PARTNERS
ROBERTO FACIO, born 1957; admitted, 1982, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: University of Ottawa, Canada (Master Courses in Business Law, 1985); University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 1982). MEMBER: Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce; Costa Rican and Inter-American Bar Associations. OTHER ACTIVITIES: General Consul of Costa Rica to Canada, 1984-1986; Minister Counsellor of Costa Rica to Canada, 1985-1986; Representative of the Costa Rican Board of Tourism to Canada, 1984-1986. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Business Law; Corporate Law; Foreign Investment Counselling; Tourism; Shoreline Zone; Free Trade Zones; Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate; Land Development. E-MAIL:rfacio@faciolaw.com
RAFAEL E. CAÑAS, born 1971; admitted, 1994, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Stanford University (LL.M., 2008); Yale University (Management Program for Lawyers, 2005); University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Summa Cum Laude, 1994). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association; Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce; Costa Rican International Law Association; International Commission of Jurists, Costa Rica Chapter; International Who's Who of Professionals; Costa Rican Team Member and Judge of National Rounds and Coach of the Stanford Law School Team of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition; Real Estate Development Council; Entrepreneurs' Organization. OTHER ACTIVITIES: Recipient, Latin America's Leading Lawyers, Chambers and Partners Latin America, 2009, 2010; President, Lincoln School Alumni Association, 2005-; Degree Exams Jury, Autonomous University of Central America, 1994-; Official Translator and Interpreter, appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1993. LANGUAGES:Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate; Corporate; M&A; Tax Planning; Securities; Intellectual Property; Venture Capital and Private Equity; GreenTech. E-MAIL: rec@faciolaw.com
CARLOS F. HERNANDEZ, born 1974; admitted, 1998, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Colegio Académico, Universidad Autónoma de Centro América (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Summa Cum Laude, 1998). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association; Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Hotel and Resort Law; Tourism Law; Free Trade Zones; Corporate Law; Litigation. E-MAIL: carlos@faciolaw.com
MAURICIO GONZALEZ-CRESPO, born 1976; admitted, 2001, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Cum Laude, 2001). University of Chicago (LL.M., 2002). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS:Real Estate; Free Trade Zones and Foreign Investment. E-MAIL: mgc@faciolaw.com
IGNACIO ESQUIVEL, born 1970, admitted 1999, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Legal Aspects of International Transactions, INCAE / Georgetown University (2004-2005); University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 1998). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Estate and Real Estate Trusts; Central American Real Estate; Real Estate Tax Planning. E-MAIL: iesquivel@faciolaw.com
ALEJANDRO PIGNATARO MADRIGAL, born 1976; admitted 2000, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Boston University (LL.M. in American Law with a concentration in International Business Practice, 2003); University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 1999).MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association; Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce (Legal Affairs Committee and Co-chair of the Public Affairs Committee); Costa Rican-French Chamber of Commerce; Costa Rican-Italian Chamber of Commerce. LANGUAGES: Spanish, English and French. PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate Law, International Business Transactions, Foreign Investment Counseling, Civil and Commercial Law, Contracts, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate. E-MAIL: apignataro@faciolaw.com
JOSÉ A. SCHROEDER, born 1971; admitted, 1994, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 1994). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association; Costa Rican International Law Association; International Commission of Jurists, Costa Rica Chapter; Team Member, Judge and National Administrator of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. OTHER ACTIVITIES: Official Translator and Interpreter, appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1993-. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate Law;Real Estate Transactions and Development; Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions;Venture Capital and Securities; Foreign Investment; Shoreline Zone. E-MAIL: jschroeder@faciolaw.com
ATTORNEYS
SERGIO AGUIAR MONTEALEGRE, born 1975; admitted 2005, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (Master Degree in Notarial Law, 2005); Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 2000). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial Law, Corporate Law and Notarial Law. E-MAIL:sergio@faciolaw.com
CARMEN ESTRADA, born 1968, admitted 1993, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Universidad Autonoma de Centro America (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 1993). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish. PRACTICE AREA: Intellectual Property. E-MAIL: cestrada@faciolaw.com
LIGIA CASTIGLIONI, born 1977, admitted 2004, Costa Rica. EDUCATION:Colegio Académico de la U.A.C.A. (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 2004). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate and Commercial Law. E-MAIL: lcastiglioni@faciolaw.com
JUAN M. AGUILAR V., born 1981, admitted 2006, Costar Rica. EDUCATION: Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho (Master Degree in Notarial Law, Summa Cum Laude, 2008); University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law, 2006). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish, French and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial Law, Civil Law, Urban Law; Civil Law Litigation. E-MAIL: juanm@faciolaw.com
HELEN SOLANO, born 1980, admitted 2005, Costar Rica. EDUCATION: La Salle University (Attorney at Law, 2005); Inter American University (Notary Public, 2007). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS:Business Law; Corporate Law; Contracts; Real Estate; Land Development. E-MAIL: hsolano@faciolaw.com
FABIOLA SOLER, born 1975, admitted 2000, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 2000). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. OTHER ACTIVITIES: Experience in U.S. non-judicial Foreclosures in the state of Colorado and U.S. Bankruptcy Law (Colorado, Washington and California), as well as familiarity with California civil proceedings and Arizona surplus funds cases. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate, Real Estate Tax Planning and Corporate Law. E-MAIL: fsoler@faciolaw.com
ANA Y. RODRIGUEZ CALDERON, born 1984, admitted 2008, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: New York University (LL.M. in International Taxation, 2010); Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica (Notary Public, 2008); University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law, Cum Laude, 2008). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish, English and French. PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate Law, Real Estate, Real Estate Transactions and Development, Fractional Ownership. E-MAIL: arc@faciolaw.com
CARLOS E. VALENCIANO GÓNGORA, born 1985, admitted 2008, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law, Summa cum Laude, 2008). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. OTHER ACTIVITIES: Collaborator to the Judicial Review of the Supreme Court of Justice. LANGUAGES: Spanish, English and French. PRACTICE AREAS: Constitutional Law, Commercial Law and Litigation. E-MAIL: cvg@faciolaw.com
PABLO UMAÑA GAMBASSI, born 1984, admitted 2009, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: University Escuela Libre de Derecho (Attorney at Law, Cum Laude, 2009). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate and Commercial Law; Foreign Investment; Real Estate Transactions and Land Development. E-MAIL: pablo@faciolaw.com
OF COUNSEL
LILLIANA P. GARCÍA B., born 1965; admitted, 1995, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Universidad Estatal a Distancia (LL.M. in Law and Economics, 2002, Summa Cum Laude); Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Summa Cum Laude). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association; International Who's Who of Professionals. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Shoreline Zone; Foreign Trade; Commercial Law; Family Law. E-MAIL: lgarcia@faciolaw.com
IMMIGRATION OF COUNSEL
FEDERICO GUZMAN BRENES, born 1974; admitted, 1999, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Escuela Libre de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Centro América (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Summa Cum Laude Probatus, 1999). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREA: Immigration Law. E-MAIL: fguzman@faciolaw.com
TITLE INSURANCE AND ESCROW SERVICES
As an additional service to our clients involved in real estate transactions and development, we have established an alliance with the leading title insurance and escrow service providers in Costa Rica to ensure that all of our clients have access to the best mechanism to secure and protect their assets and investments in our country.
