Latin Finance
Our partner Alan Thompson attended the 5th Central America Finance & Investment Forum, organized by Latin Finance and sponsored by BAC Credomatic and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. The event took place today in San José. The minister of finance and the president of the Central Bank of Costa Rica were among the […]
Law # 9689 amending Costa Rica’s Free Zone Law was published today in the official bulletin “La Gaceta.” The purpose of this amendment is to adapt rules governing free zone services companies to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). Regulations spelling out new requirements for free zone services companies must […]
Cámara de Comercio
A presentation titled “The arbitral process under the new arbitration regulations of the Chamber of Commerce Conciliation and Arbitration Center” was held today at the Chamber of Commerce in San José. BTA Legal co sponsored the event and our partner Alberto Fernández-López participated as one of the main speakers.
CAI Costa Rica
International arbitration in the last decade: lessons, tendencies and challenges. These topics will be addressed at the International Arbitration Congress organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Costa Rica, which is taking place in San José on 24-27 February. BTA Legal is one of the sponsors. Our partner Alberto Fernández-Lopez will participate as […]
Registro Accionistas
The Costa Rican Finance Ministry announced today it is delaying until September of this year the launching of a new central register of shareholders and beneficial owners, which was supposed to start functioning in March. This central register was created as part of a statute against tax fraud passed by the Costa Rican Congress in […]
CIAR
Our partner Alberto Fernández-López was today appointed to the roster of expert arbitrators of the Ibero-American Arbitration Center (CIAR), based in Madrid.
SUGEF 11-18
Regulation SUGEF 11-18, approved by the National Council for the Supervision of the Financial System and effective as of January 1st of this year, sets new registration and reporting requirements for Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBP), including money transfer, fund management and other commercial and professional activities listed in the Costa Rican anti-money laundering […]
FIDIC y las Dispute Boards
Our partner, Alberto Fernández-López, delivered a presentation on FIDIC contracts and Dispute Boards today at a training seminar organized by the Federated College of Engineers and Architects of Costa Rica.
panelist
Our partner Alan Thompson was a panelist in a forum on reforms to the competition legislation that the Costa Rican Government is sponsoring. The event was held today in San Jose and was organized by think-tank Academia de Centroamérica, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Association of Professionals in Administrative Contracting. The event was attended […]
Arbitration
Arbitration Day 2018, organized by the Costa Rican Young Arbitrators group, was held today at the Bar Association in San José. BTA Legal was one of the sponsors.