Alina Nassar

Practice Areas

Aviation, Aerospace, Competition, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions.

Career

Chair of the Firm's regional Aviation practice and Co-Chair of the Competition practice.

Has advised international airlines and corporations on legal matters in Central America, among them aviation, corporate, competition.

Directed administrative procedures representing many companies before the Competition Agency in Costa Rica.

Advised on aircraft financing transactions and application of the Cape Town Convention on International Interests on Mobile Equipment and its Protocol on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment. Has directed regulatory filings for air carriers and provided expert advice on aviation issues in Central America to other companies in the aviation industry.

Provides legal advice on mergers and acquisitions processes, particularly regarding compliance with mandatory notifications before competition authorities and has extensive experience in competition matters in the region, both in preventive advice and contentious processes.

Has held different positions in the Board of Directors of the International Aviation Womens Association (IAWA) between 2010 and 2021, including the Presidency in 2018-2019. She was also a Board member of the International Airlines Association (ALA) in Costa Rica, between 2017 and 2021 and served as Comptroller of the Costa Rica Foreign Investment Agency (CINDE) from 2018 to 2021.

Intern at the Attorney General's Office in Costa Rica (1998-1999). She worked on the preparation of legal opinions on issues of public law, administrative and constitutional, in addition to preparing the Attorney General Office's formal opinion to the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court on filings challenging the constitutionality of legal provisions.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to the Costa Rican Bar 2000, Past President of the International Aviation Womens Association (IAWA).

Publications

Contributor to Soaring Through the Glass Ceiling Study (2020); Contributor to Lift off to Leadership Study (2021); Contributed the chapter on Mastering the Power of Gender Equality to the book Mastering the Power of Leadership (publication by Routledge expected November 21, 2022).

Personal

Master of Science on Space Studies at KU Leuven University, in Belgium, cum laude.

Advanced Management and Leadership (OAMLP Programme), University of Oxford – Saïd Business School, Oxford, England.

International Competition Law Diploma, The College of Law of England and Wales, London, England.

LL.M., University of Austin, in Texas, United States of America.

Juris Doctor and Notary Public, University of Costa Rica, with honors.