Diego Gallegos

Government Affairs and International Relations

Banking, Finance and Insurance

Compliance, Anti-money Laundering and Anti-corruption

Project and Infrastructure Finance

FinTech

Public Infrastructure and Public Private Partnerships

Law degree from Universidad of Costa Rica.

LL.M, Columbia Law School.

Bar Admissions: New York (2016) and Costa Rica (2013)

International Bar Association (IBA)

Diego Gallegos heads the Baking and Finance practice in Arias Costa Rica.  For over a decade, Diego has excelled as an asset and corporate finance specialist. He has a proven ability to guide businesses and their lenders towards their financial goals across diverse sectors.  This comprehensive background positions him to navigate the intricacies of large-scale financing for a wide range of clients.  Diego´s department consistently works in project finance, restructuring and insolvency, fintech, regulatory work, capital markets, and corporate law transactions.

Diego's experience spans complex, cross-border finance transactions. He has represented prestigious institutions like Bank of America, IDB Invest, FMO, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Proparco and Deutsche Bank, among many others.

Valued for his deep financial knowledge and client-centric approach, Diego Gallegos tailors solutions to achieve specific needs, making him a trusted advisor for international clients and institutions.

He rejoined Arias in 2017 after pursuing his LL.M degree at Columbia University and holding positions in the Washington D.C. offices of Chadbourne & Parke LLP (now Norton Rose Fulbright) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). There, Diego specialized in project finance transactions, infrastructure projects and advisory work on political risk mitigation and FDI attraction.