Market: Costa Rica

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Washington, DC and BLP (Costa Rica) have helped IDB Invest grant a US$115 million loan to the Costa Rican branch of Colombia’s Banco Davivienda.

22 March 2023

Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the private and public M&A, ESG and private equity categories of our 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards.

24 February 2023

Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the capital markets, banking and finance and project finance categories of our 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards.

23 February 2023

Costa Rica has reached an agreement with the renewables arm of Italian energy company Enel to settle an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitration over two hydroelectric plants.

23 February 2023

BLP (Costa Rica) has helped Chilean pharmaceuticals group Saval enter the Costa Rican market by acquiring a production plant from San José-based counterpart Laboratorios Stein.

10 February 2023

Ropes & Gray in London, BLP in San José and Maples Group in London have helped Costa Rican telecoms provider Liberty get US$450 million in new financing, which includes the largest ever sustainability-linked bond to raise funds for digital infrastructure in the country.

07 February 2023

BLP (Costa Rica) has inaugurated an office in Marina Flamingo, a town on the country’s northwestern coast, marking the Elite firm's fourth outpost in the Central American nation.

27 January 2023

BLP in San José and Guatemala City and Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC in Mexico City have helped Puerto Rican payment processing company Evertec secure a US$615 million credit line.

13 January 2023

Featured in Pro bono 2022

Engagement in pro bono work in Latin America grows every year and law firms across the region are consolidating their offerings by taking important steps to further institutionalise their practices, but our research suggests much more needs to be done to get lawyers involved.

12 January 2023

Featured in The Guide to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance

Costa Rica aims to fulfil the COP 26 agenda through mitigation and promoting a collaborative adaptation agenda rooted in climate-related investments in projects with a positive environmental footprint.

16 December 2022