San José, Costa Rica, February 7, 2012
Lic. Alejandro Rodríguez Vega
arv@aralaw.cr
Lic. Rodríguez was a member of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica (Judge of the First Court of the Supreme Court), and later he was a Judge and first President of the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica; he was also the President of the Contentious-Administrative Court of the Superior Court. He studied Public Law in the University of Bordeaux, France and Tax Law at the Inter-American Center for Tax Studies in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Moreover, Lic. Rodríguez has been co-editor of several laws in Finance and Public Law, including the General Customs Law, the Amendments of the General Public Administration Law, the Constitutional Jurisdiction Law, among others. Lic. Rodríguez is also a Law Arbitrator of the Supreme Court and a member of the Commission assessing the Judges who are applying for promotions at the Judiciary.
M.Sc Alejandro Rodríguez Castro
arc@aralaw.cr
Lic. Rodríguez specializes in Commercial and Tax Law. He got a Master's degree in Business and Tax Law from the Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología. Lic. Rodríguez has extensive experience in companies, bargaining, arbitration, agreements, court-ordered collection proceedings, and business and tax issues. He has been a Law Arbitrator of the American Chamber of Commerce since 2002. He is a Member of the Legal Group for the XXI Century Strategy, Franklin Chang Díaz. He is a Member of the Association of Professionals in Intellectual Property in Costa Rica. He is a member of the Center for Tax Studies. He was President of C.I.S.V. (Children International Summer Villages) Association of Costa Rica from 1997 to 2000. He was the Students' General Attorney at the Universidad de Costa Rica and Director of La Toga Newspaper from the School of Law from the Universidad de Costa Rica.
Lic. Mónica Román Jacobo
mrj@aralaw.cr
She is graduated from the Top Management Program at INCAE (PAG 53). She graduated from the course on Quality Management in Public Administration, CEDDET, Spain. She was the General Director of the Ministry of Finance from 2001 to May 2006. Her main duties included providing Tax Policy advice to the Minister, as well as granting and monitoring tax exemptions. She was the representative of the Ministry of the Finance during CAFTA's negotiations (Central American Free Trade Agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic, and the United States). She was a full member of the Regulatory Tourism Commission, a registered agency approving the granting of tourism incentive agreements. She was a full member of the Tax Policy Technical Group of CAFTA's signatories led by the International Monetary Fund. She was the president of the Special Commission of the Red Frigorífica Nacional (National Cold Storage Network), in charge of the arbitration proceedings. She was a full member of the Executive Commission for the construction of the highway to San Carlos. She was a member of the High-Level Commission for the Creation of a Single-Window for Company Formalization as coordinated by MEIC (Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Commerce of Costa Rica).
LL.M. Carlos Corrales-Azuola
cca@aralaw.cr
he has a Master's degree in Intellectual Property from the Franklin Pierce Law Center. He was a Contestant and Judge in the “Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition” Washington, D.C., U.S.A. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica as an Advisor and Negotiator of international trade agreements in the areas of services and investment including the Costa Rica-Chile Free Trade Agreement, bilateral investment agreements with Finland, South Korea, and Switzerland. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Professionals in Intellectual Property of Costa Rica.
Dra. Laura Rodríguez Castro
lrc@aralaw.cr
Dr. Rodríguez specializes in Public Law. She graduated as a Lawyer and Notary Public from the Universidad de Costa Rica. She was formerly a lawyer at the Attorney's General office, specializing in Administrative and Constitutional Law. She has graduate studies in Public Law at the Universidad de Costa Rica, and she got Ph.D. in Fundamental Rights at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, Spain. She has extensive litigation experience in areas such as Constitutional Law, Government Contracting, and Arbitration where the Government and Government agencies are parties.
M.Sc Héctor Ramírez Chávez
hrc@aralaw.cr
Lawyer graduated from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Venezuela, Specialist in Labour Law also by the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, with Post-degree in Labour Law at the University of Salamanca, Spain, and management studies in the INCAE Business School. Hector Ramirez was an Associate Lawyer of the International Law Firm Baker & McKenzie for 10 years, both in Caracas City and in Puerto La Cruz City, Venezuela, and he was Manager of Labor Relations for Venezuela, Colombia and Central America for the bottling, COCA COLA FEMSA. He has extensive experience in labor and human resources matters, legal and organizational, in labor negotiations, collective and individual, as well as on structural issues of business, both in Costa Rica and other Latin American countries.
