Latin America
Career
International Arbitrator, Mediator & Dispute Board
Experience in more than 50 international arbitration cases
February 2025: Workshop on the Administration and Practice of Dispute Boards. DRBF. San Salvador.
August, 2023: International Mediator. Training program given by the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC). Member of the International Mediators Panel.
January 2022: DRBF. The DRBF Administration and Practice Workshop (8 hours).
February, 2021: Mediator, conciliator, and negotiator. Training Program offered by the International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration of the Costa Rican American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). Qualification: 100 (120 hours).
November, 2020: Adjudicator. DRBF. Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. Virtual Training Workshop for Latin American Dispute Boards.
October, 2017, and November, 2019: Expert on Oral Litigation. High Management Training Program. General Business Foundation / University of Granada, Spain. This course was taken a second time to update.
September, 2017: Mediator. MWI Mediation Training Program. Boston Massachusetts. USA.
October, 2016: International Expert in Financial Crime. University of Granada. Spain.
Febuary, 2016: Advanced Arbitration Course. Interuniversity Center for European Studies, the International Center for Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiation and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Exam taken and approved 27 May 2016. Outstanding qualification with the recognition as Member/MCIArb.
January, 2010: Specialist in Civil and Commercial Liability. Universidad Castilla La Mancha. Spain.
October, 2005: Arbitrator. Second Latin American Program of Training in Business Arbitration. University for International Cooperation and CLAE- Latin American Center for Business Arbitration.
January, 1995: Notary Public. Law Faculty, University of Costa Rica.
December, 1994: Lawyer. Costa Rican Bar Association.
January, 1989-November, 1994: Licentiate’s Degree in Law. Law Faculty, University of Costa Rica.
Professional Memberships
July, 2023: LCIA/ Councillor of the London Court of International Arbitration Latin American and Caribbean Users' Council.
July, 2021: ASIDP/ Asociación Iberoamericana de Derecho Privado.
February, 2021: DRBF/ Dispute Resolution Board Foundation.
May, 2020: ALARB. Latin American Association of Arbitration.
May, 2016: CIArb / Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. MCIArb.
May, 2016: ICC – Paris / Institute of World Business Law.
July, 2015: GACC/ Central American and Caribbean Group of Arbitration.
December, 2013: AW / Arbitral Woman (Paris).
November, 2013: IBA / International Bar Association.
April, 2012: ICC International Chamber of Commerce - Costa Rica.
March, 2012: CEIA / Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club. // CEA Women for Costa Rica representative 2022 – Up to date.
October, 2011: NYSB / New York State Bar Association International Section and Dispute Resolution Section. Membership ID: 827535.
January 2011: ICC Costa Rica - International Chamber of Commerce.
January, 2011: Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce.
December, 1994: The Costa Rican Bar Association. Number 6866.
Publications
2023: The competence of the arbitrators. Co-authored with Fernando Montero. 25 años de la Ley RAC. Del dualismo al monismo. Editors: Dyalá Jiménez and Karima Sauma. EDiNexo
2022: Interim Measures in International Arbitration: Jurisdictional matters. Volume 100. Women in Arbitration. Arbitration Library. Mario Castillo Freyre Law Firm. Available at http://www.castillofreyre.com/Publicaciones/Arbitraje/1
2022: Costa Rica Chapter: "Interferences of the Political Constitutions of Iberoamerican Countries in the Development of International Arbitration." Iberoamerican Chapter of the ICC Business Law Institute: https://2go.iccwbo.org/las-interferencias-de-las-constituciones-politicas-de-los-paises-iberoamerica-en-el-desarrollo-del-arbitraje-internacional.html
2020: Transparency in the Code of Good Practices of the Spanish Club of Arbitration. Available in Pragma International and LinkedIn.
2020: Guide on the application of the New York Convention in Costa Rica. Available in Pragma International and LinkedIn.
2019- 2020-2021: LatinLawyer Contributor. Arbitration Reference, Costa Rica 2020. https://latinlawyer.com/know-how/topics/1000481/arbitration. LatinLawyer Contributor. Arbitration Reference, Costa Rica 2019.
2018: Award Annulment on International Arbitration. Available on LinkedIn.
2018: Repercussions of the Tax Law on Legal Entities, Law No. 9428, Debt solidarity of legal representatives and partners. Available on LinkedIn.
2017: Agency Agreements and Distribution Agreements International Encyclopedia, Wolters Kluwer International. Supl. 34, Costa Rica. 2017.
2017: Agency and Distribution Agreements in Costa Rica (2018). Available on LinkedIn.
2017: What is the jurisdiction of the estate if the deceased had a connection with Costa Rica? 2017. Available on LinkedIn.
2017: Judiciary control of arbitral awards in other countries. A brushstroke on the CAC Congress in Bogota. Available on LinkedIn.
2016: Bilateral Investment Treaties in Costa Rica. Available on LinkedIn.
2015: The Testaments in Costa Rica. LinkedIn.
2015 : The Creation of the Iberoamerican Arbitration Center (CIAR) and Costa Rica as the Presidential Headquarters. International Law Magazine El Foro. Costa Rican Bar Association (2015). Available on LinkedIn.
2014: Analysis of the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration. Written for the Spanish Club of Arbitration / CEA. 2014. Available on LinkedIn.
2013: The Price of Prejudice and the Benefit of Support. Published on the LinkedIn Blog, on the website of the Hulbert Volio & Parajeles Law Firm, and in the Dos Magazine, Volume 2, Edition 6, No. 12, June 2014.
2012: Wealth Preservation – The Testament Magazine. Also, in http://www.youblisher.com. Number XIII. 2012.
2008: COSTA RICA. Anti - Money Laundering Legislation. International Bar Association (IBA) at https://www.anti-moneylaundering.org/Search/Default.aspx?q=Anti%20-%20Money%20Laundering%20Legislation.%20International%20Bar%20Association. 2008
2008: “COSTA RICA” - The Americas Restructuring and Insolvency Guide 2008-2009 (Co-authored with Senior Partner Humberto Pacheco A., M.C.L.), Globe White Page Ltd., 2008.
2007: The Curator Plenitud Magazine, San José, Costa Rica. 2007.
2000: Annotated Family Code and related legislation). Editorial Investigaciones Jurídicas, Sociedad Anónima. First to twelfth editions. (I.J.S.A.).
1992: Compilation and updating of the Costa Rican Extradition Law, Editorial Investigaciones Jurídicas, Sociedad Anónima (I.J.S.A.), San José, Costa Rica. 1992.
1992: Collection and update of the Organizational Law of the Judicial Power of Costa Rica Branch and Related Laws, Editorial Investigaciones Jurídicas, San José, C.R. 1992.
