Luis Ortiz

Practice Areas

He directs the firm’s practice area of Public Law, Public Procurement & Regulation at a regional level. He is also part of the practice areas of Energy & Infrastructure and Telecommunications, Media and Technology, in which he contributes his extensive knowledge in regulatory matters and administrative law. He also excels in the practice of Dispute Resolution due to his experience in litigation and arbitration.

Clients and colleagues recognize Luis for his “immense knowledge of administrative law”, which gives a great depth to his legal analysis. He is described as a brilliant and very studious lawyer, a dedicated and highly qualified professional. He is recognized for advising on public law issues of infrastructure projects, as well as specific issues that affect the technology and media sector.

He has been a lecturer at the Conference on Administrative Law at the University of Costa Rica and the Bar Association of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as at the Ibero-American Economic Regulatory Congresses.

In 2006, he resigned as an associate at Rojas Franco Asociados in order to join the BLP team. He was named a Partner in 2010.

Professional Memberships

• IberoAmerican Center of Arbitration (CIAR): Expert Arbitrator

• IberoAmerican Association for Regulation Studies (ASIER): President

• Member of the Board of the Association of Scientific Procedural Law

• Chamber of Banks and Financial Institutions of Costa Rica: External legal counsel

• Chamber of Investment Funds (CAFI): Former Comptroller

• Costa Rica Bar Association: Former Cocoordinator of the Administrative Law Commission

• Costa Rican Association of Regulation Studies: President

• Administrative, Environmental and Administrative Law Studies Center based in the Faculty of Law of the University of Sao Paulo: Member

Costa Rican Institute of Procedural Law: Member

Infocomunication and Technology Chamber of Costa Rica (INFOCOM): Member of Broadband Commissions and Training

Costa Rica Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector (UCCAEP): Member of the Public Works Commission

Costa Rican Chamber of Construction: Member of the Commission for the Drafting of the Regulation of Public-Private Partnerships

University of International Cooperation (UCI): Certified Arbitrator

Publications

Luis is the author of more than ten books and more than forty articles on subjects in his specialty.