them in Costa Rica or other countries

Our firm offers legal services specialized in arbitration and litigation, including: 

  • Legal counseling and representation in the diagnostic of business and civil disputes 
  • Judicial, administrative, and labor processes 
  • Negotiation of agreements 
  • Creation of legal documents (lawsuits and appeals)
  • Appearances in the court (production of evidence, argumentation in hearings and trials, and others) 
  • Legal collection services

We protect the intellectual property of our clients or their intangible assets, providing expert and strategic guidance through the following services: 

  • Background study and trademark, patent, trade name, advertising sign, and design registration 
  • Copyrights 
  • Negotiation of license agreements and resolution of disputes related to intellectual property 
  • Surveillance services and implementation of rights 
  • Counselling in the creation of policies and procedures to protect the intellectual property in a business environment in constant evolution

We have a team with extensive experience in Labor Law to advice our clients and their businesses. These are some of the services: 

  • Individual and collective labor agreements 
  • Creation of internal regulations and policies 
  • Confidentiality agreements
  • Diagnostic and recommendations of good employer practices (employment actions, warning letters, among others)
  • Termination of employment

Since 1996, we stand out for providing a personalized service to entrepreneurs, national and foreign companies, and family offices that want to invest, preserve, and grow their legacy in the country.

Our clients are characterized for being  iconic business people, with whom we have built trusting long-term relationships while becoming part of the operative team of their businesses.

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