Informed Consent is a legal requirement included within the Costa Rican Data Protection Law Number 8968 (denominated “Law for the Protection of People Against the Treatment of their Personal Data”) when collecting and/or processing personal data. In order to be able to collect, and/or processing or treating personal data in Costa Rica, the data subject’s […]

A privacy policy is a statement that discloses and describes the ways in which a company collects, stores, uses, process, discloses, and manages a third party data, such as for example data pertaining to a user, a customer or client. Privacy policies are usually contained on a company’s website, and probably the most common location […]

During years 2019 and 2020, several Executive Decrees were published in the Official Government Journal “La Gaceta”, to amend the Free Trade Zone Regime Law and its Regulations, to ensure the compliance with the international standards and criteria established by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in the Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion […]

Honored with this year’s ratings. Proud of ourcorporate, free trade zone and real estate team Milena Jaikel Gazel, Juan Carlos Cersosimo and Roberto Araya.

We are very honored with Legal 500’s ratings this year and the encouraging words from our clients on our corporate law practice, M&As in Costa Rica and real estate practice in Costa Rica. This evidences our highest standards of quality and service in labor law in Costa Rica.

The following are a few questions frequently asked by our foreign customers when preparing for moving to Costa Rica, filing a residency application. We hope they are helpful to better understand the residency process in Costa Rica. Do I need to apply for Costa Rican residency? If you will be staying in the country for […]

The following are a few questions frequently asked by our foreign customers when preparing for a property acquisition deal in Costa Rica. We hope they are helpful to better understand the property purchase process in Costa Rica. What will the closing process entail and include? Costa Rica has a very formal property transfer system. In […]