Practice Expertise

  • Business Law
  • Aviation & Maritime
  • Real Estate & Hospitality.
  • Real Estate & Hospitality.

Areas of Practice

  • Real Estate & Hospitality.
  • Aviation & Maritime
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate & Hospitality.

Profile

In a career spanning 20 years, Ronald has specialized in Business Law, Aviation & Maritime, and Real Estate & Hospitality. He enjoys a high ranking among authoritative publications, The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, Latin Lawyer and Who’s Who Legal. In Business Law, Ronald advises a number of local and transnational companies on day-to-day issues, and is highly active in mergers & acquisitions. In Aviation & Maritime, Ronald is expert at obtaining transportation concessions, representing airlines before the competent authorities, providing advice on contractual topics, acquisition and financing transactions involving aircraft, and data protection. After working for 6 years as an associate at the law firm of Vargas, Jiménez & Peralta, Ronald resigned in order to join Luis Castro and David Gutiérrez as founding partners of BLP’s first office in 2003. Ronald’s academic background includes a Law degree from the Universidad de Costa Rica in 1994, a diploma on American Law Foundations from Georgetown University in 1996, a master’s degree in Commercial and Financial Law from Duke University in 1997, and a certificate of the Stock Market Executive Program from the Universidad de Costa Rica in 1999. Ronald is the Secretary of the Costa Rican Chamber of Exporters and a member of its Free Zone Committee. He holds memberships in the Legal Committee of the Costa Rican Association of Free Zone Companies, and the Free Trade Zone Sub-Committee at AMCHAM. He has also served as a Director of a global alliance of the best law offices, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide. He participated in the negotiation process in connection with intellectual property issues in the Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Ronald is a member of the American Bar Association, as well as a number of prestigious Airline Associations. He is based in San José.

Areas of Practice

  • Real Estate & Hospitality.
  • Aviation & Maritime
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate & Hospitality.

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