Guillermo E. Zúñiga

Real Estate and Urban Planning

Corporate and M&A

Guillermo is a partner at ECIJA Costa Rica and a leading advisor in corporate, real estate, and energy law, driving strategic transactions and investment projects in Costa Rica and Central America.

Guillermo has advised transnational companies in mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, debt restructuring, de novo investments, and other investment models both in Costa Rica and Central America.

He has extensive experience in construction projects, both in renewable energy (wind and photovoltaic) and real estate development, participating in the drafting, negotiation, implementation, administration, and settlement of PPA, BoP, EPC, EPCm, TSA, BoS, and BoSy and financing contracts, as well as the remaining contracts for the implementation of wind and photovoltaic power generation projects and contracts for the development and construction of real estate projects in coastal areas.

Guillermo has served as legal advisor in the development, design, execution, construction, commissioning, and operation of more than 200MW in wind and photovoltaic projects in Central America, Chile, Uruguay, and Ecuador.

- New York Bar Association, U.S.A. (2004)

- Notary Public Board (1998)

- Costa Rican Bar Association (1997)

- Partner of ECIJA Costa Rica, in charge of the Corporate Law, Real Estate and Tourism Law and Construction Law practices (2017 – to date)

- Member of the Board of Directors of the International Centre of Mediation and Arbitration of the Costa Rican American Chamber of Commerce (2024 – to date)

- General Counsel of juwi GmbH for Central America, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay (2006–2014)

- Commercial Manager of juwi Chile (2013–2014)

- Partner at Expertis Legal - GHP Abogados (2009–2017)

- Member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce – Costa Rica Chapter (2010–2013)

- Associate Lawyer, GHP Abogados (1998–2009)

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Construction Law Diplomate (2020)

Georgetown University Law Center

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Business Law (2003), graduated with distinction

Escuela de Economía – Universidad de Costa Rica

BA Economy (1998)

Facultad de Derecho – Universidad de Costa Rica

Juris Doctor (1997); Notary Public (1998), graduated with distinction

Band 4, Corporate/M&A (since 2018)

Chambers & Partners

Band 2, Real Estate (since 2019)

Chambers & Partners

Highly Regarded, Project Development and M&A (Energy and Real Estate sectors, since 2018)

IFLR1000

Costa Rica

Spanish

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