Members

Armando Guardia Sasso

Born in San Jose, Costa Rica in 1952, admitted to the Bar in 1977.

Education: University of Costa Rica (Advocate and Notary Public, 1977) New York University (MCJ, 1978), Central Institute of Business Administration, INCAE (seminars in finance, 1991). Director of the National Securities Commission of Costa Rica, 1992-1996. Director of Banco del Comercio, S.A. 1990-2002, President of Descuentos Mercantiles, S.A. (Factoring) 1992-1996, Arrendamiento del Comercio, S.A. (leasing) 1992-1996. Secretary, Board of the Costa Rica Country Club, 1994. Legal representative of several companies located in Zona Franca.

Memberships: Costa Rican - American Chamber of Commerce, Inter - American Bar Association and the Bar Association. Languages: Spanish and English.

Practice Areas: Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Banking and Finance, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Leases, Arbitration, Foreign Investment, Free Trade Zones, and tourism legislation.




Gonzalo Cubero Brealey

Born in San José, Costa Rica in 1958, admitted 1986.

Education: University of Costa Rica (Law and Notary Public, cum laude, 1986); University of Strasbourg, France - Course on Human Rights, 1980. President of the National Chamber of Diary Producers 1990-1992. Member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Enterprise UCAEP, 1987-1990; Diary Products Cooperative, Dos Pinos R.L. 1992-1999, CEO of the company CATSA (Central Azucarera del Tempisque, a sugarmill entity) 1996-1998; Sugar Chamber 1996-2001; Industrial Sugar Cane Agricultural League (LAICA) 1998-2001.

Memberships: American Chamber of Commerce, Inter-American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish and English. Practicing areas: Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Contracts, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, International Public Law, Construction Law and Agrarian Law.

Languages: Spanish and English.