Banking & Finance
Latin America Guide 2025 : Costa Rica
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Provided by BLP
The Banking and Finance Group represents a wide variety of clients around the region in cutting-edge financing transactions. Our solid capacity to innovate allows BLP to advise the world’s leading multilateral agencies, commercial banks, private equity sponsors and other financing sources. We provide our clients with sophisticated advice through a combination of experience, an in-depth understanding of the financial markets and a market-leading ability to navigate differences in local law that can have significant impacts on financial aspects of relevant transactions.
Our banking attorneys work seamlessly with our mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate restructuring, corporate finance and structured finance practices to provide the highest quality advice to our clients in all types of financing transactions.
In addition to the expertise, market knowledge and sophistication of our experts in the field, BLP offers an across-the-board service including into each of our transactions different professionals specialized in relevant practice areas in order to provide a comprehensive outlook on our clients’ endeavors. For example, a transaction including the financing of a government owned infrastructure project will be handled by our banking & finance experts but will also have the seamless support from our public law experts. This seamlessness is what makes the difference to our clients which receive wide ranging advice which tackles every possible problem or outcome.
Chambers Review
BLP is an acclaimed regional firm that enjoys a well-regarded banking and finance practice. The department routinely assists notable local and international financial institutions as lenders, as well as property developers as borrowers, with the financing of corporate transactions. Their noted bench of practitioners is frequently sought out to advise on bilateral and syndicated loans, credit facilities and the restructuring of debt. The Costa Rica-based team is also adept at handling bond issuances and underwriting agreements.
Work Highlights
- BLP provided local counsel to BofA and J.P. Morgan as initial purchasers on the issuance of USD1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.3% notes due in 2054 on the London Stock Exchange by the Republic of Costa Rica.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"BLP has great business orientation, and proposes practical and swift solutions. Their service is very specialised, efficient, practical, and focused on achieving our business goals."
"BLP houses an excellent team of lawyers aligned with the needs of their clients. I highlight their vast knowledge of banking and finance, as well as their warmth and professionalism."
"BLP has great business orientation, and proposes practical and swift solutions. Their service is very specialised, efficient, practical, and focused on achieving our business goals."
"BLP houses an excellent team of lawyers aligned with the needs of their clients. I highlight their vast knowledge of banking and finance, as well as their warmth and professionalism."
Notable Practitioners
Adept partner Andrés Lópezis frequently found representing banks in a range of mandates within Costa Rica. His experience encompasses loan agreements, due diligence support and regulatory advice.
"Andrés López's knowledge is extremely solid and up to date, and he is always at our disposal as an excellent, trustworthy, practical and solution-oriented lawyer."
Noted partner Julio Castellanos remains active in the Costa Rican banking and finance sphere, with his work including social bonds, long-term non-revolving loans and project finance.
"Julio Castellanos has extensive knowledge and provides an efficient, prompt, attentive, practical and technically sound service."
Luis Fernando Hernández remains active representing clients in a range of banking and finance mandates, including negotiation of loan agreements and finance of real estate developments.
"Luis Fernando Hernández is an excellent lawyer who is trustworthy and robustly knowledgeable about the banking and finance arena."
Well-respected partner Vivian Liberman is continually recognised by market observers for her prowess in the banking and finance sphere, remaining active representing high-profile financial entities.
"Vivian Liberman's negotiation skills are great, and her attention to detail is spectacular. She leaves nothing behind in her analysis."
Ranked Lawyers at
BLP
Costa Rica
Members
Provided by BLP
Alejandro Goicuria
Ariel Leiva
David Gutiérrez
Eduardo Ramírez
Franzini Colom
Kattya Mejías
Luis Herrera
Pablo Umaña
Rodrigo Cubero
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