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. Candidate, 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.  OTHER ACTIVITIES:  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: Corporate Law;Real Estate Transactions and Development; Mergers and Acquisitions;Venture Capital and Securities; Foreign Investment; Shoreline Zone; Real Estate Tax Planning.  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 Chicago (LL.M., 2002); University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Cum Laude, 2001).  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

ATTORNEYS

LILLIANA P. GARCIA B., born 1965; admitted, 1995, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Universidad Estatal a Distancia (LL.M. in Law and Economics, 2002); Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Summa Cum Laude).  MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association.  LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.  PRACTICE AREAS: Family Law; Foreign Trade; Economy Law.  E-MAIL: lgarcia@faciolaw.com

SERGIO AGUIAR MONTEALEGRE, born 1975; admitted 2005, Costa Rica. EDUCATION: Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (Master’s 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

CARLOS SALGADO, born 1976, admitted 2003, Costar Rica. EDUCATION: University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 2003). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish, English and Portuguese. PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation, Labor Law; Civil and Commercial Law. E-MAIL: csalgado@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: 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

RODRIGO MAFFIOLI M., born 1980, admitted 2003, Costar Rica. EDUCATION: University of Costa Rica (Attorney at Law and Notary Public, 2003). MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association.  LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Foreign Investment; Real Estate Transactions and Development.  E-MAIL: rmm@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

SANTIAGO SOLER, born 1981, admitted 2007, Costar Rica. EDUCATION:Colegio Académico, Universidad Autónoma de Centro América (Attorney at Law, 2006).  MEMBER: Costa Rican Bar Association.  OTHER ACTIVITIES: Certified for the "SAP Modified Procurement Management" and "Business to Business Procurement" (Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2002), held by the Global SAP Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Transactions and Land Development; Foreign Investment; Shoreline Zone; Contracts.  E-MAIL: ssoler@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 

OF COUNSEL

GREGORY J. PERRY, born 1940; admitted, 1965, Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (Attorney at Law, 1965); Participant in the New York Graduate School of Taxation seminars; Postgraduate courses involving accounting and related matters University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1961). Member: Chicago Bar Association; American Bar Association; United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; Northern District Court of Illinois; United States Tax Court. LANGUAGES: English. PRACTICE AREAS: Taxation; Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Commercial Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Divestitures; Operations and Consulting. E-MAIL: gjperry@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

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