Lic. Larissa Seravalli Sáurez
lss@aralaw.cr
Attorney and Notary graduated from the University of La Salle. He has extensive experience in immigration matters and corporate affairs and / or corporate. Former Legal Coordinator of the migratory range of a prestigious law firm In Costa Rica.
Lic. Eduardo Mendoza Alfaro
ema@aralaw.cr
Lawyer and Notary graduated from the Universidad Internacional de las Americas. Former Legal Director of CIMA Hospital. He has extensive experience in litigation and civil and labor matters.
Lic. Leila Teme Alvarez
lta@aralaw.cr
Lawyer graduated from the University of Costa Rica and Bachelor of Business Administration also from the University of Costa Rica. Lic. Teme was General Manager of ASELEX, Legislative Consultants, therefore has extensive experience in the processes, studies and research legislatives.
Lic. Adriana Segura Balmaceda
asb@aralaw.cr
Lawyer and Notary Public graduated from the University of Costa Rica. Former counsel of the Supreme Electoral Court. University professor of the Escuela Libre de Derecho. Lic. Segura has extensive experience in administrative matters.
Bach. Irleny Montiel Castillo
imc@aralaw.cr
Graduate law degree from the Universidad La Salle. Ex Merit in Civil Court IV in Heredia.
Bach. Fabian Carballo Solano
fcs@aralaw.cr
Student of Law at the University of Costa Rica.
Bach. Alonso Dobles Navarro
adn@aralaw.cr
Graduate law degree from the University of Costa Rica. Ex-intern for the Legal Department of the Organization of American States (OAS), under the internship program of the international organization.
Lic. Oscar Bejarano Coto
info@aralaw.cr
Lic. Bejarano is a specialist in Labor and Civil Law with over 38 years of experience. He is a deputy judge at the Second Court of the Supreme Court, and he was a deputy judge of the Constitutional Court. Lic. Bejarano studied at Washington University, St. Louis Missouri, U.S.A. Moreover, he was a member of the Drafting Commission of the Comprehensive Amendment of the Code of Labor of Costa Rica. Furthermore, Lic. Bejarano was the President of the Costa Rican Union of Lawyers and Former Company of the Ibero-American Association of Labor and Social Security Law. He has also written several articles published in Labor Law magazines and books. Lic. Bejarano is the legal counsel of the Board of Directors of the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica.
Dr. Olman Arguedas Salazar
oas@aralaw.cr
Lawyer and Notary Public, specialized in Commercial and Civil Procedure Law. He has a Ph.D. in Law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He holds a licentiate degree from the Universidad de Costa Rica. He was a Higher Civil (and Commercial) Judge and a Deputy Judge of the First Court of the Supreme Court. He is a member and coordinator of the drafting commission of the current Civil Procedure Code of Costa Rica. He is a professor at Universidad de Costa Rica and Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho. He is a Professor of the Judicial School of the Supreme Court. He is also a professor of post-graduate studies in Justice Administration at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. He is an Arbitrator for the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce. He is a professor for the Master's Program in Notarial Law (postgraduate studies of the School of Law from the Universidad de Costa Rica).
Dr. Carlos Tiffer Sotomayor
info@aralaw.cr
Dr. Tiffer is a specialist in Criminal Law and has over twenty years of experience as a litigating lawyer in criminal defense, compensation civil actions, and criminal complaints. He holds a licentiate degree of Law from the Universidad de Costa Rica. Legum Magister (LL. M.) from the University of Freiburg, Germany. He has a Ph.D. in Criminal Law from the University of Greifswald, Germany. Moreover, Dr. Tiffer has been an international consultant and expert of the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD). He has is the author of several Criminal Laws such as the Juvenile Criminal Justice Law and the Law for the Enforcement of Juvenile Criminal Penalties. Moreover, he has written several books and articles on Criminal Law and he is a member of the Commission of the Judiciary evaluating the legal know-how of the candidates to judges of the Supreme Court.