Practice Expertise

  • Business Law
  • Compliance & Anti-Corruption
  • Real Estate & Hospitality
  •  

Areas of Practice

  • Business Law
  • Compliance & Anti-Corruption
  • Real Estate & Hospitality
  •  

WSG Practice Industries

WSG Leadership

  • Compliance Group - Member

Profile

Juan Carlos has served at BLP for 14 years, including 9 years as an attorney. His focus is on Real Estate & Hospitality, Compliance & Anti-Corruption, and Business Law. In Business Law, Juan Carlos advises local and transnational companies on day-to-day issues, as well as mergers and acquisitions, agreements, and restructurings. In Real Estate & Hospitality, he has been involved in the development, structuring, financing, and purchase and sale of real estate projects in the coastal and urban areas of Costa Rica. Regarding Anti-Corruption Compliance, Juan Carlos has vast experience in the implementation of anti-corruption control policies in connection with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and its application in Central America and Mexico. After an eight-year sojourn at BLP, Juan Carlos left in 2012 in order to become an international associate at Greenberg Traurig LLP (Miami, FL.). There, he worked in cross-border transactions in Latin America and in topics related to the application of the FCPA and the implementation of anti-corruption programs across the region. In 2014, Juan Carlos returned to BLP as an associate. Juan Carlos graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Universidad de Costa Rica in 2010. In 2012 he earned a master’s degree in American Law – International Business from Boston University School of Law, winning Boston University Scholar recognition in the process. Juan Carlos then went on to obtain his specialization in Notary and Registration Law from Universidad Latina of Costa Rica. A member of the Ibero-American Compliance Group and the International Bar Association, Juan Carlos is also Costa Rica’s representative on the ICC’s Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption. As a legal scholar, he contributes on a regular basis to anti-corruption publications and lectures at local and international conferences. He is a member of the BLP Foundation. Juan Carlos is based in San José, Costa Rica.

Areas of Practice

  • Business Law
  • Compliance & Anti-Corruption
  • Real Estate & Hospitality

Meet our Firms and Professionals

WSG’s member firms include legal, investment banking and accounting experts across industries and on a global scale. We invite you to meet our member firms and professionals.