Tax
Latin America Guide 2025 : Costa Rica
Band 2
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Provided by Arias
Arias has 82 years of experience, unparalleled innovation to the region’s legal market. A full-service law firm able to provide advice in over 35 practice areas; with a legal team of 39 Partners and more than 130 lawyers tacross Central America
Our practice is best known for providing a wide range of services, generating an integral and high-quality advice for its clients, such as: tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and tax due diligence, litigation, and transfer pricing.
Our advisory consists in fully understanding the guiding thread between a fiscal planning, a tax consultation and tax due diligence, as well as the implications that these services will have in the client’s business.
Complete advice by combining our tax expertise with accounting and financial assistance. This benefit our clients to implement our recommendations not only from a tax standpoint, but from a financial perspective, maximizing their operations.
Proactive skills for local and regional tax advisory: Our clients acknowledge that our advice and recommendations are supported in recent case laws and coordinated with the knowledge of all our colleagues in Central America and the Caribbean.
Experience in advising foreign investors setting up a local operation, in compliance with the local tax law and the recent case law from the Tax Authorities. The synergy of our expertise helps the client to establish an efficient business in the country and throughout the region.
Chambers Review
Arias fields a recognised tax practice with a well-respected position in the Costa Rican market. The firm enjoys an impressive reputation among clients from a range of industries, including telecommunications, technology and banking, for its significant expertise advising on tax structuring and implementation, the tax implications of M&A transactions, and free trade zones. The team additionally assists clients with tax compliance mandates and administrative litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team at Arias is well organised and knowledgeable. Their advice is always based on the client's perspective. They are agile in their analysis and have great availability."
"The team at Arias is well organised and knowledgeable. Their advice is always based on the client's perspective. They are agile in their analysis and have great availability."
Notable Practitioners
Solid partner and co-head of department Carolina Flores boasts significant expertise advising local and international clients on establishing effective tax structures and meeting corporate tax compliance requirements. She is also well versed in direct and indirect tax mandates.
Associate-to-watch Ligia Alfaro is well regarded by market onlookers in Costa Rica's tax sphere.
"Ligia Alfaro has excellent responsiveness, and the quality of her work is high."