Chambers Review
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Dispute Resolution - Costa Rica
What the Team is Known For
Arias is a regional firm with an active dispute resolution team in Costa Rica. The department is adept at civil and commercial litigation, and has particular experience dealing with contractual liability and debt collection matters. The lawyers also have experience in white-collar mandates including environmental crime. Arias handles matters for clients in the pharmaceutical and food and beverage industries.
Strengths
Arias is characterised by its good communication style, its amazing expertise and its great responsiveness.
Notable practitioners
Partner and co-head of department Víctor Garita is highly involved in the Costa Rican dispute resolution sector acting as a party counsel and as an arbitrator. He can often be seen assisting international and domestic clients in a range of contentious mandates including contractual disputes, litigation regarding reputational damages and commercial arbitration.
Víctor Garita is extremely sophisticated and commercially acute. He can integrate and articulate both commercial and legal matters.
Víctor Garita is a great lawyer who is widely knowledgeable about litigation mandates. We're very happy with his service.
Abraham Balzer is singled out by interviewees for his commercial litigation capabilities in the Costa Rican market, which include contractual liability disputes.
Abraham Balzer is highly attentive, and knows the legal proceedings very well. His level of service is very strong.
German Rojas is recognised for his experience with dispute matters involving contractual breaches and white-collar crime, including environmental topics.
German Rojas is a great lawyer to work with. He does an excellent job at handling complex criminal cases.