VII Public Procurement and Arbitration Conference
Nuestro socio, Alberto Fernández López, participará como panelista invitado en el VII Congreso de Contratación Pública y Arbitraje organizado por el Círculo de Arbitraje con el Estado (CAE), institución privada basada en Lima, Perú. El congreso tendrá lugar en modalidad virtual los días 15 al 19 de julio próximos. Información e inscripciones aquí:
reporte Who's Who Legal: Central America 2024
The Who’s Who Legal: Central America 2024 report recommends our partners Alberto Fernández López in the area of Dispute Resolution and Alan Thompson in the area of Banking and Finance. Our thanks to clients, colleagues and friends for their trust and endorsements.
Guía pmr
The Costa Rican competition authority (Coprocom) is presenting the new guidelines for analysis of relative monopolistic practices. Under Costa Rican law, these practices include agreements and unilateral conduct involving companies operating at different levels of the supply chain; for example, an exclusive distribution agreement between a manufacturer and a distributor. The new guidelines seek to […]
Dispute Resolution Board Foundation
Nuestro socio, Alberto Fernández López, fue invitado como panelista a la reunión regional de la Dispute Resolution Board Foundation en la ciudad de Panamá los días 4-6 de marzo. Alberto participa en un panel sobre la ley administrativa como obstáculo o acelerador en el uso de los dispute boards en Latinoamérica.
Derecho de la Competencia
Our partner Alan Thompson participated as a guest speaker in the inaugural class of a Competition Law course organized by the International Chamber of Commerce ICC Costa Rica, which is taking place from February 15 to March 14. Alan gave a presentation on fines and other sanctions and the leniency program in Costa Rica’s competition […]
ciac
We recognize our partner Alberto Fernández López for his incorporation last December to the list of arbitrators of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (CIAC) for the period 2023-2026 and to the list of arbitrators of the Ankawa International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Center based in Peru for the period 2023-2025. Alberto continues to stand out […]
coprocom
Draft guidelines on the analysis of relative monopolistic practices (which include vertical restraints and abuse of dominance) were recently submitted for public consultation by the Costa Rican competition authority (Coprocom). The objective of these guidelines is to provide transparency and predictability on how Coprocom will define relevant markets and market power in abuse of dominance […]
III Encuentro de Expertos en Obra
Nuestro socio, Alberto Fernández López, participará como panelista en el III Encuentro de Expertos en Obra organizado por Ankawa Internacional en Cusco, Perú, los días 24 y 25 de noviembre. Alberto expondrá sobre las ventajas de los DAB (dispute adjudication boards) en la contratación pública desde la perspectiva de las entidades contratantes.
competition authorities
In Costa Rica, competition authorities (Sutel in the telecom market and Coprocom in all other markets) may conduct unannounced inspections (dawn raids) on companies’ premises to gather evidence of possible monopolistic practices. These inspection powers were recently strengthened with the passing of law # 9736, one of the requirements for the country’s accession to the […]
Congreso nacional de construcción
We would like to extend an invitation to attend the National Construction Conference, which is being held on November 8th, 2023, at the auditorium hall of the Costa Rica Bar Association in San José. BTA Legal is one of the sponsors. The focus of the conference will be on dispute boards and the recently enacted […]